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THOR Collective RadioAsk-a-Thrunt3r: January 2026 - Season 2 Premiere 🐏Ask-a-Thrunt3r: January 2026 - Season 2 Premiere 🐏📝 Episode SummaryNew year, same crew — and we’re building. The THOR Collective kicks off 2026 (Season 2!) with a deep dive into why this is the year security practitioners stop waiting on vendors and start building their own solutions. Lauren, Sydney, and John walk through the trio of Dispatch posts that kicked off the year — a manifesto series on building in security — and why the “I’m not technical enough” excuse doesn’t hold up anymore in the age of AI-assisted development.From there, the hosts get into the real talk: what’s...
2026-02-1757 min
THOR Collective RadioAsk-a-Thrunt3r: December 2025 - DEcember 🐏Ask-a-Thrunt3r: December 2025 - DEcember 🐏📝 Episode SummaryWelcome back from the holiday break! The THOR Collective returns with a cozy end-of-year reflection meets practitioner reality check, featuring special guest Alex Hurtado, content creator extraordinaire and voice behind Detection Engineering Dispatch. This December edition tackles the often-overlooked but crucial relationship between threat hunting and detection engineering – what Alex calls “the real people that actually just keep shit working.”Alex brings unique insights from her journey from SIEM analyst at ABC during the Rachel Bachelorette era (yes, monitoring for commercial interruptions during primetime TV) to becoming one...
2025-12-3059 min
THOR Collective RadioAsk-a-Thrunt3r: October 2025 Logtoberfest Edition 🍺🐏Ask-a-Thrunt3r: October 2025 - Logtoberfest Edition 🍺📝 Episode SummaryWelcome to Logtoberfest! The THOR Collective raises their glasses (and their log levels) for the most anticipated episode of the year, featuring special guest Damien Lewke, founder and CEO of Nebulock. This October edition tackles the burning question on every hunter’s mind: what does the future of threat hunting actually look like beyond the marketing hype and slick promo videos?Damien drops the mic with Nebulock’s mission to “democratize threat hunting”, making proactive security a right, not a privilege reserved for the few. The conversati...
2025-11-041h 00
THOR Collective RadioAsk-a-Thrunt3r: September 2025 Recap 🐏📝 Episode SummaryBack to school, Thrunter style! The THOR Collective celebrates a massive milestone with 2,000 Dispatch subscribers while diving deep into the art and science of baselining. This September edition of Ask a Thrunt3r is all about getting back to basics – because you can’t find weird if you don’t know normal, as Sydney reminds us in her must-read post that kicked off the month’s baseline bonanza.The crew unpacks Sydney’s foundational work on baselining and Lauren’s epic 21-minute marathon post featuring 10 baseline hunts that’ll have you questioning every...
2025-10-0148 min
THOR Collective RadioAsk-a-Thrunt3r: August 2025 Recap 🐏📝 Episode SummaryBack from the desert and (mostly) intact! The THOR Collective crew returns from Hacker Summer Camp with minimal tattoos and maximum insights in this August edition of Ask a Thrunt3r. We're diving deep into the post-DEF CON content dump, exploring everything from Brett's first-timer perspective to Damien's philosophical take on the evolving threat landscape in "The Quiet War."The team breaks down Q2's wildest attack vectors, from help desk social engineering to AI-powered supply chain attacks that'll make you side-eye every IDE extension. We tackle the big questions in this month’s Hun...
2025-09-0942 min
THOR Collective RadioAsk-a-Thrunter: July 2025 Recap 🐏📝 Episode SummaryWe’re cutting it close but making it count! In this July edition of Ask a Thrunter, the crew drops into the studio right before Hacker Summer Camp kicks off to talk DEF CON plans, survival kit must-haves, and the latest Dispatch highlights. We’re joined by special guest Brett Schoenwald — designer, creative force, and the EDM + AI mastermind behind Elipscion — who’s making his DEF CON debut on the official artist lineup.We swap our earliest hacker con gear lists for today’s “we’re older and wiser” essentials (spoiler...
2025-08-0649 min
THOR Collective RadioAsk-a-Thrunter: June 2025 Recap 🐏🎧 Episode Title:Ask-a-Thrunter: June 2025 Recap 🐏🗓️ Release Date:June 2025📝 Episode SummaryThe thrunters are back in high definition! In this June edition of Ask a Thrunter, the crew settles into a new virtual podcast studio, dishes out Dispatch Deep Cuts, and unveils a massive revamp to HEARTH, our collaborative GitHub project for threat hunting hypotheses.We talk about our favorite (and most frustrating) log sources, how AI and automation are reshaping contribution workflows, and get real about visibility gaps in Chrome extensions. The Hunt Clinic is open with subscriber que...
2025-07-0142 min
THOR Collective RadioAsk-a-Thrunter: May 2025 Recap 🐏🎧 Episode Title:Ask-a-Thrunter: May 2025 Recap 🐏🗓️ Release Date:May 2025📝 Episode SummaryIn this episode of Ask a Thrunter, we’re catching up on the best of May and making up for missing our usual THORsday slot (thanks, Broadway). We finally do proper introductions and shout out two of our favorite Dispatch posts: one on SOC personality dynamics and another on integrating AI into your hunt workflows.We debate whether threat hunters should be using AI, share our hottest takes (and horror stories) on LLMs, and talk about risk, tooling, and pra...
2025-06-0644 min
THOR Collective RadioAsk-a-Thrunter: May 2025 Recap 🐏🎧 Episode Title:Ask-a-Thrunter: May 2025 Recap 🐏🗓️ Release Date:May 2025📝 Episode SummaryIn this episode of Ask a Thrunter, we’re catching up on the best of May and making up for missing our usual THORsday slot (thanks, Broadway). We finally do proper introductions and shout out two of our favorite Dispatch posts: one on SOC personality dynamics and another on integrating AI into your hunt workflows.We debate whether threat hunters should be using AI, share our hottest takes (and horror stories) on LLMs, and talk about r...
2025-06-0144 min