Layer 8 Podcast

Layer 8 Podcast

Layer 8 Conference

Episodes 148
Avg. Duration 38m
Activity Highly Active
Apple Rating 4.5 (13)
Since Dec 2019
Latest Episode Jun 2026

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About This Podcast

Welcome to the Layer 8 Podcast season 5! This season we’ll have conversations with social engineers and OSINT investigators who will tell their stories. We hope you enjoy them.

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Recent Episodes

S6E16 Episode 148: Dr. Abbie Maroño

Jun 01, 2026 44m

Dr. Abbie Maroño is a behavioral scientist and the Director of Education for Social Engineer, LLC. She frequently consults on body language, non-verbals and public speaking, all using data backed by…

S6E16 Episode 147: John Bejakovic

May 25, 2026 42m

John Bejakovic is a business copywriter who writes a daily newsletter at bejakovic.com, an online journal and wrote a book about influence techniques that he has learned. He acknowledges the work of…

S6E15 Episode 146: Social Engineering Capture the Flag at Layer 8

May 18, 2026 28m

The Layer 8 Conference will have a full scope social engineering capture the flag (CTF) competition this year. This is an event that has been created by John Costa and Jordan Saleh. In this episode,…

S6E14 Episode 145: Brett Redman of OSINT Industries

May 11, 2026 40m

Brett Redman, the Chief Operating Officer of OSINT Industries returns to the Layer 8 Podcast. He talks a bit about platform and training opportunities available through his company. We also talked…

S6E13 Episode 144: Gunther Royen and Scott McLean

May 05, 2026 33m

For this episode, our host attended a covert entry class with Covert Access Team in Copenhagen, and spoke with Gunther Royen and Scott McLean about their experiences. They talk tales of physical…

S6E12 Episode 143: OSINT Keynote, Training and Mistakes!

Apr 27, 2026 45m

On this episode, we're excited to announce that the OSINT keynote speaker for the Layer 8 Conference will be Micah Hoffman! See more about Micah here:…

S6E11 Episode 142: Learning Covert Entry with Brian Harris

Apr 20, 2026 52m

Brian Harris is the creator of Covert Access Team, a company that performs physical security testing. That can include testing whether your detection and response is up to snuff, or if your physical…

S6E10 Episode 141: Carter Zupancich - Vishing with AI

Apr 13, 2026 40m

Carter Zupancich is a Solutions Architecture Manager at Doppel. In this episode, Carter tells us how far AI has come in assisting with phone phishing, or vishing. AI has been built up to where it's…

S6E9 Episode 140: Jennifer Shannon & Kevin Tackett - Secure Ideas

Mar 30, 2026 45m

Jennifer Shannon is a Senior Security Consultant for Secure Ideas. Kevin Tackett is formerly known as Kevin Johnson, the CEO and founder of Secure Ideas. On this episode, we talked about why Kevin…

S6E8 Episode 139: Mathieu Gaucheler of Maltego

Mar 23, 2026 41m

Mathieu Gaucheler is the Subject Matter Expert at Maltego where he works with clients on custom OSINT solutions and also runs their public CTFs and conference demonstrations. He co-wrote a whitepaper…

S6E7 Episode 138: Layer 8 Keynote Speaker Christina Lekati

Mar 16, 2026 40m

The Layer 8 Conference is excited to announce the first of its keynote speakers for 2026, Christina Lekati!Christina is a social engineering specialist who works with Cyber Risk, GmbH in Munich,…

S6E6 Episode 137: Rosa Rowles - Social Engineer

Mar 09, 2026 34m

Rosa Rowles has spent more than six years as a social engineer, mainly performing vishing calls. She reports that she has made more than 20,000 calls in her career. In this episode, she talks about…

Episode 136: Sagi Brody of Sockpuppet

Mar 02, 2026 31m

Sagi Brody is the CEO and creator of Sockpuppet.io, a company that makes sockpuppets available for investigations. If you've ever tried to create your own sock accounts, you know how difficult they…

S6E4 Episode 135: Mrs. OSINT

Feb 23, 2026 36m

It's pretty easy to guess what she does simply by her name. Mrs. OSINT has an incredible web site dedicated to sharing her learning journey and helping others do the same. She has a "Start Here" page…

S6E3 Episode 134: Anatomy of a Con Artist - Johnathan Walton

Feb 16, 2026 50m

Johnathan Walton got conned out of $100,000 by a very experienced con-woman. When most people get conned or scammed, they're embarrassed and never tell anyone about the experience. Johnathan is…

S6E2 Episode 133: Dennis Keefe

Feb 09, 2026 37m

Want to get into the OSINT field and are unsure where to start? Then this is the episode for you. Dennis Keefe started out in law enforcement, became a web developer and then changed into the OSINT…

S6E1 Episode 132 - Chris Cowling of RedTeamers.eu

Feb 02, 2026 47m

Have you thought much about physical security and whether someone could breach a building's guards, alarms and cameras? On this episode, we talk with Chris Cowling, the founder of RedTeamers.eu and…

S5E11 Episode 131: Kirby Plessas and the PEN

May 26, 2025 41m

Kirby Plessas is an OSINT pioneer, US military veteran, business owner, board member, is OSC certified and podcast host. Kirby was an Arabic linguist in the military who started sharing what she knew…

S5E10 Episode 130: Positive Reinforcement and Gamification in Security Awareness with CyberHoot

May 12, 2025 42m

Craig Taylor is the founder and CEO of CyberHoot a security awareness company that focuses on positive reinforcement and gamification. Craig studied psychology and used that knowledge when creating…

S5E9 Episode 129: Tim Farmer - Deanonymizing the Dark Web

Apr 28, 2025 41m

Tim Farmer is the OSINT Training Lead for Dark Blue at CACI. He performs investigations along with teaching OSINT classes with a focus on the deep and dark web. (Don't know the difference? We discuss…

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