Inside Cyber Minds

Inside Cyber Minds

Step inside the minds of cybersecurity leaders. Hosted by Luciano Ferrari, Inside Cyber Minds explores how professionals in security think, lead, and keep learning in an industry that never slows down. Each episode dives into honest conversations about growth, imposter syndrome, leadership, and the human side of cybersecurity — reminding us that even the experts are still figuring it out. 🎙️ Part of the Lufsec Podcast series. 🧠 Conversations that shape security.

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October 21, 2026 • 18 mins

Inside Cyber Minds S3E10 — Mackenzie Jackson, Field CTO of Aikido Security, on secrets sprawl, AI-generated code, supply chain attacks on developer machines, and why "shift left" isn't left enough anymore. Recorded onsite at Black Hat / DEF CON.

🛡️ This episode is all about application security, secure coding, and securing AI-generated code. To build practical security skills developers actually need, explore LufSec's cyberse...

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Inside Cyber Minds S3E9 — Jayson E. Street: hacker, author, and "scientific hooligan" on robbing banks with permission, silver teaming, why security awareness training fails, and why hacking is not a crime. Recorded onsite at DEF CON.🛡️ This episode is all about social engineering, physical security, and the human side of hacking. To build practical offensive security skills, explore LufSec's cybersecurity courses and hands-...

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Inside Cyber Minds S3E8 — James Kettle, Director of Research at PortSwigger (Burp Suite), on HTTP request smuggling, why HTTP/1.1 must die, and the HTTP Terminator — an AI that invents novel attack techniques. Recorded onsite at DEF CON.🎓 Bonus: download the guide, and you'll unlock a free lesson from the LufSec course library.🛡️ This episode is all about web security research, offensive techniques, and AI-powered hac...

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Inside Cyber Minds S3E7 — Alessandra Rizzo, Senior Threat Researcher at Databricks, on hunting North Korean threat actors in the npm supply chain, nation-state malware, and securing the open source ecosystem. Recorded onsite at DEF CON.🛡️ This episode is all about threat intelligence, malware analysis, and supply chain security. To build practical security skills and hands-on experience, explore LufSec's cybersecurity course...

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Inside Cyber Minds S3E6 — Dr. Martin Strohmeier on aviation cybersecurity, aircraft hacking, and the vulnerabilities in CPDLC — the "instant messaging" system between pilots and air traffic control. Martin is a senior cybersecurity scientist at the Cyber-Defence Campus of armasuisse (Swiss DoD), co-founder of the OpenSky Network, and presented his CPDLC attack research at DEF CON. Recorded onsite at DEF CON. 🎯 Free Cyb...

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🎯 Free Cyber Security Career Guide Break into cybersecurity without wasting years on the wrong path. Get the free guide — the roles, skills, certs, and the shortest route in: 👉 https://www.lufsec.com/products/digital_downloads/cyber-security-career-guide?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=onramp&utm_campaign=career-guide-funnel&utm_content=s3e6🎓 Bonus: download the guide, and you'll unlock a free lesson from the Luf...

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Inside Cyber Minds S3E13 — Ted Harrington on application security, penetration testing, IoT hacking, and the hacker mindset. Ted is Executive Partner at Independent Security Evaluators (ISE) — first to hack the iPhone — #1 bestselling author of Hackable and Inner Hacker, and founder of IoT Village. Recorded onsite at DEF CON.🎯 Free Cyber Security Career Guide — the roles, skills, certs, and shortest route i...

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🎯 Free Cyber Security Career GuideBreak into cybersecurity without wasting years on the wrong path. Get the free guide — the roles, skills, certs, and the shortest route in:👉 https://www.lufsec.com/products/digital_downloads/cyber-security-career-guide?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=onramp&utm_campaign=career-guide-funnel&utm_content=s3e3 🎓 Bonus: download the guide, and you'll unlock a free lesson from the LufS...

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🛡️ This episode is all about red teaming, critical infrastructure security, and defending operational technology in the real world. To build practical offensive security skills like the ones Ken's team uses, explore LufSec's cybersecurity courses and hands-on training:👉 https://www.lufsec.com/courses/?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=onramp&utm_campaign=career-guide-funnel&utm_content=s3e2-course-------------------------...

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Season 3 of Inside Cyber Minds starts with a special episode recorded onsite at DEF CON with Jeff Moss, founder of DEF CON and one of the most influential figures in hacker culture and the cybersecurity community.

For this Season 3 premiere, we step outside the studio and into the environment that Jeff helped create — a gathering that has become one of the most recognizable institutions in hacking and cybersecurity.

In this con...

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🛡️ This episode is all about vulnerability disclosure, bug bounty programs, and working effectively with security researchers. To build practical offensive security skills, explore LufSec’s cybersecurity courses and hands-on training:👉 https://www.lufsec.com/courses/?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=onramp&utm_campaign=career-guide-funnel&utm_content=s2e8-course━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━Season 2 of Inside Cyber Minds con...

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Season 2 of Inside Cyber Minds continues with David Girvin — offensive security expert, cybersecurity leader, and founder of Honey Badger, focused on securing AI agents at the execution layer.After an injury forced him to leave welding, David discovered hacking and bug bounty programs. That curiosity became a career spanning offensive security, threat modeling, detection engineering, MDR, startup leadership, and AI security.H...

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🎯 Free Cyber Security Career GuideBreak into cybersecurity without wasting years on the wrong path — the roles, skills, certs, and the shortest route in:👉 https://www.lufsec.com/products/digital_downloads/cyber-security-career-guide?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=onramp&utm_campaign=career-guide-funnel&utm_content=s2e6🎓 Bonus: download the guide and unlock a free lesson from the LufSec course library.🤖 In this ...
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Season 2 of Inside Cyber Minds continues with Roger Grimes — cybersecurity author, researcher, speaker, and one of the industry’s most experienced voices on malware, social engineering, identity, artificial intelligence, and emerging security threats.

In this episode, Roger shares lessons from decades on the front lines of cybersecurity and explains why organizations continue to be compromised despite investing heavily i...

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Season 2 of Inside Cyber Minds continues with Hector Monsegur, also known as Sabu — the former Anonymous and LulzSec hacker whose story became one of the most controversial and widely discussed chapters in modern hacking history.In this episode, Hector shares his journey from the underground hacking world to the realities of consequences, accountability, transformation, and cybersecurity today.We discuss the rise of Anonymous...

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Season 2 of Inside Cyber Minds continues with JP Calabio — cybersecurity executive, CISO, and security leader at Grainger.In this episode, JP shares a practical look at modern cybersecurity leadership from the perspective of someone responsible for protecting a large, complex enterprise environment.We discuss what it really means to lead security inside a business, how CISOs balance risk, operations, communication, and execut...

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Season 2 of Inside Cyber Minds continues with Toni de la Fuente — founder and CEO of Prowler, creator of the open-source Prowler project, and a cloud security leader focused on helping organizations secure cloud environments with transparency, automation, and practical security engineering.

In this episode, Toni shares the story behind Prowler, how an open-source cloud security tool became a widely used platform for security a...

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The Season 2 premiere of Inside Cyber Minds features a conversation with Dmitri Alperovitch — co-founder and former CTO of CrowdStrike, co-founder and chairman of Silverado Policy Accelerator, founder of the Alperovitch Institute for Cybersecurity Studies at Johns Hopkins SAIS, and author of World on the Brink: How America Can Beat China in the Race for the 21st Century.In this episode, Dmitri goes beyond traditional cybersec...

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The Season 1 finale of Inside Cyber Minds features a conversation with Bruce Schneier — one of the most influential thinkers in cybersecurity, cryptography, and digital trust.In this episode, Bruce goes beyond headlines and buzzwords to explore how security actually works in the real world. We discuss the limits of technology, the role of policy and incentives, the risks and promises of artificial intelligence, and why comple...

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Welcome to Episode 5 of Inside Cyber Minds, part of the Lufsec Podcast — conversations that shape the way we think about security.In this episode, I’m joined by James Lim, founder of BQG Security Consulting and a cybersecurity leader with more than 15 years at Deloitte, where he led complex global security programs across industries. James shares what he learned during his time at one of the world’s top consulting...

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