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Welcome to Bad Dependencies, the podcast where the digital supply chain gets audited in real-time. Hosted by security researchers Charlie Erikson and Mackenzie Jackson from Aikido Security, this bi-weekly show dives deep into the wildest, weirdest, and most dangerous malware found lurking in package registries like NPM and PyPI. From image-based payloads to AI-generated code noise, nothing is off-limits as Charlie and Mackenzie explore the bleeding edge of software supply chain attacks. Whether you’re a developer, security enthusiast, or just malware-curious, Bad Dependencies will open your ey
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Signup to Generate a PitchWelcome to Bad Dependencies, the podcast where the digital supply chain gets audited in real-time. Hosted by security researchers Charlie Erikson and Mackenzie Jackson from Aikido Security, this bi-weekly show dives deep into the wildest, weirdest, and most dangerous malware found lurking in package registries like NPM and PyPI.
Bad Dependencies Podcast is hosted by Mackenzie Jackson. The show has published 15 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "How good is AI at Hacking? Benchmarking Models for Vulnerability Detection with Philippe Dourassov" (14 September 2026, 21 minutes), "GitHub Breach: Inside the Team PCP Supply Chain Breach" (21 May 2026, 25 minutes), and "Shai-Hulud is Back: TanStack & Mistral AI Breach by TeamPCP Mini Worm" (13 May 2026, 23 minutes).
Bad Dependencies Podcast publishes roughly monthly, with episodes averaging 27 minutes across 15 episodes.
Booking probability for Bad Dependencies Podcast is 29%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Bad Dependencies Podcast requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Bad Dependencies Podcast's contact route on record: verified email.
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Mackenzie Jackson hosts Bad Dependencies Podcast, a technology podcast with 15 episodes published.
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Are frontier AI models really the best at hacking and finding security vulnerabilities? In this episode of Bad Dependencies, host Mackenzie Jackson speaks with Philippe Dourassov, head of technical AI pentesting at...
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<p>In this episode of Bad Dependencies, we analyze the reported leak of GitHub's source code and the sale of thousands of its repositories. We map out the chain of events leading up to the incident, including recent...
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<p>In this episode of Bad Dependencies, we dive into the "wormy" chaos of the latest supply chain attack hitting the JavaScript ecosystem. Join researcher Charlie Eriksen as he breaks down how the threat actor group...
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<p>In this episode of Bad Dependencies, Mackenzie and security researcher Charlie Erickson break down a fast-moving software supply chain attack led by Team PCP.Starting with the compromise of Trivy, the attackers...
<p>In this episode, I sit down with Charlie Eriksen, the researcher who uncovered the Shai Hulud 2.0 campaign, for a deep dive into one of the wildest supply-chain attacks we’ve seen. What began as a strange detection...
<p><br>In this episode of Bad Dependencies, Mackenzie Jackson and Charlie Eriksen dive into one of the most sophisticated malware incidents to target developers — the OpenVSX compromise. They unpack how attackers hid...
Episode #7
<p>In this episode, host Mackenzie Jackson is joined by Charlie Erikson and Daniel Pereira to uncover the story of Shai-Hulud — a self-propagating worm that shook the NPM ecosystem. Like the great sandworm of Arrakis...
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<p>Charlie Eriksen and I sat down for a candid chat with Josh Junon, the maintainer of chalk and debug, who found himself at the center of one of the largest npm supply-chain attacks.Josh talks openly about: ✅ How the...
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<p>Charlie Erkson and Mackenzie Jackson return with breaking news on one of the wildest supply chain compromises to date. The popular NX packages—with millions of weekly downloads—were hijacked, and attackers used an...
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<p>In this Episode Mackenzie and Charlie sit down to discuss exactly what is going on with all the Phishing campaigns against NPM maintainers, what was compromised, and what you can do about it. We also discuss the...
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<p>In this episode of Bad Dependencies, we explore the gray zone of offensive security with researcher Raphael Silva from Checkmarx. Hosts Mackenzie and Charlie break down June’s 4,000+ flagged malicious packages, then...
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<p>In this explosive episode of Bad Dependencies, Mackenzie Jackson and Charlie Eriksen uncover a sophisticated malware campaign that compromised 16 popular npm packages—including libraries under the "react-native-aria"...
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<p>In the debut episode of Bad Dependencies, Charlie and Mackenzie unpack some seriously strange cases of malware hidden in plain sight on NPM. They explore how malicious actors are stuffing payloads into image files...
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