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S2026E20 Panda wins the Skillbit CTF at RVASec
Panda from Assura calls in from the Richmond Marriott after a wild day at RVASec, where their team took first in Roman Bohuk’s MetaCTF (now Skillbit) and talks about why CTFs are really about…
S2026E19 Panda checks in from RVASec, ready for the CTF
Panda from Assura calls in from outside the Marriott at RVASec in downtown Richmond, tired but having a blast, prepping the Curious Corvids for tomorrow's CTF.Shoutouts: Errant Packet, Curious…
S2026E18 Panda preps for RVAsec, talks DEF CON's DDV and our Culture
Panda calls in from a Florida beach walk with the puppy, getting ready for the long drive up to RVAsec. He riffs on the DEF CON data duplication village, the InfoCon.org talk archive, and a weekend…
S2026E17 Panda checks in from JAX2600 / DC904 meetup
Panda phones in from the monthly JAX2600 / DC904 meetup, talks about AI controls at work, homemade antennas, cognitive security, and what is coming next for Hackers IRL.Shoutouts: Bruno, Cognitive…
S2026E16 Panda on travel jitters and why caring feels like stress
Panda from Assura talks through the pre-trip anxiety that hits before every con or vacation, how he reframes nerves as a sign he cares, and learning to ship early over chasing perfect.
S2026E15 The first person Panda ever talked Linux with was a therapist
Panda from Assura unwinds at the Jacksonville Linux User Group, catches Champ Clark demo JSONAir, and shares how a childhood therapist became the first person to ever listen to them nerd out about…
S2026E14 Panda on AI shifting the software moat
Panda from Assura walks his dog and riffs on how AI has tanked the value of secret-sauce IP, why the real moat is just doing, and why vibe-coded apps still need real security testing.
S2026E13 her0x0ftime on vulnerability management and the feeling of insanity
her0x0ftime calls in on his morning drive to share how early vulnerability management work mirrored his recovery journey, and how the endless scan-and-patch cycle pushed him to rethink what security…
S2026E12 Panda on AI gatekeeping, jailbreaks, and Evil Voice Agents
Panda talks about frontier models quietly profiling who you are before answering, the lockpick-letterhead parallel, debug-mode jailbreaks, and worries about who gets gated out of learning infosec.
S2026E11 Panda nerds out on Cloudflare's Bot Detection
Panda shares a Sunday note about handling a quarter million daily bot requests on his sites, the limits of Cloudflare's verified-bot signal, and how GEO is the new SEO.Shoutouts: BSidesTampa
S2026E10 Hacking Playbooks for the Community
Panda introduces hackingplaybook.com and the new awesomeplaybooks.com format for open source courseware for operators going out of their comfort zone. Contribute today on GitHub! Shoutouts:…
S2026E9 Be okay with losing, prizes aren't the point
Panda recounts an uncomfortable moment at HackSpaceCon, where second-place finishers argued for a black badge they hadn't earned, and reflects on why you should play the game for the game.Shoutouts:…
S2026E8 Panda on HackSpaceCon, satellite hacking, and 66 blocks
Panda calls in driving home through Florida storms after HackSpaceCon, recapping Tim Fowler's satellite hacking class and the analog telephone game he ran, which the Manta Rays swept for 900…
S2026E7 her0x0ftime on the in-between space after a con
her0x0ftime, also known as Cameron, calls in from a hotel room post-HackspaceCon. He sits with the exhaustion, the goodbyes, and what it means to be vulnerable by design.Shoutouts: Panda
S2026E6 Panda checks in from HackSpaceCon day one
Panda calls in from Kennedy Space Center on day one of HackSpaceCon, sharing shoutouts to speakers, a freeze-dried ice cream break, and an invitation for more listeners to call in.Shoutouts: Karen…
S2026E5 Panda hijacks CubeSats at HackSpaceCon
Panda calls in from HackSpaceCon near Kennedy Space Center, recapping Tim Fowler's satellite hacking class where students intercepted telemetry and took over CubeSats with software-defined…
S2026E4 Panda's first day at HackSpaceCon, with hard hats and Wi-Fi
Panda from Assura Incorporated checks in from day one of HackSpaceCon, running wiring through a construction site in AT&T gear, prepping training classes, and looking forward to satellite hacking…
S2026E3 HackSpaceCon Network and the rise of JaxMesh
Panda checks in the Monday before HackSpaceCon, prepping access points in their living room and driving to JaxMesh.com #MeshMonday. Plus how Meshtastic went from barely working to badass at DEF CON…
S2026E2 Doom scrolling is becoming doom chatting
Nothingness vents about how chat-based AI is starting to feel as addictive and predatory as social media, with people-pleasing replies pulling users back for more.
S2026E1 Panda's Sunday brain dump before HackSpaceCon
Panda wakes up the Sunday before HackSpaceCon, walks his puppy, and rambles through the week ahead: running the con network, a phone CTF he built for BSides Jax, satellite hacking with ETHOSLabs, and…
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