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Research Saturday

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Every Saturday, we sit down with cybersecurity researchers to talk shop about the latest threats, vulnerabilities, and technical discoveries.

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What has Research Saturday covered recently?

Recent episodes include "The wrong kind of access." (17 October 2026, 28 minutes), "Play to win, pay to lose." (3 October 2026, 23 minutes), and "An apple a day, a phish away." (26 September 2026, 25 minutes).

How often does Research Saturday publish?

Research Saturday publishes roughly weekly, with episodes averaging 24 minutes across 471 episodes.

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Booking probability for Research Saturday is 38%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Research Saturday requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Research Saturday's contact route on record: verified email.

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The strongest fits for Research Saturday are IT Services & Software Development. Research Saturday has a technology audience.

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Recent episodes

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  • Episode #446

    The wrong kind of access.

    Oct 17, 202628 minS10

    Dan Lisichkin, AI Security Researcher from Pillar Security, discussing their work on "A WIF Of Fresh Access, How a GitHub Issue on Gemini-CLI Led to GCP Project Compromise." Researchers at Pillar Security uncovered a...

  • Episode #444

    Play to win, pay to lose.

    Oct 3, 202623 minS10

    Today we are joined by Jean-Pierre Mouton, Senior Threat Intelligence Consultant at GuidePoint Security, discussing their work on "How Play Achieves Encryption." Play ransomware, also known as PlayCrypt, continues to...

  • Episode #443

    An apple a day, a phish away.

    Sep 26, 202625 minS10

    Today we are joined by Ensar Seker, VP of Research and CISO at SOCRadar, discussing their work on "Exposing AnonyMousKIT: AI-Powered PhaaS Supply Chain." An investigation into AnonyMousKIT reveals an AI-powered...

  • Episode #442

    All about that proxy.

    Sep 19, 202626 minS10

    Today we are joined by Dr. Renée Burton, VP of Threat Intelligence at Infoblox, discussing their work on Lurking Lizard, "Fake Installers, Fake Reviews, Fake Services – Real Proxies, Real." The research uncovers Lurking...

  • Episode #441

    A beast by any other name.

    Sep 12, 202623 minS10

    Today we are joined by Brigid O Gorman, Senior Intelligence Analyst on Symantec Threat Hunter team, discussing their work on “GodDamn Ransomware: Latest Beast Rebrand Uses Malicious Driver to Disable Defenses." GodDamn...

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  • Episode #440

    RMM-ber this ransomware.

    Sep 5, 202620 minS10

    Ismael Valenzuela, Vice President of Labs, Threat Research and Intelligence at Arctic Wolf, sits down with Dave to discuss their work tracking Anubis. Arctic Wolf Labs details a series of 2026 Anubis ransomware...

  • Episode #439

    Who let the AI hack?

    Aug 29, 202623 minS10

    Today we are joined by Crystal Morin, Senior Cybersecurity Strategist, and Michael Clark, Senior Director of Threat Research, at Sysdig, sharing their work on "LLMjacking evolved: Attackers are using stolen AI compute...

  • Episode #438

    A RAT in the spreadsheet.

    Aug 22, 202630 minS10

    Today we are joined by Aaron Beardslee, Manager of Threat Research at Securonix, discussing "Analyzing SHEET#CREEP: SHEETCREEP is up again with different config obfuscation." Securonix researchers have identified an...

  • Episode #436

    The botnet that scouts before it strikes.

    Aug 15, 202627 minS10

    Today we are joined by Ian Goldin, Senior Lead Information Security Engineer, and Mike Horka, Principal Information Security Engineer, from Lumen's Black Lotus Labs, discussing their research entitled "Expanded JDY IoT...

  • Episode #436

    A little help from your search engine.

    Aug 8, 202620 minS10

    Today we are joined by Brian Hussey, SVP of Howler Cell Threat Services at Cyderes, discussing their work on "Bad Ads, Worse Binaries: Fake Claude Code Installer Drops Infostealer." Howler Cell identified an SEO...

  • Episode #435

    The driver's seat to ransomware.

    Aug 1, 202624 minS10

    This week, we are joined by Marcus Hutchins, Principal Threat Researcher at Expel, sharing their work on "Not very gentlemanly: Analyzing a zero-day exploit used by The Gentlemen ransomware to disable targets’ EDRs."...

  • Episode #434

    Cold lures, hot targets.

    Jul 25, 202617 minS10

    This week, we are joined by Ondrej Kubovič, Security Awareness Specialist from ESET, discussing their work on "FrostyNeighbor: Fresh mischief and digital shenanigans." Ondrej walks us through ESET's latest research into...

  • Episode #433

    When trusted sites turn.

    Jul 18, 202618 minS10

    Lauren Fievisohn, Ph.D, Senior Threat Researcher from Silent Push, is sharing their work on "Meet DriveSurge: A New Threat Actor Using ClickFix and Fake Update Drive-By Attacks in Thousands of Compromised Sites." Silent...

  • Episode #432

    Conti-versal opinions.

    Jul 11, 202629 minS10

    Today we are joined by Geoff White, host of Cyber Hack and BBC journalist, taking a deep dive into the Conti ransomware gang. Geoff explores an in-depth investigation into the notorious Conti ransomware gang, drawing...

  • Episode #4

    Is your enterprise AI strategy delivering ROI yet? [AI Security Brief]

    Jul 4, 202624 minS1

    While we take a break this 4th of July weekend, please enjoy this encore of AI Security Brief. Your enterprise AI strategy isn’t as far along as you think. The reality for most organizations today is that AI is...

  • Episode #431

    More bark than byte.

    Jun 27, 202624 minS10

    This week we are joined by Daniel Schwalbe, Chief Information Security Officer & Head of Investigations at DomainTools, discussing their work on "ZionSiphon OT Malware First Attempts? Psyops? Both?" Researchers at...

  • Episode #430

    Peeling back Banana RAT.

    Jun 20, 202629 minS10

    This week, we are joined by Tom Kellermann, TrendAI's VP of AI Security and Threat Research, discussing their work on "Inside SHADOW-WATER-063’s Banana RAT: From Build Server to Banking Fraud." Researchers from...

  • Episode #429

    This Sparrow doesn't migrate.

    Jun 13, 202623 minS10

    Martin Zugec, Technical Solutions Director at Bitdefender, discussing their work on "FamousSparrow APT Targets Azerbaijani Oil and Gas Industry." Bitdefender researchers uncovered a sustained cyber espionage campaign by...

  • Episode #428

    You've been muted...permanently.

    Jun 6, 202621 minS10

    Ismael Valenzuela, Arctic Wolf’s VP of Labs, Threat Research and Intelligence, discusses their work on "BlueNoroff Uses ClickFix, Fileless PowerShell, and AI-Generated Fake Zoom Meetings to Target Web3 Sector." Arctic...

  • Episode #427

    The skills pay the bills.

    May 30, 202624 minS10

    Today we are joined by Marco Giuliani, Vice President & Head of Research at ThreatDown, discussing their work on "GachiLoader adopts AI skill lure." Threat actors are now using fake AI agent “skills” as highly...

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