Inside the Attacker Mindset with Abhijith B R, Founder of Adversary Village and BreachSimRange

Ever wondered how professional hackers think? SquareX Field CISO John Carse sits down with Abhijith B R, Founder/Head of security consulting at BreachSimRange, and Adversary Village at DEF CON, who also has a wealth of ethical hacking experience. 

In this episode, Abhijith pulls back the curtain on the hacker mindset, shares his war stories from previous engagements, thoughts on browser security and why basic security hygiene still matters more than fancy products. This conversation is packed with practical advice for strengthening your security posture by thinking like the attackers who are targeting your organization.

0:00 Introduction and how attacker techniques have evolved
9:12 How attackers target enterprises today
14:15 War stories from security assessments
18:40 Abhijith's cybersecurity journey and founding Adversary Village
25:10 Abhijith’s conference experience and how Red Teaming is like martial arts school
32:17 Red team vs. purple team approaches
39:37 Browser security challenges and attack vectors
47:12 Top recommendations for browser security
57:34 Collaborative approaches to purple teaming
1:04:02 Closing: Advice for new security professionals at DEF CON

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