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Yesterday was the 30th anniversary of the release of Michael Mann's HEAT, a hacker movie classic. (Shoutout Kelso.) We did an episode on HEAT last year with the great @meggardiner.bsky.social (co-author of HEAT 2) and our friend @cje.io.

The podcast IS the juice!

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Deciphering Heat
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This is how you start a security advisory: "If you are tired of modern age vulnerabilities, and remember the good
old times on bugtraq, I hope you will appreciate this one."

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oss-security - GNU InetUtils Security Advisory: remote authentication by-pass in telnetd
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January 21, 2026 at 3:21 PM
🚨 This week's podcast is up now! In this episode we break down:

✅ The RedVDS cybercrime platform takedown by
@security.microsoft.com
✅ New @talosintelligence.com research on UAT-8837 Chinese APT activity
✅ The very cool StackWarp bug by @rayiizzz.bsky.social and team

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The RedVDS Takedown, Yet Another Chinese APT Emerges, and the StackWarp AMD Bug
This week, we talk about how Microsoft disrupted a long-running, large-scale cybercrime-as-a-service platform called RedVDS that has been active since 2019 and was used in high-volume phishing and BEC...
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January 16, 2026 at 6:24 PM
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A Chinese APT group has focused last year on compromising critical infrastructure across North America.

Cisco has linked multiple intrusions to a group it tracks as UAT-8837.

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UAT-8837 targets critical infrastructure sectors in North America
Cisco Talos is closely tracking UAT-8837, a threat actor we assess with medium confidence is a China-nexus advanced persistent threat (APT) actor.
blog.talosintelligence.com
January 15, 2026 at 2:06 PM
“Microsoft tracks the threat actor who develops and operates RedVDS as Storm-2470. We have observed multiple cybercriminal actors, including Storm-0259, Storm-2227, Storm-1575, Storm-1747."
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Microsoft Disrupts RedVDS Cybercrime Platform - Decipher
The takedown marks a significant blow to the cybercrime-as-a-service ecosystem, which fuels large-scale, automated fraud.
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January 14, 2026 at 5:50 PM
Our latest podcast is out and it's a very fun and insightful conversation with Jeremiah Grossman and Robert Hansen on vulnerability management, building a new platform from scratch at Root Evidence, and very fast cars 🏎️

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The Future of Vulnerability Management With Jeremiah Grossman and Robert "RSnake" Hansen
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January 13, 2026 at 3:05 PM
Coming up tomorrow on the podcast: Jeremiah Grossman
and Robert Hansen join @dennisf.bsky.social to talk about Jeremiah's car collection. Oh, and some vulnerability management stuff they're building at Root Evidence. Subscribe here: www.youtube.com/@DecipherSec
January 12, 2026 at 4:43 PM
First podcast of 2026 is up! 🎙️

✅ New Chinese APT UAT-7290 gets busy
✅ Attacks against CVE-2025-55182 React2Shell 📈
✅ News about upcoming podcast guests (spoiler alert!)

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A New Chinese APT Debuts and React2Shell Attacks Spike
Security Without Fear
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January 9, 2026 at 3:42 PM
Research from @greynoise.io shows a sustained attack volume in the 300k-400k per day range against CVE-2025-55182 React2Shell bug.
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React2Shell Attacks Continue to Build - Decipher
After a peak of more than 430,000 attack sessions in late December, daily volumes targeting React2Shell have stabilized in the 300,000 to 400,000 range.
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January 8, 2026 at 3:12 PM
Listen to our buddies. (They actually are our buddies, which is cool, right??)
Three Buddy Problem A new show, every weekend. Sub and listen on all platforms.

@craiu.bsky.social @jags.bsky.social

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January 6, 2026 at 6:31 PM
We approve of the fashion choice!
This week's Three Buddy Problem show is presented by Material Security and includes book-reading recommendations from @craiu.bsky.social and @jags.bsky.social

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A special mailbag episode with book recommendations
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January 5, 2026 at 6:57 PM
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Order a Little Nero's cheese pizza and enjoy!

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Is Kevin McCallister the Greatest Hacker in Movie History?
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December 23, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Bless this highly nutritious microwavable macaroni and cheese dinner and the people who sold it on sale. Amen.

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Is Kevin McCallister the Greatest Hacker in Movie History?
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December 22, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Last weekly news wrap podcast episode of 2025 is here!

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Russian Targeting of Edge Devices. Cisco AsyncOS Zero Day, and React2Shell Won't Go Away
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December 19, 2025 at 9:42 PM
❌ DIE HARD: Christmas movie
✅ DIE HARD: Hacker movie

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The Hacker Movie Canon: DIE HARD
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December 18, 2025 at 3:12 PM
🚨 New hacker movie 📽️ podcast episode is out!! 🚨

It's an all-time classic action movie that's seasonally appropriate. (But NOT a Christmas movie.)

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The Hacker Movie Canon: DIE HARD
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December 17, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Yesterday was the 30th anniversary of the release of Michael Mann's HEAT, a hacker movie classic. (Shoutout Kelso.) We did an episode on HEAT last year with the great @meggardiner.bsky.social (co-author of HEAT 2) and our friend @cje.io.

The podcast IS the juice!

youtu.be/b2cfEXeWSn0?...
Deciphering Heat
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December 16, 2025 at 2:46 PM
New podcast is up!

✅ More React bugs and expanded exploitation activity
✅ A new CISA warning on Russian CI attacks
✅ Holiday hacker movie plans!

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More React Bugs Reaction, the Challenge of Vulnerability Management, and CI Attacks
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December 13, 2025 at 4:31 PM
🚨 New podcast alert! 🚨

We have a fascinating new conversation by @dennisf.bsky.social with Erin Whitmore of CYPFER, a former CIA officer and cybersecurity official at @odnigov.bsky.social. Erin has a unique story and her insights on threats, AI, & risk are great.

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From CIA Officer to a Career in Cybersecurity With Erin Whitmore
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December 10, 2025 at 3:57 PM