The Dark Assassins Podcast

Mar 07 2025 149 ep. 58 mins 6

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The show that dives deep into not just technology, but the concepts, software, and procedures behind it all and explains it so simply, that even your grandma can understand it.

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The Cybersecurity Risk No One Wants to Talk About

Mar 07 2025 49 mins

Insider threats are among the most difficult cybersecurity risks to detect and mitigate because they come from trusted individuals inside an organization. Whether it’s a disgruntled employee selling sensitive data, an unintentional mistake by a well-meaning user, or a third-party contractor with too much access—insiders pose a significant security risk. In this episode, will br

The Worst Programming Practices That Just Won’t Die

Feb 28 2025 73 mins

Some programming mistakes refuse to go away, no matter how many times they are debunked. In this episode, we explore some of the outdated, inefficient, or outright dangerous coding practices that still persist—and how to avoid them. We are covering all of this and more on this episode of The Dark Assassins Podcast.If you enjoyed this episode, please give it a rating, review, and

Hardening Your Infrastructure and Reducing Your Attack Surface

Feb 21 2025 60 mins

Blindly poking holes in your firewall in order to get access to all of your services is just asking for a one-way trip to pwned-ville. In this episode, we take a look at some ways that you can harden your infrastructure, as well as how you can reduce your attack surface in the process. We are covering all of this and more on this episode of The Dark Assassins Podcast.If you enjoyed

Build vs. Buy – Rolling Your Own vs. Off-the-Shelf Solutions

Feb 14 2025 56 mins

Businesses, teams, and homelabbers constantly face the decision of whether to roll their own solution or use an off-the-shelf one when setting up infrastructure, workflows, and tooling. In this week's episode, we look into that eternal debate in software engineering of “building or buying” and break down key factors, real-world examples, pros and cons, and decision-making s

Homelab Withdrawal and Dinosaurs Stay Winning

Jan 31 2025 46 mins

Homelabs provide us with lots of things from entertainment, education, and quality of life enhancements. Often, though, we don’t fully understand the magnitude to which they impact our everyday lives until they’re shut down. In this episode, we look at how to cope with a temporary shutdown of your homelab as well as another win for paranoid cybersecurity individuals that never

More Hotel Pen Testing, Homelabber’s Got Weird Priorities, “TikTok Ban” Upheld | Operation Core Dump

Jan 24 2025 39 mins

Hotel security is like drywall; it looks solid, but you can easily punch right through it. What’s a lot more solid is a homelabber’s stance on what their priorities are, as weird and strange as they might seem to someone without one. We’ll discuss these topics, as well as what the Supreme Court's upholding of the supposed “TikTok Ban” really means. We are covering all

Top 5 Software Engineering Anti-Patterns and How to Avoid Them

Jan 17 2025 71 mins

Everyone makes mistakes, but when those mistakes still work, they often go unfixed, because, “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.” In software development, though, these “mistakes” are known as anti-patterns, and if they aren’t addressed, they can lead to overly complex, unreadable, and unmaintainable code, increasing the overall technical debt of a project. In this epis

Nerding Out on Nerdy Books

Jan 10 2025 60 mins

What happens when you mix a computer nerd with books that deal with various kinds of computing and cybersecurity concepts? Answer: a boatload of unsolicited commentary nobody asked for diving into just how wild, crazy, and downright incredible those things described in the book(s) are. We are covering all of this and more on this episode of The Dark Assassins Podcast. If you enjoy

Core Modules (Pt. 3)

Jan 03 2025 88 mins

The third, and final part, of our Core Modules mini-series is here, where we continue our look back at some of the best, funniest, and most informative moments from the history of the Dark Assassins Podcast. If you enjoyed this episode, please give it a rating, review, and subscribe if you haven’t already. Also, share it with a friend or family member who you think would enjoy i

Core Modules (Pt. 2)

Dec 27 2024 56 mins

Part two of our Core Modules mini-series is here, where we continue our look back at some of the best, funniest, and most informative moments from the history of the Dark Assassins Podcast. If you enjoyed this episode, please give it a rating, review, and subscribe if you haven’t already. Also, share it with a friend or family member who you think would enjoy it or benefit from