The Audit - Cybersecurity Podcast
by IT Audit Labs
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The Audit Turns 100: Cyber Trivia, Zero-Days and Red Teams
The Audit Turns 100: Cyber Trivia, Zero-Days and Red Teams
About this podcast
The Audit - Cybersecurity Podcast from IT Audit Labs features trusted security experts, industry leaders, and practitioners who unpack the threats, tactics, and trends shaping today’s risk landscape.
With 100+ episodes and a top 10% global ranking on Listen Notes, The Audit goes beyond surface-level security talk. Each episode explores real-world threats, attacker techniques, compliance challenges, cyber risk, and the decisions security teams face before, during, and after an incident.
IT Audit Labs helps organizations identify risk before attackers exploit it. Through threat assessments, security control reviews, compliance expertise, and a trusted network of partners and specialists, we help teams find their soft spots, strengthen their defenses, and make smarter security decisions.
Listen in for sharp conversations, practical insight, and a clearer view of what’s coming next in cybersecurity.
Episodes
The newest 20 of 104 episodes
- The Audit Turns 100: Cyber Trivia, Zero-Days and Red Teams · 43 min · Season 1 Episode 100How well do cybersecurity pros really know their own acronyms, hacker movies, and tech history? For the 100th episode of The Audit, Joshua Schmidt turns the St. Paul studio into…
- Own the Process: AI Skills, Free Range Agents, and Owning Your IP · 51 min · Season 1 Episode 99What if the most valuable software your company owns isn't something you bought, but the processes your team already knows how to run? In this episode of The Audit, Joshua…
- Pineapple Pager: Wi-Fi Hacking, Spying Smart TVs and a $118K Ad Bill · 30 min · Season 1 Episode 98What does a device shaped like a 90s pager have to do with the Wi-Fi network your laptop joined at Starbucks last month? In this episode of The Audit, Joshua Schmidt, Eric Brown…
- Cybersecurity News: PaperCut Breach, AGI Hype and Patch Tuesday · 37 min · Season 1 Episode 97Nation states are paying top dollar for zero day vulnerabilities, hackers went from an empty lab to domain admin in under four hours, and Nvidia's CEO says we just crossed into…
- Building the Future: AI Coding, Agentic Advisors and Custom Tools · 1 h 15 min · Season 1 Episode 96What if your company didn't need a single line of code to build its own CRM, or a board of directors made up entirely of AI agents? In this episode of The Audit, Joshua Schmidt…
- Cyber Warfare on Tap: Water Utility Hacks, Nation-State APTs and Secure Browsers · 48 min · Season 1 Episode 95What happens when nation-state hackers target the water coming out of your tap? In this episode of The Audit, Joshua Schmidt, Eric Brown, and Nick Mellem break down the recent…
- Decode Your Team: The Kolbe Index, Conative Strengths and Hiring Smarter · 44 min · Season 1 Episode 94What if the way you solve problems has nothing to do with how smart you are or how you feel, and everything to do with instinct? In this episode of The Audit, Joshua Schmidt…
- Lock Picking Secrets: Key Cloning, AI Coding and Safe Cracking · 46 min · Season 1 Episode 93Can a $35 padlock from a hardware store really keep anyone out? In this episode of The Audit, Joshua Schmidt, Eric Brown, and Nick Mellem sit down with Eric Osterberg of Grey…
- Live Cyber News: AI Ransomware, Identity Gaps and Quantum Countdown · 42 min · Season 1 Episode 92What happens when a ransomware attack takes less effort than ordering takeout? In this live news episode of The Audit, Joshua Schmidt, Eric Brown, and Nick Mellem sit down with…
- Next-Level AI: VibeOps, Agentic Employees and Rouge Bots · 49 min · Season 1 Episode 91What if you didn't have to write a single line of code to automate your entire network — or manage AI agents the way you'd manage employees? In this episode of The Audit, Joshua…
- Cyber News: Bug Bounty Fail, Open-Source Malware & Facebook SMB Phishing · 36 min · Season 1 Episode 90An underground forum post breaks down how hackers scan, exploit, and cash out on vulnerabilities — and it reads like a step-by-step guide. Meanwhile, Microsoft is catching heat…
- AI vs. Law Enforcement: Deepfakes, Doxing & Deception · 46 min · Season 1 Episode 89What happens when a deepfake video becomes probable cause? Law enforcement agencies are already grappling with AI-generated evidence, doxing attacks on officers, and a training…
- Cyber News: Iranian Hacker, Quantum Ransomware and Rogue AI · 42 min · Season 1 Episode 88What would you do if ransomware told you not only that your data was gone — but that it was encrypted with a quantum-safe algorithm and you have 72 hours to pay? That's not a…
- Inside Email Security: Phishing, Hackers, and Harmony Checkpoint · 32 min · Season 1 Episode 87Most organizations think they're protected. They're not. Microsoft Defender sounds solid on paper — but in the real world, it's letting phishing, malware, and business email…
- Ghost in the Machine: AI Identities & the Spiritual Red Teaming · 41 min · Season 1 Episode 86Your organization may have hundreds of AI agents running right now that your security team doesn't know exist. Every single one is an identity. Every identity is an attack…
- Cyber News: Iran Attacks, Greyware, and Backdoor Code · 34 min · Season 1 Episode 85What if the tools protecting your organization were the ones compromising it? In this episode of The Audit, co-hosts Joshua Schmidt, Eric Brown, and Nick Mellem — joined by IT…
- Cognitive Surrender: How AI Weaponizes Human Psychology · 43 min · Season 1 Episode 84A $25 million wire transfer. A fake CFO. An entire executive team that didn't exist. This is what modern cybercrime looks like — and your firewall won't stop it. In this episode…
- Surviving a Cardiac Event: Biometric Data and the Risks Nobody Talks About · 37 min · Season 1 Episode 83What if the device keeping you alive was also a cybersecurity vulnerability? That's not a hypothetical — it's Victor Barge's reality. In this episode of The Audit, IT Audit Labs'…
- Secret Service Agent Reveals Undercover Cyber Ops · 44 min · Season 1 Episode 82What does it take to go undercover with international cybercriminals — with no backup, no safe house, and no script? In this episode of The Audit, Richard LaTulip, Field CISO at…
- Cyber News: Advanced Phishing, ClickFix & AI Wearables · 33 min · Season 1 Episode 81Microsoft dominates 22% of all phishing attacks, a $800 tool tricks 60% of victims into self-hacking, and Apple's planning a surveillance pin that records everything—welcome to…
