Security | Threat Detection | Cyberattacks | DevSecOps | Compliance

Selena Larson, Staff Threat Researcher and Lead, Intelligence Analysis and Strategy at Proofpoint and Host of the DISCARDED podcast, joins host Caleb Tolin to detail the specific mechanics of device code phishing campaigns, revealing how adversaries exploit legitimate communication structures to capture administrative and enterprise access. The discussion centers on the rapid commercialization of cybercrime, highlighting the leak of specialized kits in late 2025 that catalyzed the democratization of sophisticated technical exploits.

It’s been nearly 12 years since North Korea launched its crippling attack on Sony Pictures Entertainment over a Seth Rogen film. Most Americans remember the celebrity leaks, the embarrassing emails, the Hollywood spectacle of it all. What they missed was the playbook: Why simply hack an organization when you can bleed reputations dry? Turn stolen data into psychological warfare. It was a model that would soon echo everywhere from Russian intelligence operations to modern ransomware gangs.

Today we're speaking with Tamas Kadar, CEO / Co-Founder of SEON, about building a safer digital world for businesses. We touch on fraud, how it's evolved in the age of AI, and what we can do to protect ourselves against it. Tamas' entrepreneurial path began at Corvinus University in Budapest, where the vision for SEON first took shape. Co-founding a cryptocurrency exchange opened his eyes to the scale and complexity of online fraud, sparking the idea for something better. In 2017, that “something better” became SEON.