Episode 146: Social Engineering Capture the Flag at Layer 8

Episode 146: Social Engineering Capture the Flag at Layer 8

The Layer 8 Conference will have a full scope social engineering capture the flag (CTF) competition this year. This is an event that has been created by John Costa and Jordan Saleh. In this episode, we hear from John and Jordan about their experience in creating CTFs and their thought process in building this one. If you're interested in being a social engineer or love CTF competitions, you'll want to be at the Layer 8 Conference and compete in this event!

Episode 145: Brett Redman of OSINT Industries

Brett Redman [https://www.linkedin.com/in/brettredman/], the Chief Operating Officer of OSINT Industries [https://www.osint.industries/] returns to the Layer 8 Podcast. He talks a bit about platform and training opportunities available through his company. We also talked about the role that AI plays in OSINT investigations. Brett also told us about his conversations he has with law enforcement agencies on using OSINT leading up to large scale public events such as the World Cup. Brett will be a speaker at the Layer 8 Conference this year with his "It's all about the method, man by Redman." If you don't get the references, you'll want to check out this episode, or his talk at Layer 8 or even the Layer 8 podcast the last time he was on.

Episode 144: Gunther Royen and Scott McLean

For this episode, our host attended a covert entry class with Covert Access Team [https://www.covertaccessteam.com/] in Copenhagen, and spoke with Gunther Royen [https://www.linkedin.com/in/guntherroyen/] and Scott McLean [https://www.linkedin.com/in/scott-mclean-95367828/] about their experiences. They talk tales of physical security bypass, lessons learned and give some tips on how to access some seemingly locked facilities.

Episode 143: OSINT Keynote, Training and Mistakes!

On this episode, we're excited to announce that the OSINT keynote speaker for the Layer 8 Conference will be Micah Hoffman [https://www.linkedin.com/in/micahhoffman/]! See more about Micah here: https://layer8conference.com/keynote-speakers-2026/ [https://layer8conference.com/keynote-speakers-2026/ ] In this episode, Micah is joined by Lisette Abercrombie [https://www.linkedin.com/in/lisettea/], aka Technisette [https://bsky.app/profile/technisette.bsky.social]! Lisette and Micah are creators of MyOSINT Training and both will be teaching a course at the Layer 8 Conference on June 3-4. Tickets to the course are available at: https://www.myosint.training/courses/layer8-2026 [https://www.myosint.training/courses/layer8-2026]Lisette will also be presenting at the Layer 8 Conference talking about some of the mistakes she has learned from during her career as an OSINT investigator working in law enforcement. Come meet Lisette and attend her presentation [https://layer8conference.com/talks/] at the Layer 8 Conference this year!

Episode 142: Learning Covert Entry with Brian Harris

Brian Harris [https://www.linkedin.com/in/brian-harris-a3838199/] is the creator of Covert Access Team [https://www.covertaccessteam.com/], a company that performs physical security testing. That can include testing whether your detection and response is up to snuff, or if your physical controls such as locks or PAC systems can be defeated, or even whether social engineering would work. Brian also teaches classes in these topics, including one where you learn all the skills and then get to actually test them out on a real facility. In this episode, we'll talk about all aspects of physical security testing.