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Risky Business

Editorial pick

Hosted by Patrick Gray

Weekly news + analysis show for working security professionals.

Panel Weekly 60+ min· ~750 episodes· Started 2007
Level
Practitioner, assumes you work in or study security
Status
Active, last episode
Who's behind it
Media outlet, Risky Business Media sourceFounded by host Patrick Gray; Soap Box and Snake Oilers episodes are sponsored.
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Editorial take

If you work in security, this is the news show. Patrick Gray's weekly format, news rundown, sponsor interview, deeper guest segment, has been running for nearly two decades, and the editorial filter on what makes the news segment is sharp. Where most cyber-news podcasts read press releases, Patrick has actual sources and explicit opinions about which incidents matter. The 'Risky Bulletin' shorter daily companion is also worth subscribing to.

Last hand-checked 2026-09-30.

Listen if you …

  • you work in security and need a weekly news synthesis
  • you trust opinionated takes over neutral reporting
  • you can handle Australian English and inside-the-industry references

Skip if you …

  • you want introductory cybersecurity content, assumes industry literacy
  • you bounce off ad-segment integrations (sponsor interviews are part of the format)

Start with these 3 episodes

  1. 01

    How the World Got Owned Episode 1: The 1980s

    · 64 min · Beginner

    A documentary history of 1980s hacking; the gentlest way in before the fast weekly news format.

  2. 02

    Risky Business #805 -- On the Salesloft Drift breach and OAuth soup

    · 62 min · Practitioner

    The weekly show at full strength: Patrick and Adam Boileau on the Salesloft Drift breach and OAuth token sprawl.

  3. 03

    Wide World of Cyber: How state adversaries attack security vendors

    · 53 min · Practitioner

    Alex Stamos and Steve Stone on adversaries targeting security vendors; a SentinelOne-sponsored co-production.

About the show

Patrick Gray's weekly Australian-produced cybersecurity news and analysis show, running since 2007. The format is news rundown → sponsored interview → guest segment, and the editorial direction is unapologetically opinionated.

It's the show working security professionals share with each other. The audience skews offensive-security and defensive-detection rather than GRC or governance.

Notable guests

  • Adam Boileau
  • Chris Krebs
  • Tom Uren
  • Dmitri Alperovitch

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