Podcasts

On this Discarded episode, we share practical tips for staying safe online—closing suspicious tabs, using MFA, blocking unsolicited links, and even taking mindful breaks from the digital world. Listen to understand the chaos of the digital underworld and stay one step ahead—without throwing your phone into the woods.

It’s Cybersecurity Awareness Month — and what better way to recognize it than with a deep dive into the human side of cyber threats? In this Discarded episode, we break down why social engineering is at the heart of so many attacks.

Welcome in! You’ve entered Only Malware in the Building. But this time, it’s not just another episode. This is a special edition you won’t want to miss. For the first time, our hosts are together in-studio — and they’re turning up the heat. Literally.

On this episode of DISCARDED, Selena Larson welcomes back guest and part-time co-host Tim Kromphardt. Freshly back from DEFCON,Tim explores the world of request-for-quote (RFQ) fraud—a growing scam targeting small- to medium-sized businesses with fake purchase requests and net financing schemes.

On this episode of DISCARDED, host Selena Larson and Proofpoint Principal Research Engineer Jason Ford dive into two resurging email attack techniques—Microsoft 365 Direct Send abuse and

In this extra-packed episode of DISCARDED, host Selena Larson and guest host Sarah Sabotka reunite with Staff Threat Researcher Mark Kelly to dive deep into China-aligned espionage activity—this time with a focus on Taiwan’s semiconductor ecosystem and the strange, stealthy tools threat actors are using to get in.

In this episode of DISCARDED, host Selena Larson and co-host Tim Kromphardt are joined by Joe Wise, Threat Researcher at Proofpoint, for a deep dive into the chaotic brilliance of mid-tier eCrime actors—including the elusive TA582.

Stream this episode of DISCARDED for a fascinating behind-the-scenes look at threat actor attribution. Listen as Greg Lesnewich, staff threat researcher at Proofpoint, deep dives into the murky overlap between TA829 (aka RomCom), TA289, and the elusive GreenSec cluster.

On this episode of DISCARDED, host Selena Larson and co-host Sara Sobotka are joined by Saher Naumaan and Greg Lesnewich, teammates on the espionage threat research team at Proofpoint, to unravel the multifaceted—and often bizarre—world of North Korean cyber operations.

In this episode of DISCARDED, host Selena Larson and co-host Tim Kromhardt are joined by James Emery-Callcott, a Security Researcher on Proofpoint’s Emerging Threats team, for an insider’s look at the technical, tactical, and collaborative forces shaping modern network detection.