Security talk from the workbench.
Paul's Security Weekly treats cybersecurity as something people actually build, break, scan, patch, and argue about. Recent episodes move from Linux scanning stacks and hacking labs to career paths, AI-assisted coding, MFA basics, and messy access-risk stories.
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Paul's Security Weekly is a long-running security roundtable with a strong bias toward lived experience. It moves fast. The panel talks through tools, incidents, labs, career paths, and access headaches with the loose rhythm of people who have spent years doing the work. Recent technical segments are especially hands-on. One episode builds an internet scanning workflow around Shodan, ZMap, ZGrab, Nerva, Nuclei, and a custom Python script stitched together with AI coding help. Another turns a Raspberry Pi 5 into the center of a lab network, with DHCP, DNS, packet capture, man-in-the-middle testing, and a safer place to observe IoT devices. The advice is practical, but rarely tidy. Someone will ask how the target list gets built, whether a tool belongs inside or outside the network, or what happens when an ISP notices scanning traffic. That is where the show becomes useful. It does not just name tools; it argues over fit, limits, and operational reality. Career episodes broaden the frame. The panel rejects the idea that a four-year degree is the only doorway into cybersecurity, then talks about beginner projects, nontechnical skills, adjacent identity work, threat intelligence paths, and the human cost of trying to advance too hard. AI coding gets similar skepticism. The show is curious about Claude Code and vibe-coded Python Flask applications, while still naming the token costs, broken logic, regression bugs, and need for human review. News discussions keep the same tone. Broadcom, LastPass, SEO poisoning, QR codes, H1B visas, distributed computing, Bluetooth car attacks, washing-machine hacks, UEFI flaws, Discord invite hijacking, and abandoned hardware all become prompts for larger points about basics, monitoring, MFA, forgotten access, and supply-chain mess. The humor is dry and sometimes rowdy, but the center of gravity stays technical. Episodes can include sponsor reads and long preambles. The best moments arrive when the panel is correcting, interrupting, clarifying, and turning a messy story into usable judgment. For listeners who want cybersecurity explained by people still close to the command line, it has a durable workshop feel.
Made for: Best for security practitioners, aspiring defenders, technical builders, and curious operators who want concrete examples rather than sanitized summaries. It also suits listeners exploring cybersecurity careers through projects and adjacent roles.
What sets it apart: The show pairs tool-level detail with candid panel disagreement, so topics are tested against real workflows instead of presented as finished doctrine. Its range from Linux scanning and lab building to career advice and security news gives it unusually practical breadth.
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Based on 6 episodes we listened to · September 2026
A conversational security panel that connects current threats with practical labs, career guidance, and the neglected basics behind everyday failures.
Paul's Security Weekly turns cybersecurity into a lively panel conversation, moving between current threats, practical demonstrations, and the accumulated judgment of people comparing what they have seen firsthand.
A Raspberry Pi becomes a traffic checkpoint, and your new TV gets some explaining to do.
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Short reviews from the PlayNext desk, based on the episodes we processed.
A focused walkthrough of Linux scanning tools organized into a documented security workflow.
This single-episode review frames internet-facing service scanning as a practical Linux command-line workflow, moving from Shodan's CLI into ZMap, ZGrab, Nerva, and Nuclei.
A practical, inclusive look at getting into security without pretending there is one right ladder.
This hour of Paul's Security Weekly makes a practical case for entering cybersecurity without turning the path into a single formula. It balances beginner projects with non-technical suggestions, and it keeps the message grounded by noting that a four-year degree is not…
A Raspberry Pi 5 anchors a separate lab network for watching and understanding device traffic.
A home hacking lab can feel vague until this episode turns it into something concrete: a controlled network with a Raspberry Pi 5 sitting between LAN and Wi-Fi.
A practical look at vibe coding, token limits, and the regressions that come with AI-assisted fixes.
Paul's Security Weekly presents vibe coding as a practical workflow, anchored by a 100% vibe-coded Python Flask application that shows both the gains and the rough edges.
A loose security roundtable keeps returning to access control, MFA, and the mess under everyday systems.
Paul's Security Weekly without Paul reads like a brisk security panel that accepts topic drift as part of the rhythm. It moves through Broadcom, LastPass, SEO poisoning, QR codes, H1B visas, distributed computing, and the familiar question of where data sits, who can still reach…
A practical tour of scanning tools, target-list design, and the permissions problem behind internet-wide reconnaissance.
Internet-scale scanning gets a grounded, practical treatment, with the focus on turning broad discovery into a target list someone can actually use.
A grounded panel on getting into cybersecurity without pretending every career has to follow the same route.
Paul's Security Weekly treats the move into cybersecurity as a set of workable routes, not a credentials contest. The episode starts from a useful premise: there is no single correct path.
A fast panel that keeps returning to access control and the basics.
With Paul absent, the episode settles into a brisk panel conversation that moves from Broadcom and LastPass to SEO poisoning, QR codes, H1B visas, and distributed computing, while keeping one steady question in view: who has the data and who can reach it.
Technology's mechanisms, power's consequences.
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This episode of Paul's Security Weekly features a live discussion from Zero Trust World covering cybersecurity topics including North Korean laptop farms, Chipmaker Patch Tuesday, Red Mike, and zero-trust approaches.
Paul Asadoorian demonstrates how he used Claude Code to build an automated internet scanning pipeline combining tools like Shodan CLI, ZMap, Nerva, and Nuclei.
Paul is out.
Paul's Security Weekly episode 907 tackles breaking into the cybersecurity industry with a panel of seasoned professionals.
The panel opens on hacking washing machines.
Paul Sedorian and Tyler Shields open PSW #938 at the start of Black Hat 2026, noting that coverage they found was mostly M&A and AI stories, with no rock-star hack headline.
Paul's Security Weekly #919 focuses on Linux command-line tools for scanning the internet, including Shodan's CLI, ZMap, ZGrab, Nerva, Nuclei, and Shannon, with Claude Code stitching them together into one workflow.
The show turns to one question: how do people actually break into cybersecurity?
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The host opens with hands-on tips for using AI to build software.
Paul is absent.
This episode of Paul's Security Weekly covers recent cybersecurity news including hacking of washing machines, Bluetooth vulnerabilities, malware attacks, and security tool discussions.
This episode features Rob Allen discussing InfoStealers, vulnerability management, and EDR, followed by the crew exploring Meshtastic and LoRa mesh networks, including their history, use cases, and gear.
This episode covers updating Linux systems, implementing security measures like anti-malware and EDR to meet PCI requirements, and discusses tools like ThreatLocker for zero-trust cybersecurity.
This episode of Paul's Security Weekly covers recent cybersecurity news including ransomware threats, Android's lockdown mode, various vulnerabilities, and tools like Ghidra with AI.