Reimagining Cyber - real world perspectives on cybersecurity

Think your security tools are keeping you safe? Think again.
Ryan Basden, Head of Offensive Security at Xora, has spent more than a decade thinking like an attacker. And what he finds inside organisations often has little to do with the tools they’ve bought — and everything to do with the gaps they’ve overlooked.
In this episode of Reimagining Cyber, Ryan shares what red-team exercises reveal about real-world security, from supposedly segmented networks and default passwords to exposed developer credentials and cloud environments where everyone has admin access.
He explains why understanding your network traffic and actually reading your logs can be more valuable than buying another security product, where AI can help defenders (and where it still needs human guidance), and why he’s concerned that cutting-edge cybersecurity capabilities could become accessible only to those who can afford them.
Plus, hear the surprising story of how a guest Wi-Fi network gave Ryan access to an industrial mainframe — and why the organisation struggled to accept what he’d found.

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What really goes through a hacker’s mind?
Samy Kamkar, creator of the infamous MySpace worm, takes us inside the hacker mindset — from curiosity and experimentation to the human weaknesses that still leave businesses exposed.
We explore how hackers see technology, why people remain the easiest way in, how AI is changing the game, and what defenders can learn by thinking like an attacker.

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AI is changing application security at breakneck speed — and it’s not just about generating code faster.
In this episode, Keelin Conant's guest is Diogo Rispoli, an application security leader, architect, and longtime industry expert. They explore what happens when AI agents start writing, testing and fixing code, and even talking to each other. The episode also digs into rogue agents, exploitability, AI-powered testing, the limits of auto-remediation, and why security teams need to look beyond the code itself.
Plus, Diogo looks ahead to 2030 and asks a big question: will finding vulnerabilities even be the job of AppSec anymore?
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In this episode of Reimagining Cyber, Keelin Conant welcomes Kurtis Minder, author of Cyber Recon, former founder of GroupSense, and one of the industry's most experienced ransomware negotiators. Together they discuss the evolution of ransomware, what organizations get wrong about cyber risk, how AI is changing the threat landscape, and the critical actions leaders can take today to protect their businesses. Plus, Kurtis shares insights from years spent communicating directly with the people behind some of the world's most damaging cyberattacks.

Relevant links:
https://www.kurtisminder.com/
Cyber Recon: https://a.co/d/8R4ewib 
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In this powerful episode of Reimagining Cyber, Keelin Conant speaks with Dr. Kelsey Morgan of EverFree about the growing connection between human trafficking and cybercrime. Learn how victims are being forced into scam operations, what recovery looks like for survivors, and how the cybersecurity community can play a role in creating change. It's a conversation that will forever change how you view cybercrime.

Links mentioned in this episode:
Fight of my Life podcast - https://fightofmylifepodcast.com/escaping-scam-city-roll
Forbes - How Romance Fraud Links The U.S. To East Africa And Southeast Asia
Forbes - Pay Attention To The Victims Behind Scams, Various Groups Urge
World News Group - Trapped inside a cyberscam center

As featured on Million Podcasts' 
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Top 70 Security Hacking Podcasts
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