Security Podcasts I Enjoy
In special order, roughly in the order of which I remembered them which says something about how much I listen to them.
Risky Business - the main feed, compact and respects my time. I haven’t missed in on a long time. They have expanded and have other great podcasts now, including a news bulletin. I listen to those sometimes.
Three Buddy Problem - Quite new podcast, entertaining listen but the opposite of Risky Biz when it comes to being compact. Fun mix of Juan ranting and Costin providing deep technical commentary.
Security Cryptography Whatever - Great podcast, very technical, melts my brain sometimes but I feel I learn something every episode.
Säkerhetspodcasten - Swedish podcast, very entertaining, mix of somewhat serious episodes and “unstructured” episodes.
Defence In Depth - Each episode is based on a linked in discussion about some topic. Short and focused episodes. A lot of discussions from the point of CISO or security leaders. I’d recommend looking through their archive and picking a topic you’re interested in.
Darknet Diaries - The best story-telling podcast on infosec, hacking culture and internet-crime related topics. Targets a wider audience so he will explain terms and technologies in detail. Also he has strong idealogical views which he likes to share.
The above are continuously running podcasts, I’ll also mention a few which are just a set of episodes focusing on one topic, and ones that has ended. Also these are not really security focused, but rather technical ones.
Scam Inc - A podcast about the pig butchering scam centres, the scams they do and the victims. The only one on the list that is paid. You can listen to the two first ones for free to see if it’s your thing.
The Lazarus Heist - About the North Korean hacking group called Lazarus Groups and their various hacks. BBC level production quality.
13 minutes(to the moon) - Started with Apollo 11 and has since expanded into related topics.
The Bomb - Also BBC podcast, about the development of the atomic bomb.
Omega Tau Podcast - Super interesting deep-dives into various topics by interviewing people in the area. They did both German and English episodes.
Twenty Thousand Hertz - A podcast about sound. The quality is what you’d expect from someone who seems obsessed with sound and audio. Has some interesting episodes. I’m definitely no audiophile but I like when experts explain things. Check out the episode on the THX Deep Note or maybe the Zelda ones.
Hopefully you find something interesting here. If you’re familiar with these podcasts and have some other that you think I’d enjoy, reach out to me on mastodon or send a email.