Podcasts

How can you tell when a website (yes, a website) is compromised? Dusty Miller, a threat detection analyst at Proofpoint, dicusses four key groups that exploit trust in popular websites and how to avoid becoming the next victim.

Oh the days when spam was the only concern for email security! Our guest today is Chris Wakelin, a Senior Threat Researcher at Proofpoint and email security pioneer. He recounts the era when email attachments were plain text and malicious URLs had yet to become prevalent.

Live from New York City, it’s your Discarded podcast team at Protect 2023! Joining host Selena Larson, is our special guest, John Hultquist, Chief Analyst at Mandiant, now part of Google Cloud.

Brazil's online population is mushrooming, and where people are, attackers follow. Today’s guest, Jared Peck (Senior Threat Researcher at Proofpoint), dives deeper into his knowledge of this region and breaks down some of its unique characteristics.

Our guest today is Bryan Campbell, a Staff Threat Analyst at Proofpoint. He breaks down what's happening on the China cybercrime threat landscape and the importance of staying aware of past trends.  

Engineering skills can play a massively beneficial role in cyber security, as Pim Trouerbach, a Senior Reverse Engineer at Proofpoint and Jacob Latonis, Senior Threat Research Engineer at Proofpoint, are able to share.

What is new with Iranian actor TA453, and what is happening with their attack chains? To answer these questions, today’s guest is Joshua Miller, a Senior Threat Researcher on the APT team at Proofpoint.

When researching cyber threats, there is a bias towards to the West and most of Europe. But what about the global majority? Today’s guest is Martijn Grooten, a Digital Security Threat Analyst with Internews. With 16 years of experience in cybersecurity, he has recently focused on the impact of security for at risk groups and people.

It's shaping up to be a weird and wacky summer for threat researchers. While it’s been quieter on the front end, there are still many stories to share with some weird and wacky incidents. This episode also includes a fun, dramatized read of an email tactic.

In this episode, renowned cybersecurity expert, Runa Sandvik joins to talk about her work protecting journalists and newsrooms from powerful attackers.