Talkin' Bout [Infosec] News
Hosted by Corey Ham & John Strand & Ralph May & Wade Wells
Black Hills Information Security's pentesters riff on the week's security news, live on Monday.
- Level
- Practitioner, assumes you work in or study security
- Status
- Active, last episode
- Who's behind it
- Vendor-run, Black Hills Information Security sourceBHIS is a penetration testing firm; episodes promote its free webcasts and training.
- Last verified
- Transcripts for every episode
Listed underThreat intel and news
Editorial take
The loosest news show in this directory and the most fun. Every Monday a panel from Black Hills Information Security, including Corey Ham, John Strand, and rotating BHIS testers and friends, streams live on YouTube and works through a list of stories picked by their community news team. The value is the angle: these are working red teamers and detection engineers, so a breach story usually turns into a practical aside about how the attack worked or how you would catch it. Episodes run about an hour, open with banter, and come with chapter markers and a transcript on each episode page. The limitation is depth and tone: it is a conversation, not a briefing, and stories get a few minutes each. Pair it with a disciplined daily summary.
Last hand-checked 2026-09-30.
Listen if you …
- want a weekly news habit with commentary from people who do penetration testing
- work in a SOC or on a red team and like practitioner asides more than headlines
- enjoy a live, informal panel and do not mind off-topic banter
Skip if you …
- you want a tight news summary, segments wander and episodes run over an hour
- you prefer analysis to banter, this is a casual live panel
Start with these 3 episodes
- 01
Using AI to Debug the Linux Kernel - 2026-08-24
· 65 min · Beginner
A typical recent episode: a fast mix of breach, AI, and odd stories with tester commentary.
- 02
· 56 min · Practitioner
Leads with the LockBit leak and ransomware crews, the panel at its most useful on attacker operations.
- 03
BreachForums Doomsday - 2026-01-12
· 61 min · Practitioner
A good example of the show on the criminal underground, a beat the panel follows closely.
About the show
Talkin' Bout [Infosec] News is a weekly news podcast from Black Hills Information Security (BHIS), a penetration testing and security consulting firm. It is recorded live on YouTube on Mondays at 4:30 PM ET, then released as audio.
The panel is BHIS staff and friends; current regulars listed on episode pages include Corey Ham, John Strand, Ralph May, and Wade Wells. Stories are chosen by a community news team. The show has run since 2018, and episode pages on Transistor carry chapter markers and transcripts.
Notable guests
- Dirk-Jan Mollema
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