Risky Business

Great news on the cyber front, but occasionally marred by Patrick’s poor analyses and prognostications about American jurisprudence

Is there a version of this podcast that has the cyber content without the political chatter? If so it would be perfect. Sadly with this show, personal biases supersede journalistic integrity, and we are asked to endure. If I wanted to hear political viewpoints I’d seek an endless number of political podcasts. I’m just looking for cyber content though, so I’ll keep looking.

Too many political takes, especially negative ones against the United States.

As a longtime infosec enthusiast and freshman cyber security professional, I’ve been seeking good informative podcasts covering breaking news and tech in the industry. Risky Business was a breath of fresh air from the usual schlocky, over-dramatic true-crime style format so many cyber security podcasts seem to take. The first sour notes however were Adam’s braindead takes on the impact of Wikileaks and clear biases toward Assange, but I could just skip forward whenever that topic came up. Although I rarely found Adam’s opinions insightful an any given topic or his input particularly informative, I respected Patrick’s level-headedness and focus on the known information when discussing topics. Nevertheless, Patrick’s takes on #764 regarding the Mossad pager attacks are unforgivable. I don’t need to hear your opinion whether an act of state terror / mass violence is “a good thing”. I’m appalled. Applauding this supply chain attack that maimed thousands is inexcusable. Look elsewhere for informative deep dives on infosec topics, this pod is just two particular infosec guys shooting the breeze with each other over the week’s headlines.