Beers with Talos Podcast

Hazel, Dave and Joe plot to celebrate Bill's 25 years at Talos with stories and a good old fashioned roast.The team also covers the latest security headlines, including AI-assisted vulnerability research, and why attackers still can’t resist abusing trusted systems (or Roblox).They also break down the latest Cisco Talos Incident Response Quarterly Trends report, including:Phishing’s return as the top initial access vectorAI-generated credential harvesting pages built in minutesCrimson Collective activity and GitHub token exposurePre-ransomware incidents and early disruptionWhy logging (still) matters more than everRead the full report at https://blog.talosintelligence.com/ir-trends-q1-2026/And for more guidance for defenders, check out this episode of The Talos Threat Perspective https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wppL7JBshK8Plus: Crossbows, Metasploit nostalgia, and why, despite everything, security fundamentals still win.