DISCARDED: Tales From the Threat Research Trenches
Proofpoint
93 episodes
4 days ago
Send us fan mail! Hello to all our Cyber Squirrels! Host Selena Larson, and guest host, Tim Kromphardt sit down with Tony Robinson — Senior Security Research Engineer and “rule magician” from Proofpoint’s Emerging Threats team. Tony shares the story behind IoT Hunter, an open-source tool he created to automate writing detection rules for Internet of Things (IoT) vulnerabilities. From routers and smart cameras to industrial control systems, Tony breaks down how IoT Hunter helps researchers and...
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Send us fan mail! Hello to all our Cyber Squirrels! Host Selena Larson, and guest host, Tim Kromphardt sit down with Tony Robinson — Senior Security Research Engineer and “rule magician” from Proofpoint’s Emerging Threats team. Tony shares the story behind IoT Hunter, an open-source tool he created to automate writing detection rules for Internet of Things (IoT) vulnerabilities. From routers and smart cameras to industrial control systems, Tony breaks down how IoT Hunter helps researchers and...
Freighty Cats: RFQ Phishing Comes to A Warehouse Near You
DISCARDED: Tales From the Threat Research Trenches
35 minutes
2 months ago
Freighty Cats: RFQ Phishing Comes to A Warehouse Near You
Send us fan mail! Hello to all our Cyber Stars! In this episode host Selena Larson welcomes back guest and part-time co-host Tim Kromphardt, fresh from DEFCON, to explore the world of request-for-quote (RFQ) fraud—a growing scam targeting small- to medium-sized businesses with fake purchase requests and net financing schemes. Tim explains how cybercriminals exploit legitimate business practices to steal physical goods like networking tools, surveillance equipment, and medical devices. Using s...
DISCARDED: Tales From the Threat Research Trenches
Send us fan mail! Hello to all our Cyber Squirrels! Host Selena Larson, and guest host, Tim Kromphardt sit down with Tony Robinson — Senior Security Research Engineer and “rule magician” from Proofpoint’s Emerging Threats team. Tony shares the story behind IoT Hunter, an open-source tool he created to automate writing detection rules for Internet of Things (IoT) vulnerabilities. From routers and smart cameras to industrial control systems, Tony breaks down how IoT Hunter helps researchers and...
