Best Mandiant Podcasts (2024)

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Lessons Learned from Responding to Cloud Compromises 30:16

4d ago30:16

30:16

Mandiant consultants Will Silverstone (Senior Consultant) and Omar ElAhdan (Principal Consultant) discuss their research into cloud compromise trends over 2023. They discuss living off the land techniques in the cloud, the concept of the extended cloud attack surface, how organizations can better secure their identities, third party cloud compromis…

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The ORB Networks 29:54

18d ago29:54

29:54

Michael Raggi (Principal Analyst, Mandiant Intelligence) joins host Luke McNamara to discuss Mandiant's research into China-nexus threat actors using proxy networks known as “ORBs” (operational relay box networks). Michael discusses the anatomy and framework Mandiant developed to map out these proxy networks, how ORB networks like SPACEHOP are leve…

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Investigations Into Zero-Day Exploitation of the Ivanti Connect Secure Appliances 27:47

23d ago27:47

27:47

Mandiant Principal Analysts John Wolfram and Tyler McLellan join host Luke McNamara to discuss their research in the "Cutting Edge" blog series, a series of investigations into zero-day exploitation of Ivanti appliances. John and Tyler discuss the process of analyzing the initial exploitation, and the attribution challenges that emerged following t…

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M-Trends 2024 with Mandiant Consulting Vice President Jurgen Kutscher 25:53

1M ago25:53

25:53

Jurgen Kutscher, Mandiant Vice President for Consulting, joins host Luke McNamara to discuss the findings of the M-Trends 2024 report. Jurgen shares his perspective on the "By the Numbers" data, the theme of evasion of detection in this year's report, and how Mandiant consultants have been leveraging AI in purple and red teaming operations. For mor…

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Assessing the State of Multifaceted Extortion Operations 40:54

2M ago40:54

40:54

Kimberly Goody, Head of Mandiant's Cyber Crime Analysis team and Jeremy Kennelly, Lead Analyst of the same team join host Luke McNamara to breakdown the current state of ransomware and data theft extortion. Kimberly and Jeremy describe how 2023 differed from the activity they witnessed the year prior, and how changes in the makeup of various groups…

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Hunting for "Living off the Land" Activity 42:32

2M ago42:32

42:32

Host Luke McNamara is joined by Mandiant consultants Shanmukhanand Naikwade and Dan Nutting to discuss hunting for threat actors utilizing "living off the land" (LotL) techniques. They discuss how LotL techniques differ from traditional malware based attacks, ways to differentiate between normal and malicious use of utilities, Volt Typhoon, and mor…

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Director of NSA's Cybersecurity Collaboration Center on Trends in 2024 25:48

3M ago25:48

25:48

Morgan Adamski, Director of the NSA's Cybersecurity Collaboration Center (CCC) joins host Luke McNamara to discuss the threat posed by Volt Typhoon and other threat actors utilizing living off the land (LotL) techniques, zero-day exploitation trends, how the CCC works with private sector organizations, and more.…

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The North Korean IT Workers 34:40

4M ago34:40

34:40

Principal Analyst Michael Barnhart joins host Luke McNamara to discuss Mandiant's research into the threat posed by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea's (DPRK) usage of IT workers to gain access to enterprises. For more on Mandiant's analysis of North Korea's cyber capabilities, please see: https://www.mandiant.com/resources/blog/north-korea…

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Prescriptions for a Healthy Cybersecurity Future with Google Cloud's OCISO 44:27

4M ago44:27

44:27

Taylor Lehmann (Director, Google Cloud Office of the CISO) and Bill Reid (Security Architect, Google Cloud Office of the CISO) join host Luke McNamara to discuss their takeaways from the last year of threat activity witnessed by enterprises within healthcare and life sciences. They discuss applying threat intelligence to third-party risk management…

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Is The CTI Lifecycle Due For An Update? 28:08

5M ago28:08

28:08

Mandiant Intelligence Advisor Renze Jongman joins host Luke McNamara to discuss his blog on the CTI Process Hyperloop and applying threat intelligence to the needs of the security organization and larger enterprise. For more on this topic, please see: https://www.mandiant.com/resources/blog/cti-process-hyperloop…

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Threat Trends: Hacktivists' Continued Use of DDoS 44:50

5M ago44:50

44:50

For our first episode of 2024, host Luke McNamara is joined by Mandiant Senior Technical Director Jose Nazario and Principal Analysts Alden Wahlstrom and Josh Palatucci, to discuss the hacktivist DDoS activity they tracked over the last year.By Mandiant

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Threat Trends: Tales from the 2023 Trenches 37:47

6M ago37:47

37:47

Doug Bienstock and Josh Madelay, Regional Leads for Mandiant Consulting, join host Luke McNamara to walk through some of the trends they have witnessed responding to breaches in 2023. Josh and Doug cover what is happening with business email compromise (BEC), common initial infection vectors, social engineering tactics, and more.…

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From Master Mechanic to Master Hacker the Journey of A Principle Security Analyst and Hacker 47:29

8M ago47:29

47:29

Join me as I interview my coworker Matt! We discuss how he went from a Master Mechanic to a Master Hacker, and employed as a Principal Security Analyst and even passing his OSCP in 3.5hrs on his first try! We have a bonus surprise with Matt’s fave hacking YouTuber John Hammond!!

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Threat Trends: DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas in Conversation with Kevin Mandia 20:44

8M ago20:44

20:44

Host Luke McNamara is joined for this special episode highlighting October as Cybersecurity Awareness Month by Kevin Mandia and DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. Secretary Mayorkas and Kevin discuss the threat landscape, collaboration between the private sector and government, improving the talent gap in cyber, and ongoing DHS initiatives to foster…

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Threat Trends: Addressing Risk in the Cloud with Wiz 37:05

8M ago37:05

37:05

Host Luke McNamara is joined by Amitai Cohen, Attack Vector Intel Lead at Wiz to discuss trends in cloud security, managing risk, and more. For more on Wiz's research, please see: https://www.wiz.io/blog and https://www.wiz.io/crying-out-cloudBy Mandiant

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Threat Trends: Unraveling WyrmSpy and DragonEgg Mobile Malware with Lookout 32:42

9M ago32:42

32:42

Host Luke McNamara is joined by Kristina Balaam, Staff Threat Researcher at Lookout, to discuss her work attributing two new mobile malware families to APT41. For more on Lookout's report on WyrmSpy and DragonEgg: https://www.lookout.com/threat-intelligence/article/wyrmspy-dragonegg-surveillanceware-apt41 Follow Kristina on X @chmodxx_…

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Threat Trends: The Implications of the MOVEit Compromise 27:51

11M ago27:51

27:51

Charles Carmakal, CTO for Mandiant Consulting, joins host Luke McNamara to discuss the long tail impact of FIN11's compromise of the MOVEit file transfer solution. Charles breaks down some of the differences with this compromise in comparison to FIN11's previous operations, why the impact from this operation may impact organizations for some time, …

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Andrew Barnett - CSO @ Cymulate 50:42

11M ago50:42

50:42

A conversation with Andrew Barnett, Chief Strategy Officer @ Cymulate https://cymulate.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrewbarnett1/ https://www.optiv.com/

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Threat Trends: A Requirements-Driven Approach to Cyber Threat Intelligence 27:39

12M ago27:39

27:39

Dr. Jamie Collier (Senior Threat Intelligence Advisor, Mandiant) joins host Luke McNamara to discuss the recent white paper from Mandiant about developing a requirements-driven approach to intelligence, challenges organizations face in this area, and the importance of recurring stakeholder feedback to a well-functioing CTI team. Follow Jamie at @Th…

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Frontline Stories: Crisis Communications During a Breach 31:26

1y ago31:26

31:26

Dan Wire from Mandiant joins host Kerry Matre to discuss the ins and outs of crisis communications during a breach as well as what you can do to prepare for a crisis.By Mandiant

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Threat Trends: UNC961 and How Managed Defense Approaches Threat Hunting 30:20

1y ago30:20

30:20

Ryan Tomcik, Dan Fenwick, and Tim Martin join host Luke McNamara to discuss how Managed Defense conducts proactive hunting, illustrated by several UNC961 intrusions. For more, please see: https://www.mandiant.com/resources/blog/unc961-multiverse-financially-motivated Follow Ryan @heferyzan and Tim @Sa1jak on Twitter.…

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Frontline Stories: The Executive's Role in Cybersecurity 33:17

1y ago33:17

33:17

What role do executives and the board play in cybersecurity and breach management. Hear from Jesse Jordan and Howard Israel of Mandiant discuss their experiences helping executives get the right information from their security leaders and understanding their role during a breach.By Mandiant

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Threat Trends: Bonus Episode - How Will AI Impact Threat Intelligence? 9:22

1y ago9:22

9:22

The endless battle of threat actors versus cybersecurity professionals may come down to who deploys AI better. In this interview from RSA, John Hultquist, Senior Manager, Mandiant Intelligence, surmises how the bad guys may use AI in the near future to scale attacks, while Vijay Ganti, Head of Product Management, Threat Intelligence, Detection & An…

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Threat Trends: M-Trends 2023 40:40

1y ago40:40

40:40

Mandiant's Kirstie Failey and Jake Nicastro join host Luke McNamara to break down the findings from the 2023 M-Trends report. Kirstie and Jake cover some of the notable trends gleaned from Mandiant breach investigations over the past year around dwell time, ransomware, top initial intrusion vectors, and more. For more on Mandiant's 14th iteration o…

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Brian Cullen - CISO @ Rakuten Kobo Inc. 1:19:11

1y ago1:19:11

1:19:11

Coversation with Brian Cullen - CISO @ Rakuten Kobo Inc. Guest: Brian Cullen - https://www.linkedin.com/in/brian-cullen-57a0b420/ Host: Nikolas Behar - https://www.linkedin.com/in/nikobehar/ Companies Mentioned: NavCanada: https://www.navcanada.ca Kognitiv: https://www.kognitiv.com/ Kobo: https://www.kobo.com/ BlackBerry: https://www.blackberry.com…

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Frontline Stories: Exposure Management Beyond Vulnerabilities 25:48

1y ago25:48

25:48

Jonathan Cran, Lead for Mandiant Attack Surface Management at Google Cloud, joins host Kerry Matre to discuss the evolution of vulnerability and exposure management and how important comprehensive approaches are to mitigating cyber risk. Jonathan shares his experiences from BugBounty, penetration testing and working with customers to solve the grow…

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Jake Kluka - Red Team @ Mandiant 1:00:47

1y ago1:00:47

1:00:47

Conversation with Jake Kluka, Principal Red Team Consultant @ Mandiant (Google Cloud) Guest: Jake Kluka - https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnckluka/ Host: Nikolas Behar - https://www.linkedin.com/in/nikobehar/ Tools mentioned: Bloodhound: https://github.com/BloodHoundAD/BloodHound Rebeus: https://github.com/GhostPack/Rubeus Certify: https://github.com…

Podcasts Worth a Listen

Mandiant Podcasts

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The Defender's Advantage Podcast

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Lessons Learned from Responding to Cloud Compromises 30:16

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The ORB Networks 29:54

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Investigations Into Zero-Day Exploitation of the Ivanti Connect Secure Appliances 27:47

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M-Trends 2024 with Mandiant Consulting Vice President Jurgen Kutscher 25:53

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Assessing the State of Multifaceted Extortion Operations 40:54

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Hunting for "Living off the Land" Activity 42:32

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Director of NSA's Cybersecurity Collaboration Center on Trends in 2024 25:48

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The North Korean IT Workers 34:40

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Prescriptions for a Healthy Cybersecurity Future with Google Cloud's OCISO 44:27

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Is The CTI Lifecycle Due For An Update? 28:08

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Threat Trends: Hacktivists' Continued Use of DDoS 44:50

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Threat Trends: Tales from the 2023 Trenches 37:47

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From Master Mechanic to Master Hacker the Journey of A Principle Security Analyst and Hacker 47:29

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Threat Trends: DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas in Conversation with Kevin Mandia 20:44

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Threat Trends: Addressing Risk in the Cloud with Wiz 37:05

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Threat Trends: Unraveling WyrmSpy and DragonEgg Mobile Malware with Lookout 32:42

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Threat Trends: The Implications of the MOVEit Compromise 27:51

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Andrew Barnett - CSO @ Cymulate 50:42

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Threat Trends: A Requirements-Driven Approach to Cyber Threat Intelligence 27:39

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Frontline Stories: Crisis Communications During a Breach 31:26

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Threat Trends: UNC961 and How Managed Defense Approaches Threat Hunting 30:20

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Frontline Stories: The Executive's Role in Cybersecurity 33:17

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Threat Trends: Bonus Episode - How Will AI Impact Threat Intelligence? 9:22

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Threat Trends: M-Trends 2023 40:40

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Brian Cullen - CISO @ Rakuten Kobo Inc. 1:19:11

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Frontline Stories: Exposure Management Beyond Vulnerabilities 25:48

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Jake Kluka - Red Team @ Mandiant 1:00:47

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