Dark Reading Confidential

At any moment around the world, cybercriminals and nation-state sponsored hackers are targeting businesses, government entities, and nonprofits for financial gain, cyber espionage, or geopolitical advantage. But behind every organization facing this nonstop barrage of cyberattack activity are dedicated cybersecurity professionals working to defend their organizations’ networks, systems, and sensitive information. Dark Reading Confidential brings you rare, firsthand stories from the cybersecurity practitioners in the cyber trenches, as well high-profile industry experts and headline-makers. Subscribe, and treat your ears to compelling stories and insights from the actual people fighting back against these hackers, and the experts helping to shape ever-evolving cybersecurity defenses.

Episodes

Jul 28, 2026

27 min

Expert Rich Mogull explains how the OpenAI agent's attack on Hugging Face exposes fresh risks for every cyber team. 

Jul 28, 2026

27 min

Jun 24, 2026

41 min

Kickbacks, no-show jobs, "dirty" VCs, and shelf ware — industry expert Robert "RSnake" Hansen explains why he thinks its time for a CISO code of ethics to ensure cybersecurity bosses aren't engaged in self-dealing that could risk enterprise, and even national, security.

Jun 24, 2026

41 min

May 5, 2026

26 min

Two decades ago Dark Reading posted its first blockbuster — a story from a pen tester who sprinkled rigged thumb drives around a credit union parking lot and let curious employees do the rest. This episode looks back at the history-making column with its author Steve Stasiukonis and Dark Reading's editor-in-chief Kelly Jackson Higgins.

May 5, 2026

26 min

Apr 28, 2026

28 min

Chris Inglis was the head civilian in charge at the NSA when the Snowden leak exploded. He gets candid about mistakes the organization made, and what CISOs need to know about spotting potential threats, media disclosures, and 'enculturation.' 

Apr 28, 2026

28 min

Apr 2, 2026

41 min

CISOs are bullish on AI and have big plans to roll out future tools. We talk to Reddit CISO, Fredrick Lee and leading analyst Dave Gruber about how AI is working out in the real world, as well as its future promise. 

Apr 2, 2026

41 min

Mar 4, 2026

24 min

Interpol relied on Will Thomas and team to help break up a sprawling cybercrime ring, leading to the arrest of 574 suspects, the recovery of more than $3 million, and the decryption of six malware variants. Here's his story. 

Mar 4, 2026

24 min

Jan 23, 2026

34 min

Dark Reading Confidential Episode 14: This episode features teen hackers who grew up to become cybersecurity executives Michael Coates and Tal Kollender who discuss how curious, ethical problem solving can continue to serve as a guiding principle for an evolving cybersecurity sector.

Jan 23, 2026

34 min

Dec 29, 2025

42 min

Developers are exposing their organizations' most sensitive information; our guests explain why it's happening and how to stop it.

Dec 29, 2025

42 min

Nov 24, 2025

29 min

Dark Reading Confidential Episode 12: Experts Fred Kwong and Jessica Sica help cyber job seekers get noticed; make an argument for a need to return to the hacker ethos of a bygone era; and have a stark conversation about keeping AI from breaking the sector's talent pipeline for years to come. 

Nov 24, 2025

29 min

Oct 31, 2025

39 min

Enterprise cyber teams are in prime position to push back against our current "Golden Age of Surveillance," according to our guests Ronald Deibert from Citizen Lab and David Greene from the EFF. 

Oct 31, 2025

39 min

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