DISCARDED: Tales From the Threat Research Trenches

Selena Larson

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Booking Overview

DISCARDED is a threat-research and threat-hunting security podcast where practitioners and security leaders break down how attackers operate—especially malware, TTPs, and emerging trends. For PR, it’s a strong outlet for CISOs and threat-intel leaders who can translate technical work into clear, real-world takeaways.

Metrics

Episodes: 106

Frequency: Irregular

Rating: 4.9/5.0

Estimated listeners: 1k-10k

Gender skew: Male

Location: USA

YouTube: 7.5k subscribers

Instagram: 5.6k followers

Contact Information

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Host

Selena Larson - Host of DISCARDED: Tales From the Threat Research Trenches. In recent episodes, she interviews security and legal leaders to discuss threat behaviors, attack patterns, and how defenders and organiz...

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

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Typical Credentials:  
Senior threat intelligence leaders and security executives (e.g., threat intel directors/associate directors tied to major research publications like DBIR; CISOs at major internet brands; legal/security leadership involved in cybercrime disruption via government partnerships, civil claims, and takedowns).
Required Achievements:  
Authorship/architecture of major threat research reports (e.g., DBIR), Leadership roles in threat intelligence programs at large enterprises, Executive ownership of security AI/automation transformation, Involvement in high-profile cybercrime takedowns and legal strategy

Recent Guest Discussions

Sean Farrell - How Major Cyber Crime Takedowns Happen; Civil Lawsuits/criminal Referrals/global Partnerships; CFAA And RICO Usage; Fox Tempest Takedown; Tycoon 2fa Phishing-as-a-service Disruption; Victim Naming/public Narrative; Arrests Tied To Other Actor Activity; AI Risks In Legal/threat Intel Work.

Alex Pinto - Key DBIR Findings; Initial Access Vectors; Patching Outcomes; Pretexting And Voice-based Social Engineering; Genai Observations; Supply Chain/third-party Breach Trends; Ransomware Taxonomy And Data Extortion; VERIS Framework; Analyst/signal-to-noise Considerations (as Framed By DBIR Breakdown).

Sean Zadig - Agentic AI Transformation In Security Operations; Building Claude-powered Tools; Rethinking Legacy Infrastructure; AI Exploit Frameworks Risk; Signal-to-noise In Threat Intel Feeds; Analyst Burnout; Resilience-focused Approach To AI In Security.

Recent Topics

Threat Intelligence, Cybersecurity, Malware, Threat Actors, Attack Patterns

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on
DISCARDED: Tales From the Threat Research Trenches
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From Phishing to Court Cases: How Microsoft Fights Back Against Hackers

June 23, 2026

Send us fan mail!Hello to all our Cyber Pals!Host Selena Larson is joined by Sean Farrell, Assistant General Counsel at Microsoft's Digital Crimes Unit (DCU), to pull back the curtain on how major cyber crime takedowns actually happen and how Microsoft uses civil lawsuits, criminal referrals, and global partnerships to disrupt some of the most damaging cyber crime operations in the world.They discuss:What DCU does and Sean's path from FBI to AWS to MicrosoftHow civil claims like the...

Diving Into the DBIR: Vulnerabilities, AI, and Supply Chain

June 09, 2026

Send us fan mail!Hello to all our Cyber Pals!Host Selena Larson is joined by guest host Sarah Sabotka as they chat with returning guest: Alex Pinto, Associate Director of Threat Intelligence at Verizon Business, and the architect behind the Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report. Alex joins hosts Selena Larson and Sarah Sabatka to break down the most important findings from this year's report — and there's a lot to unpack.From vulnerabilities overtaking credential abuse as the le...

"Always Intentional": A CISO's Pragmatic Take on the Agentic Era

May 27, 2026

Send us fan mail!What does it actually look like to bring AI into a threat intelligence program at one of the internet's most iconic companies?Hello to all our Cyber Pals!Host Selena Larson is joined by guest host, Sarah Sabotka as they chat with Sean Zadig, Chief Information Security Officer (and "Chief Paranoid") at Yahoo, for a candid conversation about the evolving intersection of AI and cybersecurity.Sean shares how Yahoo's security team, the Paranoids, is navigating ...

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