Threat Vector by Palo Alto Networks

Threat Vector by Palo Alto Networks

Threat Vector is the hit podcast from Palo Alto Networks, with over 1 million downloads and growing. Get inside the minds of top cybersecurity leaders as they break down real threats, smart defenses, and what's coming next. Each episode features insights from industry experts, customers, and Palo Alto Networks teams. It is built for security pros who want to stay ahead.

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Encore: The Billion Dollar Hiring Scam Funding North Korea

July 9, 2026 • 38 mins
Enjoy this encore episode of Threat Vector by Palo Alto Networks. North Korea has turned your hiring pipeline into a revenue machine. And most organizations have no idea. ⁠Evan Gordenker⁠, Director of AI Security and DPRK Operations at Unit 42, has led more than 160 investigations into sophisticated threat actors, including the North Korean IT worker networks quietly embedded inside global companies. He joins⁠ ⁠⁠David Moulto...
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Encore: Hunting Threats in Developer Environments

July 2, 2026 • 25 mins
Enjoy this encore episode of Threat Vector by Palo Alto Networks. Cyber attackers are increasingly targeting the very tools developers trust—integrated development environments (IDEs), low-code platforms, and public code repositories. In this episode of Threat Vector, host ⁠David Moulton⁠ speaks with ⁠Daniel Frank⁠ and ⁠Tom Fakterman⁠ from Palo Alto Networks' threat research team. They uncover how nation-state actors and c...
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Encore: What Happened to Hacker Culture?

June 25, 2026 • 38 mins
Enjoy this encore episode of Threat Vector by Palo Alto Networks. Join David Moulton⁠, Senior Director of Thought Leadership for Unit 42, as he sits down with⁠ Kyle Wilhoit⁠,Technical Director of Threat Research at Unit 42, for an intimate conversation about the evolution of hacker culture and cybersecurity. From picking up ⁠2600: The Hacker Quarterly⁠ magazines at Barnes & Noble and building beige boxes to leading threat re...
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Encore: Reach for What You Preach: Bridging UX and Cybersecurity

June 18, 2026 • 33 mins
Enjoy this encore episode of Threat Vector by Palo Alto Networks. In this episode of Threat Vector, ⁠David Moulton⁠ talks with ⁠Dimitry Shvartsman⁠, Co-Founder and Chief Product Officer of ⁠Prime Security⁠, about transforming security into a proactive business enabler. Drawing on decades of experience, Dimitry explains why integrating security at the design stage—not after deployment—is key to reducing risk and impro...
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Encore: Frenemies With Benefits

June 11, 2026 • 38 mins
Enjoy this encore episode of Threat Vector by Palo Alto Networks. Join ⁠Michael Sikorski⁠ and ⁠Michael Daniel⁠ on Threat Vector for a deep dive into cybersecurity collaboration. They discuss how competing companies and governments can work together. Learn about the Cyber Threat Alliance (CTA) and its role in sharing threat intelligence. The episode explores the challenges of trust and incentives. It covers topics from WannaCry to...
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Encore: Securing Modern Workforce

June 4, 2026 • 32 mins
Enjoy this encore episode of Threat Vector by Palo Alto Networks. Hybrid work has changed the game, but has your security kept up? In this episode of Threat Vector,⁠ David Moulton⁠ sits down with⁠ Harish Singh⁠, Vice President and Global Head of Infrastructure and Application Management at Wipro, to unpack the evolving cybersecurity landscape at the intersection of digital transformation, SaaS expansion, and AI-powered operations...
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Encore: Is the Quantum Threat Closer Than You Think?

May 29, 2026 • 44 mins
In honor of AAPI Heritage Month, and as attackers increasingly stockpile encrypted data today to decrypt once quantum computing makes it possible, we're revisiting this episode. Quantum computing is advancing fast, and with it comes a major cybersecurity risk—the potential to break today’s encryption standards. In this episode of Threat Vector, host ⁠David Moulton⁠ speaks with ⁠Richu Channakeshava⁠, Senior Product Mana...
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Follow the Crypto

May 21, 2026 • 35 mins
Every threat actor leaves a financial signature. Ransomware operators, state-sponsored hackers, fraud networks — they all need to move money, and when they do, the blockchain records it permanently. Jackie Burns Koven leads cyber threat intelligence at Chainalysis, where she tracks how criminal and nation-state actors use cryptocurrency to fund attacks, launder proceeds, and pay for the tools and infrastructure that power th...
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The Human Side of Threat Intelligence

May 14, 2026 • 34 mins
Ingrid Parker, Director of Intel Response at Unit 42, has a background that doesn't fit the mold: art student, Army linguist, systems administrator deployed to Afghanistan, co-author of 11 Strategies of a World-Class Cybersecurity Operations Center. In this conversation, she and David dig into what it actually feels like to do threat intelligence at the highest levels — how you build the kind of thinking that lets you get ins...
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AI in the Wrong Hands

May 7, 2026 • 39 mins
AI is the most powerful tool defenders have ever had. It's also the most dangerous weapon attackers have ever had. Assaf Keren, CSO at Qualtrics and author of Lessons from the Frontlines, has seen AI reshape both sides of the threat equation. In this conversation, he gets specific about what happens when powerful tools fall into the wrong hands, and what leaders need to do before they get caught off-guard. You'll learn: How a...
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Operation Winter SHIELD: What the FBI Wants Industry to Do Now

April 30, 2026 • 37 mins
The FBI sees every breach. You see yours. Adam Maddock, Section Chief of the FBI's Cyber Technical Analytics and Operations Section, and Jarrod Schlenker, Assistant Section Chief leading the FBI Cyber Division's private-sector engagement, join David Moulton to walk through Operation Winter SHIELD, the FBI's public campaign built on what investigators see repeated across hundreds and thousands of cases. Ten defenses. All of them ro...
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Breach School

April 23, 2026 • 34 mins
What does it take to go from staring at forensic images to sitting across from a CEO whose company is on fire? Steve Elovitz has spent his entire career in the room when things go wrong. He started in forensics and eDiscovery at PwC, moved to Booz Allen doing government work, then spent a decade at Mandiant before joining Unit 42 to lead North America consulting and incident response. The throughline across all of it: empathy. In...
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How Nations Hack, Spy, and Win

April 16, 2026 • 38 mins
Most people think nation-state cyberattacks are unpredictable. Allie Mellen wrote the book that proves they’re not. Allie Mellen is the author of Code War: How Nations Hack, Spy, and Shape the Digital Battlefield and a leading industry analyst and former hacker. She advises Global 2000 organizations on detecting and responding to nation-state attacks. Her research career began as a hacker with work featured at Black Hat USA....
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Attackers Have Agents. Do You?

April 9, 2026 • 44 mins
What happens when your security analyst isn't a person? Elad Koren, Vice President of Product Management for Cortex Cloud at Palo Alto Networks, returns to Threat Vector to pull back the curtain on what an agentic-first security experience actually looks like in practice. This isn't a vision deck. The agents are already running. When Elad joined the show for Why Proactive Security Can't Wait, he made the case that reactive securi...
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39 Seconds to Breach

April 2, 2026 • 41 mins
Can your organization survive a breach in 39 seconds? That's how fast attackers are moving now, and if your defenses are still running at human speed, you're already behind. ⁠Wendi Whitmore⁠, Chief Security Intelligence Officer at Palo Alto Networks, returns to Threat Vector for a candid conversation with ⁠David Moulton⁠ about what it actually takes to build resilience in an era where AI is accelerating both the threat and the def...
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The Four Horsemen of Agentic Risk

March 26, 2026 • 36 mins
Your AI agent just wiped an entire email inbox and said sorry. That's not a hypothetical. It already happened. Sailesh Mishra, Product Marketing at Palo Alto Networks and founder of SydeLabs (acquired by Protect AI), has spent years at the frontier of AI security, from scaling autonomous vehicle programs at Uber's Advanced Technologies Group to building and selling an AI red-teaming startup. He has a clear-eyed view of what autono...
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Inside Ransomware Negotiations: Trust Criminals or Walk Away?

March 19, 2026 • 30 mins
What happens when you're face-to-face with a ransomware gang demanding millions—and every decision could determine whether your company survives? Jeremy D. Brown, Consulting Director at Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 with nearly seven years negotiating with cyber criminals, reveals the hidden world of ransomware negotiations. With hundreds of negotiations under his belt, Jeremy knows which groups honor their promises, which ones...
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Who Holds Power When AI Compresses Decision Time?

March 12, 2026 • 39 mins
What if the choices we make about AI security today determine who holds power tomorrow? Erica L. Shoemate brings over a decade of experience from the FBI and U.S. Intelligence Community, followed by senior leadership roles at Twitter, Amazon, and Meta shaping AI policy, cyber strategy, and regulatory readiness. As founder of The EN Strategy Group, she operates at the intersection where national security, emerging technology, and h...
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Zero Trust Without the Hype

March 5, 2026 • 29 mins
In this episode of Threat Vector, host David Moulton speaks with LeeAnne Pelzer, Senior Consulting Director, and Brandon Hogle, Consulting Director, both with Palo Alto Networks Unit 42. Together, they explore how organizations can move from Zero Trust theory to practice.Zero Trust is the foundation of modern cybersecurity, but turning principles into measurable outcomes remains a challenge for many enterprises. Pelzer and Hogle sh...
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Unit 42's Iran Threat Brief: What We're Seeing

March 4, 2026 • 33 mins
Unit 42 is tracking more than 60 active hacktivist groups and Iran-linked threat actors right now. What are they actually doing, what should you believe, and what should you do about it? In this episode of Threat Vector, David Moulton sits down with Justin Moore, Senior Manager of Threat Intelligence Research at Unit 42, and Andy Piazza, Senior Director of Threat Intelligence at Unit 42, to walk through the Unit 42 Iran Threat Bri...
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