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DISCARDED: Tales From the Threat Research Trenches

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  • Agent Dozier Would Like a Word (Word)

    October 27, 2026 · 43 min

    Send us fan mail! Hello to all our cyber spooks!   This week, Selena is joined by senior threat researcher Tim Kromphardt and, for his first time on the show, threat intelligence analyst Aron Salzman-deis. Together they dig into the…

  • Germany’s Cybercrime Chief on Disrupting Cybercrime’s Biggest Adversaries

    October 15, 2026 · 42 min

    Send us fan mail! Hello to all our cyber pals!   This week, Selena is joined by Carsten Meywirth, head of the Cybercrime Division at Germany’s Bundeskriminalamt (BKA), to talk about how law enforcement is taking the fight to cybercriminals…

  • FOMO as an Attack Vector: How Fake Party Invites Are Hijacking Inboxes

    September 29, 2026 · 46 min

    Send us fan mail! Hello to all our cyber party pals!   This week, Selena is joined by co-host Sarah Sabotka (and several very persistent, very uninvited pod crashers) to talk about a threat that's landed in a lot of listeners' personal…

  • Once in a BlueMoon: Inside the Exploit Chain Four Espionage Groups Adopted in Days

    September 16, 2026 · 56 min

    Send us fan mail! Hello to all our cybernauts! This week Selena is joined by not one, not two, but three guests — Mark Kelly, Julia Paluch, and Dave Galazin — to unpack Proofpoint's latest research. Mark walks through how it started: on…

  • Intercepted: How Hackers Take On the Cloud

    September 3, 2026 · 54 min

    Send us fan mail! Hello to our Cyber Pals!  This week, Selena hands the mic over to a recording of Proofpoint's Intercepted webinar — a monthly video series she co-hosts with Sarah Sabotka — for a deep dive into how cloud brute force…

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  • Half-Click is so Hot Right Now: How Russian and Chinese Attackers Exploit Mailservers

    August 11, 2026 · 1 hr 3 min

    Send us fan mail! Hello to all our cyber stars! Host Selena Larson is joined by co-host Sarah Sabotka, along with returning guest Greg Lesnewich, Principal Threat Research Engineer, and Staff Threat Researcher Mark Kelly, for a follow-up…

  • Half-Click, Full Compromise: Inside Russia's TA458 and TA488 Espionage Playbook

    August 4, 2026 · 48 min

    Send us fan mail! Hello to all our cyber roosters! Host Selena Larson is joined by co-host Sarah Sabatka and returning guest Greg Lesnewich, Principal Threat Researcher at Proofpoint, to unpack two new reports on Russian aligned espionage…

  • StealC Exposed: Tracking, Emulating, and Disrupting a Top Info Stealer

    July 21, 2026 · 36 min

    Send us fan mail! Hello to all our Cyber Pals! Host Selena Larson is joined by Golo Mühr, Malware Reverse Engineer, X-Force Threat Intelligence and Kyle Cucci (Staff Threat Researcher, Proofpoint) to break down the joint research that…

  • OMITB: Trusting the wrong package.

    July 7, 2026 · 38 min

    Send us fan mail! Hello to all our Cyber Pals! This week, we present a special replay of "Only Malware in the Building," the podcast that our host, Selena Larson, also co-hosts! Enjoy! Welcome in! You’ve entered, Only Malware in the…

  • From Phishing to Court Cases: How Microsoft Fights Back Against Hackers

    June 23, 2026 · 52 min

    Send us fan mail! Hello to all our Cyber Pals! Host Selena Larson is joined by Sean Farrell, Assistant General Counsel at Microsoft's Digital Crimes Unit (DCU), to pull back the curtain on how major cyber crime takedowns actually happen…

  • Diving Into the DBIR: Vulnerabilities, AI, and Supply Chain

    June 9, 2026 · 1 hr 5 min

    Send us fan mail! Hello to all our Cyber Pals! Host Selena Larson is joined by guest host Sarah Sabotka as they chat with returning guest: Alex Pinto, Associate Director of Threat Intelligence at Verizon Business, and the architect behind…

  • "Always Intentional": A CISO's Pragmatic Take on the Agentic Era

    May 27, 2026 · 46 min

    Send us fan mail! What does it actually look like to bring AI into a threat intelligence program at one of the internet's most iconic companies? Hello to all our Cyber Pals! Host Selena Larson is joined by guest host, Sarah Sabotka as…

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About the show

DISCARDED: Tales from the Threat Research Trenches is a podcast for security practitioners, intelligence analysts, and threat hunters looking to learn more about the threat behaviors and attack patterns. Each episode you’ll hear real world insights from our researchers about the latest trends in malware, threat actors, TTPs, and more.Welcome to DISCARDED