Moscow Mules and NOP Slides

Episode 21- OTPgh Speaker Series with Kwadwo Burgee

This week on Moscow Mules and NOP Slides, we have the OTPgh Speaker Series with Kwadwo Burgee! Hear about his career path into cybersecurity as well as some teasers about his talk titled "Game Genie or Batman? A Practical Look at Vulnerabilities".

Don't forget to register at https://www.otpgh.com/ as well as check out the Agenda! We will see you on October 9th!

We hope you enjoy. Please don't forget to subscribe!

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Episode 20 - OTPgh Speaker Series with Dr. Rhonda Chicone and Dr. Susan Ferebee

This week on Moscow Mules and NOP Slides, we have the OTPgh Speaker Series with Dr. Rhonda Chicone and Dr. Susan Ferebee! Hear about their career paths into cybersecurity as well as some teasers about their talk titled "A Better Assessment Tool: Facebook's Open Source CTF or CTFd".

Don't forget to register at https://www.otpgh.com/ as well as check out the Agenda! We will see you on October 9th!

We hope you enjoy. Please don't forget to subscribe!

Disclaimer: The views and expressions of the guests and hosts are their own and not of their employers.

Episode 19 - Breakout Session

This week on Moscow Mules and NOP Slides, we have a breakout session for you! We talk about some of our favorite beer glass makers (too many to list - so be sure to listen). David and I then discuss some upcoming events to include OTPgh and October being Cyber Security Awareness month. OTPgh or One Time Pittsburgh is a virtual conference happening October 9th. They have some great speakers lined up - be sure to check them out and register at https://www.otpgh.com/! All ticket sales will be going to four local non-profits. David and I will be interviewing some of the speakers and releasing a "Speaker Series" podcast leading up to OTPgh. Be sure to give those a listen to get a little more insight about the speakers. David and I conclude with a brief discussion of what Cyber Security Awareness means to us. More to come on that topic as we get into our October podcasts!

Dave drinks a porter called Bad Luck Banana from Fin City Brewing Company out of a Sea Monster themed glass from Keever Glass. 

Kyle sips on a blonde stout called American Eskimo from The Leaning Cask Brewing Company out of a Mario S. Hopson themed glass from Drete Customs.

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Episode 18 with Katie Trimble-Noble

This week on Moscow Mules and NOP Slides, we have we have Katie Trimble-Noble. If you like gin and treasure hunts (aka coordinated vulnerability disclosure (CVD)), we have a podcast for you! Katie sips on an Aviation gin and tonic while she tells us how she came to enjoy gin. She then discusses her career journey - from human behavior intelligence analyst in the Air Force and as a civilian, which included multiple years overseas, to vulnerability management at DHS to her current role as Director of PSIRT and Bug Bounty at Intel Corporation. We then conclude with a deep dive into CVD while she highlights the keys to networking as well as needing good communication skills. 

Dave drinks a Secret Machine from Dewey Brew Company out of Hop Gr**t glass from Pour a Vida.

Kyle sips on an IPA called Shades from New Trail Brewing Company out of a Glass to Mouth "Sunday Sunday Sunday" football themed glass.

Thank you to Katie for being a guest and the great conversation! We hope you enjoy. Please don't forget to subscribe!

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Episode 17 with Bryan McAninch

This week on Moscow Mules and NOP Slides, we have Bryan McAninch. Buckle up friends, we have a topic filled podcast! Bryan enjoys a thirst-quenching Coca Cola from Freebirds, but also likes sipping on a margarita made with Herradura Reposasdo tequila. We discuss missing conferences but then dive into road tripping with friends to DerbyCon last fall. Bryan then discuss his side project called Hacking is Not a Crime. We talk about how it started, how the term "hacker" has changed over time, where the idea of the for their sticker came from, community involvement & ambassadors, their hashtags "Hacking is a Lifestyle" & "Hacking is a State of Mind", and hints of upcoming plans! We close out with a discussion of our love of RadioShack. 

If you are interested in finding out more about Hacking is Not a Crime, be sure to check out their website https://www.hackingisnotacrime.org and follow them out on Twitter @hacknotcrime!

David drinks a Combat Wombat from Rogue Ales out of a UFO themed glass from Keever Glass.

Kyle sips on a Rationality Shall Run its Course from Burial Beer Company out of a Deadpool themed glass from Glass to Mouth.

Episode 16 with Carolina Terrazas

This week on Moscow Mules and NOP Slides, we have Carolina Terrazas (@d0rkph0enix). Lina sips on a French Martini while also talking about her love of gin. She then discusses her volunteer work with the Veteran's Community Project and how she assisted them in setting up more reliant WiFi. Lina also volunteers her time to The Last Mile where she has given talks on cyber security and organized a book collection for their curriculum. She then dives into her cyber security journey and how she landed at Cisco as well as her personal career goals to transition to an incident response role. We concluded with a discussion of KC late night food and retro video games. Warning - you better bring your "A" game if you plan to stroll up to the arcade bar in KC and challenge Lina to Mortal Kombat 2 or 4-Person Pac-Man! 

If you are interested in finding more about how to get involved in the Veteran's Community Project or The Last Mile in your area, be sure to check out these links: Veteran's Community Project: https://www.veteranscommunityproject.org/ and The Last Mile: https://thelastmile.org/

David drinks a Coconut Guava Jelly Donut sour from Platform Beer Company out of a Mario themed Lakitu glass from Drete Customs (IG: dretecustoms). 

Kyle sips on a Cashmere DDH Bliss IPA from Thin Man Brewery out of a Grateful Dead themed glass from Black Ninja Design (IG: blackninjadesign).

Thank you to Lina for being a guest and the great conversation! We hope you enjoy. Please don't forget to subscribe!

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Episode 15 with Sergei Frankoff

This week on Moscow Mules and NOP Slides, we have Sergei Frankoff (@herrcore and https://www.openanalysis.net). Another podcast filled with jokes and laughter, Sergei wets his whistle with a refreshing Corona straight from the bottle. He talks about his journey into cyber security from starting as a developer to a pentester to an IR manager to his current role as a reverse engineer. He also highlights his personal two-week approach on how he switched careers to a reverse engineer. We discuss how TwitterSOC (the InfoSec community on Twitter) helps to combat empire building as well as his new free malware unpacking service called UNPACME (https://www.unpac.me). We also discuss the OALabs YouTube Channel (https://www.youtube.com/c/OALabs) where he and Sean ((@seanmw) the other half of OpenAnalysis) build malware tutorials for the community. We talk about how a reverse engineer should use the channel (be sure to check out the Bloopers video) as well as his enjoyment of video editing (i.e. Thug Life IDA). 

David drinks a @SwitchbackBeer Ale which is a "well balanced reddish amber ale" out of a Synth Hop (IG synth.hop) Hulk Smash large tumbler glass.

Kyle sips on a @NewTrailBrewing IPA called Rock Run out of a Hop Killers (IG hopkillers) TMNT Donatello "Solo Cup" style glass.

Thank you to Sergei for being a guest and the great conversation! We hope you enjoy. Please don't forget to subscribe!

Episode 14 with Julia DeWeese

This week on Moscow Mules and NOP Slides, we have Julia DeWeese (https://www.linkedin.com/in/julia-deweese-436bb3173/). She stays true to herself and drinks a Blackberry White Claw while we discuss the quality of other hard seltzers. Julia dives into her career journey which includes graduating and starting her job full time while in quarantine (or "The Q"). She discusses how course work helped play a driving force for entering the cyber security field. She talks about her roles (intern to part-time to full-time) at a non-profit that included investigating counterfeit goods to analyzing vast varieties of malware (such as tracking RATs) as a malware and cyber threats analyst. She enjoys many aspects of her job but highlights the continuous learning opportunities and the group of people she works with as the top reasons why she loves working where she does. We conclude with a discussion of the importance of collaboration and how it can improve anyone's learning experience. 

David sips on a Smooshie Strawberry Pretzel Salad Fruited Sour from ShuBrew out of Mario 2 themed Birdo glass from Beer is Dead. 

Kyle drinks a NEIPA called Party Conversation from Inner Groove out of a Goonies themed glass from Clear Nero.

Thank you to Julia for being a guest and the great conversation! We hope you enjoy. Please don't forget to subscribe!

Episode 13 with Ben Demick

This week on Moscow Mules and NOP Slides, we have Ben Demick (@3pidemix and ben@epidemix.io). Ben wets his whistle with a Ponysaurus IPA out of a Washington Nationals baseball bat "glass". We talk baseball and breweries in Raleigh compared to the DC area. He talks about starting a new job at a startup as well as working on his PhD...AT THE SAME TIME! We discuss his favorite conference, Infiltrate, and why he enjoys attending each year (Miami has nothing to do with it...). We conclude with discussion around his passion for embedded device reverse engineering, his preferred tools of the trade (to include Binary Ninja), and learning different programming languages over the years. 

David sips on a Bee-utiful Blonde from Grist House Craft Brewery out of a Hop Culture Pittsburgh themed glass.

Kyle drinks an Everytime Only Once Smoothie Sour from Four Points Brewing out of a 4mer Legends Hop (Ken) Griffey Jr baseball themed glass.

Thank you to Ben for being a guest and the great conversation! We hope you enjoy. Please don't forget to subscribe!

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Episode 12 with Justin Seitz

This week on Moscow Mules and NOP Slides, we have Justin Seitz (@jms_dot_py). Justin discusses the time he introduced Kyle to a drink called the Paralyzer (in Canada) or Colorado Bulldog (in US) - the key is to make sure you get the ingredient order correct! We cover the gamut of topics to include lots of jokes and laughter. Justin talks about his days working at Immunity with a great team of people from peers to leadership. We discuss his experience to write not one but two books (Gray Hat Python and Black Hat Python). He talks about his transition into the OSINT landscape (and working for himself) as well as his development of Hunchly (@hunchly), which is "the only web capture tool designed for online investigations." We conclude with a great discussion on mental health and how important therapy can be for anyone. 

David sips on a Painkiller inspired smoothie sour called 18.44 from Hitchhiker Brewing Company (@Hitchhikerbrew) out of a "Quarantine Life" with Snoopy and Woodstack themed glass from Miguel Aldrete of Drete Customs (IG: dretecustoms).

Kyle drinks yet another IPA from Winding Path Brewing Company called Hazeway IPA out of a TMNT "Secrets of the Brews" themed glass from Pour Character (@pourcharacter). 

Thank you to Justin for being a guest and the great conversation! We hope you enjoy. Please don't forget to subscribe!

Disclaimer: The views and expressions of the guests and hosts are their own and not of their employers.