Crying Out Cloud
Hosted by Eden Koby Naftali & Amitai Cohen
Wiz's monthly roundup of cloud vulnerabilities and incidents, plus interviews with researchers who find them.
- Level
- Practitioner, assumes you work in or study security
- Status
- Active, last episode
- Who's behind it
- Vendor-run, Wiz (part of Google Cloud) sourceGoogle completed its acquisition of Wiz on 2026-03-11.
- Last verified
- No transcripts
Listed underThreat intel and newsCloud security
Editorial take
The fastest way to keep up with cloud-specific vulnerabilities and incidents without reading every advisory. Eden Koby Naftali and Amitai Cohen of Wiz alternate two formats: a news episode that breaks down the month's cloud bugs, supply chain attacks, and breaches, and an interview with a researcher or practitioner such as David Bianco, Liz Rice, or John Hultquist. Episodes are short, mostly 20 to 30 minutes. Wiz Research findings feature often, which is both the show's edge (the people who found the bug explain it) and its bias to keep in mind. Wiz became part of Google Cloud in March 2026; the show has continued under the Wiz brand.
Last hand-checked 2026-09-30, Wiz, the producer, became part of Google Cloud on 2026-03-11; the show continues on wiz.io.
Listen if you …
- need a monthly briefing on cloud vulnerabilities and incidents in under half an hour
- want researchers explaining their own findings, like the XZ Utils backdoor or IngressNightmare
- work in cloud detection or threat intel and want context beyond the CVE
Skip if you …
- you want vendor-neutral coverage, Wiz Research findings get prominent airtime
- you need a weekly cadence, it is roughly monthly with gaps
Start with these 3 episodes
- 01
CROC News - XZ Utils backdoor explained
· 13 min · Beginner
A 13-minute explainer of the most famous open source backdoor, a quick test of whether the show's style suits you.
- 02
React2Shell, Shai-Hulud 2.0, Gogs Zero-Day & Tika RCE
· 20 min · Practitioner
A typical news episode: four real incidents in 20 minutes, each with what defenders should check.
- 03
Pyramid of Pain, PEAK, and Bagpipes with David Bianco
· 27 min · Practitioner
The creator of the Pyramid of Pain on threat hunting models every detection analyst ends up using.
About the show
Crying Out Cloud is produced by Wiz, the cloud security company, and hosted by Eden Koby Naftali and Amitai Cohen. It launched in March 2023 as a monthly cloud security news show.
The show mixes news episodes covering the past month's cloud vulnerabilities, incidents, and supply chain attacks with guest interviews and occasional live panels. Google completed its acquisition of Wiz on 2026-03-11, and the podcast continues on wiz.io.
Notable guests
- John Hultquist
- Daniel Miessler
- John Hammond
- Liz Rice
- David Bianco
- Anton Chuvakin
- Justin Gardner
- Sam Curry
- Scott Piper
- Corey Quinn
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