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2026
- The WeekPHP2Shell and a Big CA Compromise

- ConversationsPHP2Shell Bugs and The Impact for Defenders | Ben Harris

- ConversationsWhen Hackers Meet Policymakers | Beau Woods

- The WeekHacked Fridges, North Korean Laptop Farms, and Mercenary Spyware

- ConversationsThe ClickFix Epidemic and AI-Enabled Attacks | John Hammond

- The WeekWhy Patching Faster Doesn't Work, Ransomware Negotiation War Stories, and the NSA View of AI Threats

- The WeekCatch Me If You Can with Shea Serrano!

- The WeekEdge Devices Under Attack, a Threatcon Preview, and Communication Breakdowns

- ConversationsThe Citrix NetScaler Zero Day Saga | Ben Harris

- ConversationsThe Malware That Asks AI What to Do Next | Ryan Fetterman

- The WeekFBI Hack Fallout, EvilTokens Takedown, and the F5 Zero Day

- ConversationsAssessing AI Model Security From the Outside In | Matt Fredrikson

- The WeekThe Real Story on AI Security Live From LabsCon!

- ConversationsThe Vulnpocalypse Myth | Jeremiah Grossman

- The WeekAnthropic's Threat Report, AI's Effect on Cybercrime, and How 9/11 Changed Cybersecurity

- ConversationsSecuring Communications in an AI-Assisted World | Christine Gadsby

- The WeekMicrosoft Teams Phishing, a Botnet Takedown 23 Years in the Making, and The Cuckoo's Egg's Lessons

- ConversationsCybercrime Disruption: Making a “Real Impact” | Ken Bagnall

- The WeekTeamPCP Arrests, the QTFY Attacks, and the OpenAI Post-Mortem

- ConversationsThe Future of Surveillance and Privacy in the Age of AI | Nicole Ozer

- The WeekThe Politics of Hacking Back, the Origins of ExploitGym, and Water Plant Attacks

- ConversationsHow AI is reshaping attacker and defender behavior | Adam Meyers

- ConversationsThe truth about AI model security and what's coming next | Gary McGraw

- The WeekMore AI Model Escapes and New Backdoored Chinese Routers

- The WeekThe OpenAI and Hugging Face Intrusion Wasn't Enough, So Now Anthropic Wants In

- The WeekProject Hail Mary is a Hacker Movie. Amaze Amaze Amaze.

- ConversationsHow Cybercrime Groups Have Become APTs | Michael Sweeney

- ConversationsJADEPUFFER: The Era of Agentic Ransomware Has Begun | Michael Clark

- The WeekThe Cursor Bug Drama, Microsoft's Massive Patch Tuesday, and Scattered Spider Takes a Hit

- The WeekIndustrial Cybersecurity and Malware Archaeology with Lesley Carhart

- The WeekOur AI Coding Future with Jack Cable

- The WeekFable 5 Export Controls, the Dual Use Paradox, and the ARToken Phishing Framework

- The WeekThe (Bug) Disclosure Day Conundrum and How AI is Changing the Game with Katie Moussouris

- The WeekThe Gaslight macOS Backdoor, Cisco Zero Day Exploit, and Operation Endgame

- ConversationsHow Much Do Data Breaches Really Cost? | Alex Pinto

- The WeekThe Shrinking Exploit Window, Patch Schedule Changes, and the Vulnpocalypse

- The WeekHow The Conversation Predicted Our Surveillance Society 50 Years Ago

- The WeekShai Hulud Returns, How Attackers are Using AI, and More Weird MSRC Behavior

- The WeekMicrosoft Has Forgotten Its Vulnerability Disclosure History

- The WeekLessons in Resilience, Perseverance, and Leadership With Matt Eversmann

- The WeekChain Chain Chain of Compromises

- ConversationsWhat the Data Tells Us About Claude Mythos and Bug Exploitability | Jay Jacobs and Michael Roytman

- ConversationsSolving Hard Security Problems With an Outsider's Perspective | Sravish Sridhar

- ConversationsAI Has a Security Measurement Problem | Gary McGraw

- ConversationsInside the $285M Drift Protocol Heist | Ari Redbord

- The WeekThe Canvas Attack, Ivanti and Palo Alto Exploits, and Dirty Frag

- ConversationsFighting Cybercrime With Global Intelligence | Will Dixon

- ConversationsThe fast16 Mystery, Stuxnet, and the History of Cyber Espionage | Juan Andres Guerrero-Saade

- The WeekcPanel Exploits, Copy Fail, and the History of Branded Bugs

- ConversationsDefeating Online Scams and Disrupting the Cybercrime Chain | Ariana Mirian

- The WeekThe Vercel Intrusion and What is Happening at CISA

- The WeekClaude Mythos, Automated Bug Hunting, and AI Eating Everything

- The WeekThe Era of AI-Led Vulnerability Research With Tom Ptacek

- The WeekMapping the Cybercrime Ecosystem With Andrew Northern of Censys

- The WeekThe Rapid Rise of AI Exploit Development and More Axios Compromise Effects

- The WeekAxios NPM Supply Chain Attack

- The WeekRSA Recap: Dancing Robots, AI Everywhere, and the Future of Security

- The WeekRSA 2026 Preview

- The WeekMark Watney Is a Space Hacker in The Martian

- The WeekFancy Tools From Fancy Bear, Another Proxy Network Takedown, and A Look Ahead

- The WeekThe Wild, Wild World of Exploits With Caitlin Condon

- The WeekThe Zero Day Landscape, Tycoon 2FA Disruption, and KEVology

- The WeekWe Need to Talk About KEV With Tod Beardsley

- The WeekCisco SD-WAN Zero Day, Google Disrupts Chinese Campaign, and More Cyber on The Pitt

- The WeekChina Targets Dell Flaw, New Ivanti Exploitation, and Cyber Shenanigans on The Pitt!

- The WeekThe Hacker Movie Canon: Star Wars

- The WeekSix Zero Days From Microsoft, One From Apple, and a CSI: Cyber Throwback

- The WeekHow to Stay Ahead of Attackers With watchTowr's Ryan Dewhurst

- The WeekDumping Edge Security Devices, the SystemBC Botnet, and the Joy of Joybubbles

- The WeekFortinet and WinRAR Exploitation, Google's IPIDEA Disruption, and Our Favorite Cybersecurity Creators

- The WeekThe RedVDS Takedown, Yet Another Chinese APT Emerges, and the StackWarp AMD Bug

- The WeekThe Future of Vulnerability Management With Jeremiah Grossman and Robert "RSnake" Hansen

- The WeekA New Chinese APT Debuts and React2Shell Attacks Spike

2025
- The WeekThe Hacker Movie Canon: Home Alone

- The WeekRussian Targeting of Edge Devices. Cisco AsyncOS Zero Day, and React2Shell Won't Go Away

- The WeekThe Hacker Movie Canon: Die Hard

- The WeekMore React Bugs Reaction, the Challenge of Vulnerability Management, and CI Attacks

- The WeekFrom CIA Officer to a Career in Cybersecurity With Erin Whitmore

- The WeekReact2Shell, Typhoon Attacks, and Why Our Infrastructure is So Vulnerable

- The WeekJeff Gothelf on Designing for Users, Enterprise Agility, and the AI Conundrum

- The WeekDoJ Sanctions, the SEC Abandons the SolarWinds Action, and the FCC Reverses Course on Telecom Security

- The WeekRich Mogull on the Cloudflare Outage, Resilience, and Single Points of Failure

- The WeekLighthouse Phishing Kit Takedown, Zero Day Mysteries, and Measuring Cyber Attack Costs

- The WeekThe Hacker Movie Canon: The Social Network

- The WeekYahoo's Sean Zadig on How to Raise a Hacker Safely and How Maybe AI Isn't Changing Everything

- The WeekShadow AI Is Eating the World, the Return of Hacking Team, and the Commercial Spyware Landscape

- The WeekUS Cybersecurity Going in Reverse, the AWS Outage, and is CISA Okay

- The WeekThe Hacker Movie Canon: Real Genius

- The WeekBreaking Down the F5 Breach

- The WeekAI Attack and Defense With Adam Meyers and Elia Zaitsev of CrowdStrike

- The WeekMore Cl0p Clues and Huge Apple Bug Bounty Changes

- The WeekThe Hacker Movie Canon: WARGAMES

- The WeekThe Cl0p-Oracle Extortion Emails, Red Hat Breach, and Sad Government News

- The WeekThe Hacker Movie Canon: SNEAKERS

- The WeekNew Targeted Phishing Attack Trends With Adam Bateman of Push Security

- The WeekNPM Package Compromises, Sen. Wyden's Ransomware Letter, and Apple's Memory Safety Advance

- The WeekThe Salesloft Drift Fallout and SBOM Guidance From CISA and NSA

- The WeekDecipher Lives!

2024
- The WeekThe Sony Hack Ten Years Later With Brian Raftery

- The WeekZero Day Reuse and A Busy Week for Iranian APTs

- The WeekReddit's Matt Johansen on Identity Attacks, Enterprise Security, and Burnout

- The WeekRebekah Brown and John Scott-Railton on COLDRIVER and Russian Cyberespionage

- The WeekBack Hat USA 2024 Recap

- The WeekBlack Hat Podcast: Josh Harguess and Chris Ward

- The WeekGary McGraw on Data Feudalism

- The WeekBlack Hat USA 2024 Preview: AI, AI, and More AI

- The WeekJohn Hammond on the CrowdStrike Outage

- The WeekTyler Healy

- The WeekWhat Happened With the CrowdStrike Update and Azure Outage

- The WeekAntonio Cocomazzi

- The WeekGeorge Barnes

- The WeekChris Hughes

- The WeekThe TeamViewer Breach and a Busy Week for APT29

- The WeekCisco Talos: How Threat Actors Target MFA

- The WeekMetin Kortak

- The WeekDeciphering Heat

- The WeekAmy Bogac

- The WeekThe Microsoft Recall Recall

- The WeekThe Challenges of Reporting on Complex Intrusions With Ryan Naraine

- The WeekGarrett Yamada

- The WeekSarah Powazek

- The WeekCaitlin Condon on the Attack Intelligence Report

- The WeekChris Langford

- The WeekRSA Conference: Kelly Shortridge

- The WeekRSA 2024 Preview: What are These Sessions Even About?

- The WeekMemory Safe: Dennis Fisher

- The WeekSource Code 4/26

- The WeekLachlan McGill and Euan Moore

- The WeekSource Code 4/19

- The WeekCody Stokes

- The WeekMemory Safe: Sherrod DeGrippo

- The WeekDan Lorenc

- The WeekRick Gordon

- The WeekSource Code 3/29

- The WeekJack Cable

- The WeekBrian Donohue

- The WeekSource Code 3/15

- The WeekChange Healthcare Attack Fallout

- The WeekMemory Safe: Daniel Cuthbert

- The WeekSource Code 3/1

- The WeekAlex Delamotte

- The WeekSource Code 2/23

- The WeekJennifer Leggio

- The WeekLockBit Ransomware Takedown

- The WeekSource Code 2/16

- The WeekDecipher Podcast: Mick Baccio

- The WeekGary McGraw on AI Security

- The WeekSource Code 2/2

- The WeekKevin Tian and Rahul Madduluri

- The WeekSource Code 1/19

- The WeekMemory Safe: Casey Ellis

- The WeekSource Code 1/12

- The WeekJames Doggett

2023
- The WeekFeross Aboukhadijeh

- The WeekMemory Safe: Phil Venables

- The WeekSource Code 12/8

- The WeekNathan Hamiel

- The WeekMemory Safe: Shamla Naidoo

- The WeekDecipher Podcast: What We're Thankful For

- The WeekMemory Safe: Merritt Baer

- The WeekSource Code 11/9

- The WeekKymberlee Price

- The WeekSource Code 11/3

- The WeekMemory Safe: Michelle Finneran Dennedy

- The WeekSource Code 10/27

- The WeekMatt Donahue and Nick Selby

- The WeekDr. Christopher Mitchell

- The WeekAlessio Setaro

- The WeekSource Code 9/29

- The WeekSource Code 9/22

- The WeekSource Code 9/15

- The WeekDennis and Lindsey Chop it up

- The WeekSource Code 9/1

- The WeekDanny Rogers and Rocky Cole

- The WeekSource Code 8/25

- The WeekGreg Notch

- The WeekJohn Checco

- The WeekKatelyn Bowden and TC Johnson

- The WeekSource Code: Black Hat USA Preview

- The WeekChris Kirsch

- The WeekSource Code 7/28

- The WeekDave Lewis Returns

- The WeekSource Code 7/21

- The WeekSource Code 7/14

- The WeekJackie Burns Koven

- The WeekSource Code 7/7

- The WeekSource Code 6/30

- The WeekSource Code 6/23

- The WeekMatt Johansen

- The WeekSource Code 6/16

- The WeekSource Code 6/9

- The WeekSource Code 6/2

- The WeekHazel Burton

- The WeekSource Code 5/26

- The WeekMegan Stifel Returns

- The WeekSource Code 5/19

- The WeekSource Code 5/12

- The WeekLucia Milica

- The WeekSource Code 5/5

- The WeekDawn Cappelli

- The WeekSource Code: RSA Conference Edition

- The WeekChris Wysopal and Cris Thomas

- The WeekSource Code 4/21

- The WeekCasey Ellis

- The WeekMike Hanley

- The WeekChris Wysopal

- The WeekCourtney Nash

- The WeekAndrew Morris

- The WeekMichelle Finneran Dennedy

- The WeekChris Eng on the 2023 State of Software Security Report

2022
- The WeekDeciphering Home Alone

- The WeekAndy Greenberg

- The WeekHaroon Meer Returns

- The WeekSource Code 11/18

- The WeekDan Lorenc

- The WeekSource Code 11/4

- The WeekDave Lewis

- The WeekSource Code 10/28

- The WeekKelley Misata

- The WeekSource Code 10/21

- The WeekMartin Roesch Returns

- The WeekSource Code 10/14

- The WeekDavid Agranovich

- The WeekSource Code 10/7

- The WeekJuan Andres Guerrero-Saade

- The WeekSource Code 9/30

- The WeekSource Code 9/23

- The WeekAsheer Malhotra and Guilherme Venere

- The WeekHack-a-Sat 2022

- The WeekSource Code 9/16

- The WeekSneakers at 30

- The WeekSource Code 9/9

- The WeekMeg Gardiner on Heat 2

- The WeekSource Code 9/2

- The WeekSource Code 8/19

- The WeekChester Wisniewski and Peter Mackenzie

- The WeekSource Code 8/12

- The WeekMegan Stifel

- The WeekSource Code 8/5

- The WeekSource Code 7/29

- The WeekSean Zadig

- The WeekSource Code 7/22

- The WeekMark Arena

- The WeekSource Code 7/15

- The WeekSource Code 7/8

- The WeekJoe Grand

- The WeekSource Code 7/1

- The WeekJohn Hultquist

- The WeekSource Code 6/24

- The WeekDecipher Podcast: Daniel dos Santos

- The WeekSource Code 6/17

- The WeekSource Code 6/3

- The WeekSource Code 5/20

- The WeekSource Code 5/13

- The WeekSource Code 5/6

- The WeekJonathan Reiber

- The WeekSource Code 4/29

- The WeekDon Smith

- The WeekSource Code 4/22

- The WeekJustine Bone

- The WeekMartin Roesch

- The WeekSource Code 4/8

- The WeekTazin Khan

- The WeekSource Code 4/1

- The WeekCaitlin Condon

- The WeekSource Code 3/25

- The WeekSource Code 3/11

- The WeekRuna Sandvik

- The WeekSource Code 3/4

- The WeekMike Hanley

- The WeekSource Code 2/25

- The WeekNitin Natarajan

- The WeekSource Code 2/18

- The WeekChris Eng

- The WeekSource Code 2/11

- The WeekAllan Liska

- The WeekSource Code 2/4

- The WeekSource Code 1/28

- The WeekJon Callas

- The WeekSource Code 1/21

- The WeekSource Code 1/14

- The WeekRobert Hansen

- The WeekCrane Hassold

2021
- The Week2021 Year in Review

- The WeekDeciphering Die Hard 2: Die Harder

- The WeekSherrod DeGrippo

- The WeekSource Code 12/17

- The WeekJohn Hammond

- The WeekSource Code 12/10

- The WeekWade Baker and Ben Edwards

- The WeekSource Code 12/3

- The WeekCasey Ellis

- The WeekSource Code 11/19

- The WeekNick Selby

- The WeekSource Code 11/12

- The WeekAmanda Gorton

- The WeekSource Code 11/5

- The WeekKristina Balaam

- The WeekCourtney Nash

- The WeekRe-Deciphering Hackers

- The WeekCarolina Terrazas

- The WeekAmélie Koran

- The WeekZoe Lindsey

- The WeekJonathan Mayer

- The WeekJules Okafor

- The WeekMark Werremeyer and Bryce Kerley on DEF CON Hack-a-Sat

- The WeekDerek Manky

- The WeekDeciphering Real Genius (Commentary only)

- The WeekDeciphering Real Genius (Commentary with movie audio)

- The WeekTroy Hunt

- The WeekKimberly Goody

- The WeekKen Munro

- The WeekPeter Baker

- The WeekEchoes on the Wire: Dan Kaminsky's Hacker Legacy

- The WeekThe Hacker Movie Oscars

- The WeekSteve Ragan

- The WeekPatrick Wardle Returns

- The WeekCharles Shirer

- The WeekIdan Plotnik

- The WeekLindsey O'Donnell-Welch

- The WeekDeciphering Dark Web: Cicada 3301

- The WeekAndrew Morris

- The WeekJoe Slowik

- The WeekNeil Daswani

- The WeekAndy Ellis

- The WeekAmanda Berlin

2020
- The WeekGary McGraw

- The WeekHaroon Meer

- The WeekRyan Noon and Abhishek Agrawal

- The WeekDeciphering Johnny Mnemonic

- The WeekJeremy Kennelly

- The WeekKurtis Minder

- The WeekLarry Cashdollar

- The WeekJennifer Leggio

- The WeekRobert Hansen

- The WeekBlack Hat 2020

- The WeekHacker Movie Sequel Pitches

- The WeekKatie Moussouris

- The WeekDeciphering The Conversation

- The WeekMelanie Ensign

- The WeekAlex Pinto

- The WeekPing Look

- The WeekAndy Ellis

- The WeekJeremy Oddo

- The WeekDavid Brumley

- The WeekDeciphering Ferris Bueller's Day Off

- The WeekRich Mogull

- The WeekWade Baker and David Severski

- The WeekJo Van Bulck

- The WeekDeciphering Enemy of the State

- The WeekWendy Nather

- The WeekRick Altherr

- The WeekRiana Pfefferkorn

- The WeekKenn White

2019
- The WeekDeciphering Die Hard

- The WeekKelly Shortridge

- The WeekBrian Donohue

- The WeekRon Deibert

- The WeekChris Wysopal

- The WeekJames Plouffe

- The WeekKenneth White

- The WeekParker Thompson

- The WeekTanya Sam

- The WeekDeciphering Blackhat

- The WeekDeciphering Spy Game

- The WeekMichael Coates

- The WeekAdam O'Donnell

- The WeekDecipher Podcast: Joseph Menn

- The WeekDecipher Podcast: Daniel Gruss

- The WeekDecipher Podcast: Alex Pinto

- The WeekDeciphering Swordfish and Three Days of the Condor

- The WeekDecipher Podcast: Michael Bailey

- The WeekDecipher Podcast: Craig Williams

- The WeekDecipher Podcast: Patrick Wardle

- The WeekDecipher Podcast: Joe FitzPatrick

- The WeekDeciphering Ocean's Eleven

- The WeekDeciphering Mission Impossible

- The WeekDecipher Podcast: RSA 2019

- The WeekDecipher Podcast Ep. 16 - Yonathan Klijnsma

- The WeekDecipher Podcast Ep. 15 - Deciphering Sneakers

- The WeekDecipher Podcast Ep. 14 - Deciphering Live Free or Die Hard

- The WeekDecipher Podcast Ep. 13 - David Scott Lewis

- The WeekDecipher Podcast Ep. 12 - Deciphering The Net

- The WeekDecipher Podcast Ep. 11 - Nate Cardozo

- The WeekDecipher Podcast Ep. 10 - Stefan Tanase

- The WeekDecipher Podcast Ep. 9 - Deciphering Office Space

2018
- The WeekDecipher Podcast Ep. 8 - Deciphering Hackers

- The WeekDecipher Podcast Ep. 7 - Deciphering WarGames

- The WeekDecipher Podcast Ep. 6 - Melanie Ensign

- The WeekDecipher Podcast Ep. 5 - Katie Moussouris

- The WeekDecipher Podcast Ep. 4 - Mikhail Davidov

- The WeekDecipher Podcast Episode 3- Richard Bejtlich

- The WeekDecipher Podcast Episode 2- Andy Greenberg

- The WeekDecipher Podcast Episode 1
