Episodes 13
Avg. Duration 11m
Activity Dormant
Since Aug 2025
Latest Episode Oct 2025

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Schedule
Weekly
Format
Episodic
Consistency
98%
Hosting
anchor.fm

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About This Podcast

Switchborn is a captivating weekly podcast hosted by Harun Esur (aka Marcus Frex), a cybersecurity expert and underground persona who emerged from decades of anonymity to share his unfiltered memories. Blending cyberpunk introspection, rebellious wisdom, and raw storytelling, Switchborn invites listeners to explore the hacker ethos: walk to the edge of the post-quantum desert, follow the star, and let the challenges forge you or not. Perfect for thinkers, and rebels seeking depth beyond the screen. Tune in for Marcus's evolving tales of control, chaos, and digital freedom. r00t@switchborn

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Recent Episodes

S1E13 Switchborn - Episode 013 - The illusion of language safety

Oct 28, 2025 10m

Switchborn, the defiant cyber manifesto from hacker sage Marcus Frex, debunks the myth of "memory-safe" languages like Rust as silver bullets for security, likening them to alchemists' flawed…

S1E12 Switchborn - Episode 012 - AI in Cybersec is NOT a revolution, it's a goldrush

Oct 21, 2025 11m

Switchborn, the unyielding cyberpunk critique from Marcus Frex, dismantles the AI hype in cybersecurity as a recycled gold rush, vendors rebranding basic algorithms as revolutionary saviors, echoing…

S1E11 Switchborn - Episode 011 - Never Trust Oracle

Oct 14, 2025 8m

Switchborn, the searing cyberpunk saga from Marcus Frex, exposes the betrayal of "secure" tech giant Oracle, whose 2025 E-Business Suite zero-day flaw let the Cl0p syndicate silently siphon terabytes…

S1E10 Switchborn - Episode 010 - Cybersecurity Cershitification

Oct 06, 2025 8m

Switchborn, the unflinching cyber manifesto from Marcus Frex, eviscerates "cershitification", the credential theater of cybersecurity badges and vendor myths that peddle paper shields over real…

S1E9 Switchborn - Episode 009 - Principles of Proactive Cybersecurity

Sep 30, 2025 11m

In the this weeks' episode, Frex contrasts principles of proactive cybersecurity. Drawing invisible attackers with elite defenders, urging listeners to profile adversaries, lay convincing traps,…

S1E8 Switchborn - Episode 008 - Enshittification of Cybersecurity

Sep 22, 2025 10m

Switchborn, the raw cyberpunk odyssey from Marcus Frex, skewers the "enshittification" of cybersecurity, a hollow race to cheap illusions where automated scanners and AI hype peddle pretty PDFs over…

S1E7 Switchborn - Episode 007 - The Endgame You Forgot

Sep 16, 2025 15m

Switchborn, the enigmatic podcast from Marcus Frex, unravels the double-edged sword of cyberwarfare through the lens of Stuxnet, a once-secret U.S.-Israeli digital strike that crippled Iran's nuclear…

S1E6 Switchborn - Episode 006 - Tale of Virus Selim

Sep 09, 2025 13m

Switchborn, the introspective podcast, this week dismantles media myths glorifying digital thieves as masterminds, using cases like Albert Gonzalez's crude credit card empire to highlight the ruinous…

S1E5 Switchborn - Episode 005 - How I Hacked 4 Banks At The Same Time

Sep 02, 2025 12m

This episode explores a 2014 Istanbul hack where Marcus exploited a careless developer’s sloppy code to breach bank systems, revealing the chaos beneath corporate illusions of "bought" security.…

S1E4 Switchborn - Episode 004 - Crypto kidnapings

Aug 25, 2025 14m

In this gripping episode of Switchborn, Marcus delves into the rising threat of crypto kidnappings, sharing real-world examples and expert strategies for protecting your digital wallet when your life…

S1E3 Switchborn - Episode 003 - Cryptocoins 101

Aug 18, 2025 16m

Marcus pulls no punches in a no-holds-barred deconstruction of blockchain and cryptocurrency hype, exposing how a supposedly decentralized, democratized system is still ruled by centralization,…

S1E2 Switchborn - Episode 002 - PostQuantum Crypto is Here

Aug 18, 2025 9m

Marcus draws an electrifying line from the Allies’ secret cracking of the Nazi Enigma machine to a looming cryptographic apocalypse as quantum supercomputers threaten to render today's encryption…

S1E1 Switchborn - Episode 001 - Being A Hacker: Part 1.

Aug 18, 2025 10m

In the first episode, beneath the black terminal glow, Marcus,’s renegade origin story unfolds shattering the myth of the hoodie-clad “hacker”. This provocative episode shares the tale of a brilliant…

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Switchborn has published 13 episodes since August 2025, covering topics in Technology.

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