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**Purple Squad Security**

Information Security, InfoSec, CyberSec, Cyber, Security, whatever you call it, we talk about it! From mobiles and desktops to data centers and the cloud, Purple Squad Security is here to help and give back to our community of information security professionals. We cover security topics for the red team, blue team, purple team, whatever team! We are a community of professionals, and this is one man’s attempt to give back. CISSP, CISM, CEH credits can be obtained here! Also happy to provide info for OSCP, OSCE, and other Offensive Security certified professionals.

Latest Episodes:

Special Episode - EliteCast Episode 1 Jan 05, 2021

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Episode Notes

Here's the first episode of my new podcast, EliteCast! This is intended to be a less technical podcast aimed at business leaders and decision-makers to help explain the importance of information security (or cybersecurity as it's normally called by the target audience). I'm a bit rusty, but I'll get there. Apparently, a 9-month hiatus does that to a man.

I hope you enjoy it and you choose to subscribe. It should be live on the usual podcast sites, but if you want the RSS link, check out:

https://pinecast.com/feed/elitecast

Thanks, and take care!

EliteSec's Website: https://elitesec.io
Want to get in touch? info@elitesec.io

Find out more at http://purplesquadsec.com

Episode 71 - A Casual Conversation with The Cyber Mentor Mar 08, 2020

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Heath "The Cyber Mentor" Adams stops by to have a nice casual chat about how he got into infosec, what he's currently working on, and how he's giving back to the community in a rather novel way. Definitely someone I respect as a great up-and-comer in the industry, this was a fantastic discussion for sure.

Some links of interest:

Website - https://www.thecybermentor.com/
Company - https://tcm-sec.com/
Discord - https://discord.gg/REfpPJB
Twitter - https://twitter.com/thecybermentor
YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/c/thecybermentor
Twitch - https://www.twitch.tv/thecybermentor
Udemy - https://www.udemy.com/course/practical-ethical-hacking/

Want to reach out to the show? There's a few ways to get in touch!

Purple Squad Security's Twitter: @PurpleSquadSec
John's Twitter: @JohnsNotHere
John's Mastodon: https://infosec.exchange/@JohnsNotHere
Podcast Website: purplesquadsec.com
Podcast Store: https://purplesquadsec.com/store
Sign-Up for our Slack community: https://signup.purplesquadsec.com

Thanks for listening, and as always, I will talk with you all again next time.

Find out more at http://purplesquadsec.com

Episode 70 - Mul-Tea-Factor with Kat Sweet Feb 23, 2020

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Kat Sweet (@TheSweetKat) sits down to chat about incident response and security operations, all while sipping tea with me.

Some links of interest:

Kat's Twitter - @TheSweetKat
Kat's Blog - thesweetkat.com

Want to reach out to the show? There's a few ways to get in touch!

Purple Squad Security's Twitter: @PurpleSquadSec
John's Twitter: @JohnsNotHere
John's Mastodon: https://infosec.exchange/@JohnsNotHere
Podcast Website: purplesquadsec.com
Podcast Store: https://purplesquadsec.com/store
Sign-Up for our Slack community: https://signup.purplesquadsec.com

Thanks for listening, and as always, I will talk with you all again next time.

Find out more at http://purplesquadsec.com

Episode 69 - 2020 Show Update Feb 09, 2020

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John sits down to talk solo about the show and what's in store for 2020.

Some links of interest:

EliteSec Website - https://elitesec.io
EliteSec Twitter - @EliteSec_io

Want to reach out to the show? There's a few ways to get in touch!

Purple Squad Security's Twitter: @PurpleSquadSec
John's Twitter: @JohnsNotHere
John's Mastodon: https://infosec.exchange/@JohnsNotHere
Podcast Website: purplesquadsec.com
Podcast Store: https://purplesquadsec.com/store
Sign-Up for our Slack community: https://signup.purplesquadsec.com

Thanks for listening, and as always, I will talk with you all again next time.

Find out more at http://purplesquadsec.com

Episode 68 - All About The Diana Initiative with Circuit Swan Jan 20, 2020

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Circuit Swan stops by the show to talk all things Diana Initiative. If you're going to Hacker Summer Camp 2020, you may want to consider adding the Diana Initiative to your list of cons to attend.

Some links of interest:

Circuit Swan's Twitter: @CircuitSwan
Diana Initiative Twitter: @DianaInitiative
Website - https://www.dianainitiative.org

Want to reach out to the show? There's a few ways to get in touch!

Purple Squad Security's Twitter: @PurpleSquadSec
John's Twitter: @JohnsNotHere
John's Mastodon: https://infosec.exchange/@JohnsNotHere
Podcast Website: purplesquadsec.com
Podcast Store: https://purplesquadsec.com/store
Sign-Up for our Slack community: https://signup.purplesquadsec.com

Thanks for listening, and as always, I will talk with you all again next time.

Find out more at http://purplesquadsec.com

Episode 67 - A casual conversation with Snow Dec 15, 2019

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Snow stops by during the winter months to share with us the true origin of her hacker handle, stories from some physical penetration testing, a quick note on her Kringlecon talk, and so much more! A great way to round out the year!

Some links of interest:

Snow's Twitter: @_sn0ww

Want to reach out to the show? There's a few ways to get in touch!

Purple Squad Security's Twitter: @PurpleSquadSec
John's Twitter: @JohnsNotHere
John's Mastodon: https://infosec.exchange/@JohnsNotHere
Podcast Website: purplesquadsec.com
Podcast Store: https://purplesquadsec.com/store
Sign-Up for our Slack community: https://signup.purplesquadsec.com

Thanks for listening, and as always, I will talk with you all again next time.

Find out more at http://purplesquadsec.com

Episode 66 - Fireside Chat with Adrian Cheek Dec 01, 2019

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Adrian Cheek stops by the show this week to have a nice fireside chat with me. We talk about passive DNS, which Adrian first introduced to me a few years ago, and then move on to threat hunting. Adrian has a very interesting history and it was a joy to speak with him.

Some links of interest:

Adrian's Twitter: @Outkast_TI
Farsight Passive DNS - https://www.farsightsecurity.com/solutions/dnsdb/

Want to reach out to the show? There's a few ways to get in touch!

Purple Squad Security's Twitter: @PurpleSquadSec
John's Twitter: @JohnsNotHere
John's Mastodon: https://infosec.exchange/@JohnsNotHere
Podcast Website: purplesquadsec.com
Podcast Store: https://purplesquadsec.com/store
Sign-Up for our Slack community: https://signup.purplesquadsec.com

Thanks for listening, and as always, I will talk with you all again next time.

Find out more at http://purplesquadsec.com

Episode 65 - Fireside Chat with The Gibson Nov 17, 2019

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I'm trying a slightly different format for the next few episodes, and I'd appreciate any feedback you may have.

In this episode I sit down with The Gibson, mayor of hackers.town, to talk about a variety of things from the Fediverse, working with the under-serviced SMB market, old school technologies, and the Infosec community as a whole. We're all over the place, but it's a good thing. Just a nice casual conversation talking about things that interest us.

Some links of interest:

Gibson's Mastodon: @TheGibson@hackers.town
Hacker's Town: https://hackers.town
Gibson's Twitter: @gibsonmainframe
BlackFire Security: https://blackfiresec.com/

Want to reach out to the show? There's a few ways to get in touch!

Purple Squad Security's Twitter: @PurpleSquadSec
John's Twitter: @JohnsNotHere
John's Mastodon: https://infosec.exchange/@JohnsNotHere
Podcast Website: purplesquadsec.com
Podcast Store: https://purplesquadsec.com/store
Sign-Up for our Slack community: https://signup.purplesquadsec.com

Thanks for listening, and as always, I will talk with you all again next time.

Find out more at http://purplesquadsec.com

Episode 64 - Fireside Chat with Tanya Janca Nov 03, 2019

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I'm trying a slightly different format for the next few episodes, and I'd appreciate any feedback you may have.

In this episode I sit down with the amazing Tanya Janca for a fireside chat about her new company, Security Sidekick. They seem to have some pretty ambitious goals, and I couldn't think of anyone better to help make those a reality.

Some links of interest:

For Tanya:

Tanya's Twitter: https://twitter.com/shehackspurple
Tanya's Dev.to Profile: https://dev.to/shehackspurple
Tanya's Blog: https://medium.com/@shehackspurple
Tanya's YouTube Profile: https://www.youtube.com/shehackspurple
Tanya's Twitch Channel: https://www.twitch.tv/shehackspurple
Tanya's LinkedIn Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tanya-janca

For Security Sidekick:

Website: https://securitysidekick.dev
Twitter: https://twitter.com/SecSidekick
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3KyuI83jt0l14q8xyffC2A

Want to reach out to the show? There's a few ways to get in touch!

Purple Squad Security's Twitter: @PurpleSquadSec
John's Twitter: @JohnsNotHere
John's Mastodon: https://infosec.exchange/@JohnsNotHere
Podcast Website: purplesquadsec.com
Podcast Store: https://purplesquadsec.com/store
Sign-Up for our Slack community: https://signup.purplesquadsec.com

Thanks for listening, and as always, I will talk with you all again next time.

Find out more at http://purplesquadsec.com

Episode 63 - Backdoors & Breaches with John Strand Oct 20, 2019

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Oh what I treat I have for you today! John Strand, former SANS instructor, long time co-host on Enterprise Security Weekly, Founder of Black Hills Information Security, and a whole lot more has taken time out of his busy schedule to stop by and talk about Backdoors & Breaches, the new IR card game from BHIS. Naturally we talk about more than just the game, but it was all as amazing as I had hoped. I trust you will enjoy listening to this one about as much as I enjoyed recording it.

Some links of interest: