Episodes

(2020-08-24) It took many months for them to come back (one, really) but our friends are back with another episode of WTBFT. The lineup, fluid as always, has changed again (hello Scott!) but...

(2020-06-30) Despite all evidence pointing to the contrary we have, in fact, made it to the 11th episode of What The Beer Farmers think - a monthly (almost) episode about, well, what the...

2019-09-20: blue team, breaking into infosec [00:26:45] The saying goes, and it's so true you know, an attacker only needs to be right one time. The blue team needs to be...

(2019-09-05): history, rants, hiring, future[00:06:44] We're banging our head against the same wall. Why hasn't someone kind of woke up and gone 'We need to change. This is not working....

(2019-08-21): certifications, trainings[00:21:54] There's an overreliance on certification, so people assume that because someone can pass a multiple choice exam, that they have skills that are effective in the workplace....

(2019-07-30): law enforcement, (cyber)crime, empowerment [00:25:28] "When I worked at Europol, I was the only female team leader out of nine. Now I go and speak at infosec events...

(2019-05-19): black-grey-white, offensive-to-defensive [00:17:34] Well we take them outside and then we beat them thoroughly for about 20 minutes just to make sure that they're made of the right stuff On...

(2019-03-23) web and application security, bug hunting, disclosures [00:15:43] Everyone makes mistakes. Software has bugs. There's no software out there that is totally bug free The most famous infosec podcast on...

(2020-05-21): mental healthA special edition of our podcast for Mental Health Week and the world we are in right now. Stu and many guests: Chrissy Morgan, Mike Thompson, Sean Wright, McLabraid (with an...

(2019-03-21): Aadhaar, bug hunting, vulnerabilities and disclosures [00:16:35] People deserve to keep their data private This time on the best podcast in the hackerspace we had Baptiste Robert a.k.a....

(2019-03-07): containers and k8s, DevOps and security[00:27:49] Don't sell yourselves short in terms of what knowledge you have Before the world turned all to geese we had Ian Coldwater as...

(2019-03-06) They are back! The second episode of What The Beer Farmers think brought to us the following topics: Keith Flint: No Good (Start the Dance); also: password managers: are we confusing people...

(2019-03-01): early viruses, future threat intel [00:27:45] If it's smart, it's vulnerable Unusual time for us (Friday afternoon) but for Mikko Hyppönen we are happy to bend the rules! CRO at...

(2018-11-23): technology, mental health, surviving in infosec[00:28:02] Best thing you can do about yourself is, you be you. Don't hide yourself. Stop hating yourself Before we all have found out...

(2020-01-31)It sounds unbelievable but this is the 10th episode of What The Beer Farmers think, a highly-irregular show about (information) security; and this time specifically about: BeerConOne: what happened, what did not...

(2019-02-21): threat intelligence, Diana Initiative [01:49:22] sometimes you need help to get to the point where you can actually start helping yourself On this moony February night our guest on The...

(2019-02-07)In the grand opening episode of What The Beer Farmers think we heard about: Facebook: how bad can they get and still get away with it? Apple's major FaceTime bug - where...

(2019-02-06): Social Engineering [00:51:10] I'm still learning pick pocketing at the moment...it helps when stealing badges So this time we have Stu as a guest, repeating the winning format with...

(2019-01-24): darknet diaries[00:03:21] "I want to interview people who've been hacked, or done a hack. I wanna hear the emotion or the panic; get the crazed look in the...

(2019-10-21)The ninth episode of What The Beer Farmers think has brought the approximately monthly release schedule back and the following topics: "muuuuum don't pick up the phone, I'm downloading!" certificate...

(2019-01-17): cloud and app security [00:54:36] It's just one great example on how much we've become complacent, because until something hits you in your face, you don't realise how dangerous this...

(2019-01-06): pirates, social engineering, awareness (00:01:27) Started working in anti piracy intelligence off the coast of Somalia, which is a bit abnormal for a straight out of university, blonde middle class...

(2019-09-26)On the eight (approximately... bi-montly?) episode of What The Beer Farmers think the group was caught off-guard in Scotland, and this is the recording of what happened when they only had one...

(2019-10-08): mental health, motivation to continueThis time we had no guests - or, you all were our guests as Stu guided us through some of his personal stories in the context of keeping...

(2019-01-10): risk management, corporate security culture, blue side, rants [00:20:06] we have policies that are written by security for security that no one ever reads let alone understands or adheres to....