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War Stories
by Zac Davis
Zac Davis hosts War Stories, a podcast featuring stories from real life penetration testers. Zac covers their background, favorite tools, and stories that define their career.Sponsored by Cyber Coffee. Real hackers need real caffeine. www.sevnx.com/shop
Episodes
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Episode 22: "Interview with a Cyborg" ft. Len Noe
This week, Zac dials in with Len Noe, the world's first "augmented ethical hacker" (of course by that... we mean CYBORG!). Len has implanted 10 microchips between his elbows and fingers, which he can leverage to execute a variety of offensive security attacks. Len walks us through his journey of...
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Episode 21: "Hacking Apple" ft. Mike Piekarski
This week, Zac sits down with Mike Piekarski. Mike is a bug bounty specialist, penetration tester, and solutions architect. He is also the founder of Breach Craft (breachcraft.io), a boutique cybersecurity firm based in Pennsylvania. Zac and Mike discuss Mike's most successful bug bounty…
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Episode 20: "The Art of Deception" ft. Faisal Tameesh
This week, Zac sits down with Faisal Tameesh. Faisal is a senior red team operator at NVIDIA and a "hacker of all trades" with experience in software development, pentesting, red teaming, social engineering, exploit development, and reverse engineering. Zac and Faisal discuss the technical…
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Episode 19: "IDOR, APIs, and Passwords OH My!" ft. Jullian Gerhart
This week Zac sits down with Jullian Gerhart. Jullian is a Managing Consultant at NCC Group, which specializes in application security and application security pentesting. Jullian is also a contributor to the Application Defense Alliance (https://appdefensealliance.dev/) working to create a...
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Episode 18: "Cars and Cyber" ft. Brett DeWall
This week, Zac sits down with his longtime friend Brett DeWall. Brett is a Staff Specialist at White Oak Security (CyberAdvisors). He is a pentester, red teamer, bug bounty hunter, and security researcher. Zac and Brett do a deep dive on the RFID hacking research Brett has conducted, as well as…
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Episode 17: "Hey Hoang, umm Cylance is on the Phone..." ft. Hoang Bui
This week, Zac sits down with Hoang Bui. Hoang specializes in reverse engineering, while dabbling in penetration testing and red teaming. Zac and Hoang discuss the levels of abstraction and different approaches for writing and breaking programs. Hoang tells a unique story of bypassing EDR…
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Episode 16: "Yea, we just stole half a million dollars" ft. Shelby Spencer
This week, Zac sits down with Shelby Spencer. Shelby is a developer turned red teamer who has worked on some of the most elite teams in the offensive security world. Zac and Shelby discuss the breakdown between pentesting and red teaming, tools development (Shelby created the Jenkins Attack...
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Episode 15: "The story of Invoke-Shellcode" ft. Matt Graeber
In this special episode of War Stories, Zac sits down with one of his heroes, Matt Graeber! Matt is the Director of Threat Research at Red Canary. Matt is known for his expertise in threat research and offensive security. He has made significant contributions to the offensive security field…
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Episode 14: "This is where the zombies come" ft. Nick Delewski
This week Zac chats with Nick Delewski. Nick is a Principle Security Consultant at MedSec specializing in medical device testing. Zac and Nick talk about the current state of medical device testing and cybersecurity regulation, Nick's favorite tools including a microwave oven (see below), and a...
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Episode 13: "Laughing Hysterically to Fearing for Our Lives" ft. Matt Shirley
This week, Zac sits down with Matt Shirley. Matt is the VP of Technical Services at Fortalice Solutions. Fortalice Solutions is a boutique cyber security services firm based in Charlotte NC, founded by Theresa Payton, former CIO to the White House. Zac and Matt discuss the importance of turning...
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Episode 12: "What if we released a bunch of bats?" ft. John Baek
This week Zac sits down with John Baek. John is the OG mentor to many of the folks already on this podcast as well as the leadership at SEVN-X. Zac and John discuss a few fun stories about our upbringing and then we launch straight into the "waterworks". Produced www.sevnx.com CyberCoffee...
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Episode 11: "At that point, I was just trying to get kicked out" ft. Zac Davis
In a dramatic change of pace, this week, host Zac takes the hot seat and tells all about his journey into infosec, his favorite techniques, and a story you won't want to miss. Produced www.sevnx.com CyberCoffee drinkcybercoffee.com Use promo code WAR10 to save 10%
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Episode 10: "I swear it was RIGHT HERE" ft. Eric Buck
This week Zac sits down with Eric Buck. Eric is the Director of Offensive Security at SEVN-X. Zac and Eric discuss physical security and his favorite tried and true technique. Produced www.sevnx.com CyberCoffee drinkcybercoffee.com Use promo code WAR10 to save 10%
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Episode 9: "Bypassing Palo Alto Firewall with Ping" ft. Michael Sviben
This week Zac sits down with Michael Sviben. Michael is a co-founder and COO of Domain Guard. Domain Guard is a full service domain management platform offering services including Domain Monitoring, Brand Monitoring, Attack Surface Monitoring, Phishing Site Takedowns, Phishing Simulation, and…
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Episode 8: "Stealing credit card data across the globe" ft. Andrew Allen
This week, Zac sits down with Andrew Allen. Andrew is a former pentester, red teamer, and security manager who has worked with some of the largest companies in the world. Zac and Andrew discuss the power of PowerShell, unique attack scenarios for PCI compliance, international pentesting, and…
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Episode 7: "No Task Left Unscheduled" ft. Jude Keenan
This week, Zac sits down with Jude Keenan. Jude is a Director of Red Teaming for Aon. Zac and Jude discuss Bloodhound for Active Directory enumeration, use of nested Microsoft Scheduled Tasks for EDR evasion during an internal penetration test, and finally cover some unique challenges that can...
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Episode 6: "It was so stupid it just might work" ft. Dave Catling
In this episode, Zac interviews Dave Catling, Founder and Principal Operator at PheonixOps. Sponsored by Cyber Coffee. Real hackers need real caffeine. Use promo code WAR10 to save 10%
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Episode 5: "Hack all the things" ft. Vitaliy Kovalchuk
In this episode, Zac interviews Vitaliy Kovalchuk, Director, Adversary Operations at SEVN-X. Sponsored by Cyber Coffee. Real hackers need real caffeine. Use promo code WAR10 to save 10%
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Episode 4: "Breaking into ATMs" ft. Matthew Freilich
In this episode, Zac interviews Matt Freilich, Director at Protiviti. Sponsored by Cyber Coffee. Real hackers need real caffeine. Use promo code WAR10 to save 10%
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Episode 3: "I Just Started Lyin" ft. Sarah Hume
In this episode, Zac interviews Sarah Hume, Senior Cyber Security Consultant at Security Risk Advisors. Sponsored by Cyber Coffee. Real hackers need real caffeine. Use promo code WAR10 to save 10%
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Episode 2: "Get in the Ceiling!" ft. Stephen Bondurich
In this episode, Zac interviews Stephen Bondurich, Security Consultant at SEVN-X. Sponsored by Cyber Coffee. Real hackers need real caffeine. Use promo code WAR10 to save 10%
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Episode 1: "Then we got arrested" ft. Matt Barnett
In this episode, Zac interviews Matt Barnett, CEO and co-founder of SEVN-X. Sponsored by Cyber Coffee. Real hackers need real caffeine. Use promo code WAR10 to save 10%
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Zac Davis hosts War Stories, a podcast featuring stories from real life penetration testers. Zac covers their background, favorite tools, and stories that define their career.Sponsored by Cyber Coffee. Real hackers need real caffeine. www.sevnx.com/shop
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