If you’re in the cybersecurity field, HD Moore, runZero founder and creator of Metasploit, needs no introduction — his work has fundamentally changed how the security industry thinks about vulnerabilities. In this candid conversation, HD shares the story behind building the world's most widely used penetration testing framework, war stories from the early days of cybersecurity, and how his Month of Browser Bugs Project (which inspired our own Year of Browser Bugs Initiative) spelled the end of ActiveX.0:00 Introduction, the story behind creating Metasploit6:42 Transitioning from researcher to founding runZero, trends in exposure management18:09 HD’s Month of Browser Bugs Project and browser security today26:51 AI’s soaring valuations and other market trends35:39 Fundraising from the right investors40:08 Biases in AI-generated code and baked-in vulnerabilities 🔔 Follow HD and Vivek on:https://www.linkedin.com/in/hdmoore/https://www.linkedin.com/in/vivekramachandran/🔥 Powered by SquareXDeployed as a lightweight extension, SquareX turns any browser, on any device, into a secure enterprise browser. Find out more about SquareX at https://hubs.la/Q03rPcbf0

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