Decipher Security Podcast

May 13, 202638m

Few people (if any) have spent more time thinking about and working on the hard problems in security and software than Gary McGraw, and he also happens to have a PhD in cognitive science and computer science and has been

May 11, 202634m

Ari Redbord, Global Head of Policy at TRM Labs, talks about the insane background behind the $285 million Drift Protocol crypto heist, how law enforcement agencies are investigating ransomware-linked cryptocurrency walle

May 8, 202641m

If we needed any more evidence that the internet was a mistake, this week provided it. We kick things off with a discussion of the Canvas breach that has affected thousands of schools worldwide, then we dig into the disc

May 6, 202644m

Will Dixon has seen the evolution of cybercrime as both a GCHQ intelligence officer and a private sector executive and analyst, and has seen the way these groups operate up close. He joins Dennis to talk about the ongoin

May 4, 20261h 8m

JAGS joins Dennis Fisher to unpack the complex history of fast16, a highly targeted cyber espionage platform that goes back as far as 2005, many years before Stuxnet, and was deployed against targets in Iran. JAGS has be

May 1, 202642m

The security news was out of hand this week, so we had to pick our spots. We start with the nasty cPanel/WHM vulnerability that affects tens of millions of domains in shared hosting environments, then we discuss the C op

Apr 28, 202650m

Ariana Mirian, cofounder of startup Beesafe, joins Dennis to talk about the mechanics of online romance and finance scams, how the scammers draw in victims over weeks or months, and why user awareness isn't the complete

Apr 24, 202639m

This week we dig deep into the Vercel intrusion that emerged last weekend, how it happened, what the response was, and what the downstream effects may be for defenders. Then we talk about CISA's bizarre delayed response

Apr 17, 202632m

It's been A WEEK. Security news never sleeps, and neither does AI, so Dennis and Lindsey dive into all of the storylines coming from the Claude Mythos and Project Glasswing announcements, how organizations will deal with

Apr 13, 202655m

Dennis sits down with Tom Ptacek of Fly.io, a veteran security researcher, founder, and observer of the vulnerability landscape, to talk about the recent wave of AI-assisted vulnerability discovery and exploit developmen

Apr 7, 202633m

The internet is dark and full of terrors, but thanks to folks such as Andrew Northern, a principal security researcher at internet-mapping pioneer Censys, it doesn't have to be, Andrew joins Dennis to talk about the cybe

Apr 3, 202651m

It's been quite a week in security news, and Dennis and Lindsey dig into the continued effects of the axios supply chain attack, the incredibly fast adoption of AI tools for vulnerability research and what that means for

Mar 31, 202625m

Dennis and Lindsey dig into what we know do far about the supply chain attack on the axios NPM package, including how the attacker gained access to the maintainer's account, the window of exposure for the malicious packa

Mar 27, 202651m

Fresh off the plane from RSA, Dennis fills Lindsey in on everything she missed (and didn't miss) at this year's conference (0:23), from the insanity of the expo floor (4:06) to the appearance of a line of synchronized ro

Mar 20, 202643m

With the RSA Conference on the horizon, Dennis and Lindsey are here with a preview of the conference's more interesting sessions and keynotes, a discussion of the recent and ancient history of the conference, and a quick

Mar 18, 202652m

Sure, space pirate is a cool title, but what about space hacker? Way cooler! With the imminent release of Project Hail Mary, Wendy Nather joins Dennis Fisher to dig into the nutrient-rich narrative soil that produced a m

Mar 13, 202615m

This week's news includes a reappearance by an old favorite, APT28, aka Fancy Bear, which is back with some nasty new implants and tools it is deploying against targets in Ukraine (2:10), and we also have another law enf

Mar 10, 202646m

The process of developing and deploying exploits is a complex and controversial one and it's often a black box to outside observers. To help shine a light on how this all works, Caitlin Condon of VulnCheck joins Dennis F

Mar 6, 202619m

Every day is zero day, and this week we talked about the new Google Threat Intelligence Group report on the zero day exploit landscape in 2025 (2:22) and who's exploiting what, then we discuss Microsoft's disruption of t

Mar 2, 202647m

Tod Beardsley, VP of security research at runZero and former KEV section chief at CISA, joins Dennis Fisher to talk about the evolution of the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, how much value defenders should plac

Feb 27, 202631m

This week Lindsey rejoins Dennis to talk about the attacks targeting a zero day in Cisco's Catalyst SD-WAN Controller (2:17), Google's disruption of a China-linked cyber espionage campaign targeting telecom infrastructur

Feb 20, 202618m

It's a light news week, but we have some fun content for you! This week, we talk about our latest hacker movie episode-- STAR WARS --which is up on the site and all of our feeds now (0:25), then we dig into a nasty hard-

Feb 18, 20261h 4m

STAR WARS isn't just one of the more successful and iconic movies of all time and the basis for a worldwide sci-fi empire, it's also a true hacker story. Wade Baker and Rich Mogull, two Star Wars scholars, join Dennis Fi

Feb 13, 202617m

This week was a cornucopia of zero days. We talk about the six (!) actively exploited vulnerabilities that Microsoft patched this week in its February update (2:46), then we discuss the one that Apple fixed in iOS 26.3 ,

Feb 9, 202649m

Attackers are moving faster and faster every day, and the challenge of keeping pace is a daunting one. But it's not impossible. watchTowr's Ryan Dewhurst joins Dennis Fisher to talk about how the "magic" of computers fir