Across the Pondcast
Episodes
Episode 28: War Stories with Garr_7!
16 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Tib3rius & Andy Swift are joined by pentester and content creator Garr_7, who shares some web app war stories with us!Follow Garr on social media!...
Episode 27: A Year in Review
02 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Tib3rius & Andy Swift talk about their top Cybersecurity "happenings" of 2025, and reflect on their first year of podcasting together.Wa...
Episode 26: (Christmas) War Stories with John Hammond!
19 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Tib3rius & Andy Swift are joined by John Hammond, a security researcher at Huntress and Cybersecurity educator / YouTuber. He shares some war stor...
Episode 25: Lockpicking Adventures!
05 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Tib3rius & Andy Swift talk about their lockpicking experiences, and why locksport is so popular in the Cybersecurity community.Want to sponsor an ...
Episode 24: Security Researchers "vs." Open Source Software with solst/ICE!
21 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Tib3rius & Andy Swift are joined by solst/ICE (@IceSolst), an ex pentester and current security engineer, to talk about pain points between securi...
Episode 23: War Stories with Brendan Dolan-Gavitt (XBOW)!
07 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Tib3rius & Andy Swift are joined by Brendan Dolan-Gavitt, an AI researcher at XBOW, the company behind the bug bounty hunting AI-powered pentestin...
Episode 22: Social Engineering, Gas Mark 4, and AGAs with Rachel Tobac!
24 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Tib3rius & Andy Swift are joined by Rachel Tobac, social engineering hacker extraordinaire for a conversation involving counterfeit $100 bills in ...
Episode 21: The One Where They Talk About AI Again
10 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Tib3rius & Andy Swift talk about AI again, how it has affected their lives, "vibe coding" pros and cons, plus its increasing usefulness ...
Episode 20: War Stories with Julien Richard!
26 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Tib3rius & Andy Swift are joined by Julien Richard as he shares some pentesting war stories!Follow Julien on Twitter/X!Our sponsor this episode is...
Episode 19: DEF CON!
12 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Tib3rius & Andy Swift chat about DEF CON, the world's biggest hacker convention, which Andy attended for the first time this year!Want to sponsor ...
Episode 18: UK Online Safety Act
29 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Tib3rius & Andy Swift are joined by cybersecurity consultant Daniel Card to talk about the controversial UK Online Safety Act.Daniel's Twitter...
Episode 17: Common Vulnerability Scoring Sucks?
15 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Tib3rius & Andy Swift chat about the problems with CVSS.Our sponsor this episode is PortSwigger! Join the fight to kill HTTP/1 at http1mustdie.com...
Episode 16: War Stories with Andrew Wilson!
01 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Tib3rius & Andy Swift are joined by Andrew Wilson as he shares some pentesting war stories!Content warning: this episode contains uncensored swear...
Episode 15: Why Can't Pentesters Scope?
18 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Tib3rius & Andy Swift discuss why they (pentesters) can't scope very well.Want to sponsor an episode of Across the Pondcast? Reach out to spon...
Episode 14: Ignore Previous Instructions & Interview David Kuszmar
04 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Tib3rius & Andy Swift interview AI security researcher David Kuszmar about his incredible LLM jailbreaks and exploits!Content warning: this episod...
Episode 13: US Tech Market Dominance
20 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Tib3rius & Andy Swift chat about why the US tech and cybersecurity markets are so dominant in the world.Want to sponsor an episode of Across the P...
Episode 12: Testing Disasters! (Part 2)
06 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Tib3rius & Andy Swift tell some more mini war stories about the times they messed up during pentesting engagements!Our sponsor this episode is Por...
Episode 11: Certified Rant
23 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Tib3rius & Andy Swift rant about the chaos that is cybersecurity certs.Want to sponsor an episode of Across the Pondcast? Reach out to sponsors[at...
Episode 10: Adventures in Social Engineering
09 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Tib3rius & Andy Swift reminisce about some of their past social engineering engagements.Want to sponsor an episode of Across the Pondcast? Reach o...
Episode 9: Worst Testing Experiences
20 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Tib3rius & Andy Swift chat about some of the worst experiences they have had while performing pentests.Want to sponsor an episode of Across the Po...
Episode 8: The One Where They Talk About AI
04 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Tib3rius & Andy Swift chat about the emergence of AI in relation to pentesting.Our sponsor this episode is PortSwigger! Read more about Burp AI an...
Episode 7: Interview Disasters!
21 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Tib3rius & Andy Swift chat about several interview disasters they have seen throughout their careers as interviewers.Want to sponsor an episode of...
Episode 6: Responsible Disclosure
07 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Tib3rius & Andy Swift chat about responsible disclosure in bug bounty hunting and pentesting.Our sponsor this episode is HackingHub! Use code ATPC...
Episode 5: Pentest Bonuses Are Broken
21 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Tib3rius & Andy Swift rant about the weird world of pentest consulting bonuses, why they are (mostly) broken, and how the industry can fix them.Wa...
Episode 4: Testing Disasters!
07 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Tib3rius & Andy Swift tell some mini war stories about the times they messed up during pentesting engagements!Want to sponsor an episode of Across...
Episode 3: Hack Smarter, Not Harder. Why Custom Tools Matter
24 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Tib3rius & Andy Swift chat about the importance of being able to create custom tools in the pentesting field.Our sponsor this episode is PortSwigg...
Episode 2: Conficker at the DR!
10 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Tib3rius & Andy Swift reminisce about a time when Conficker was accidentally brought to a customer DR site.Want to sponsor an episode of Across th...
Episode 1: Why Can't Customers Scope?
09 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Tib3rius & Andy Swift chat about the issues customers face when scoping pentests, and how they can fix them!GonzoSec Tweet: https://x.com/jsark983...