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William Largent
From summer camp to grind season
Bill takes thoughtful look at the transition from summer camp to grind season, explores the importance of mental health and reflects on AI psychiatry.
The Booker Prize Longlist and Hacker Summer Camp
This week Bill connects the hype of literary awards to cybersecurity conference season. We highlight key insights from the Q2 2025 IR Trends report, including phishing trends, new ransomware strains, and top targeted sectors. Finally, check out all the places Talos will be at Black Hat.
Know thyself, know thy environment
In this week's edition, Bill explores the importance of self-awareness and building repeatable processes to better secure your environment.
Lessons from Ted Lasso for cybersecurity success
In this edition, Bill explores how intellectual curiosity drives success in cybersecurity, shares insights on the IAB ToyMaker’s tactics, and covers the top security headlines you need to know.
Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow: Information security and the Baseball Hall of Fame
In this week’s Threat Source newsletter, William pitches a fun comparison between baseball legend Ichiro Suzuki and the unsung heroes of information security, highlights newly released UAT-5918 research, and shares an exciting new Talos video.
Efficiency? Security? When the quest for one grants neither.
William discusses what happens when security is an afterthought rather than baked into processes and highlights the latest of Talos' security research.
Find the helpers
Bill discusses how to find 'the helpers' and the importance of knowledge sharing. Plus, there's a lot to talk about in our latest vulnerability roundup.
Bidirectional communication via polyrhythms and shuffles: Without Jon the beat must go on
The Threat Source Newsletter is back! William Largent discusses bidirectional communication in the SOC, and highlights new Talos research including the discovery of PXA Stealers.
Enter the substitute teacher
Welcome to this week’s threat source newsletter with Jon out, you’ve got me as your substitute teacher. I’m taking you back to those halcyon days of youth and that moment when you found out that you had a sub that day...