Black Hat USA 2024 Highlights

This Dark Reading podcast transcript features Steve Stasiukonis describing historical and modern red-team engagements — notably a viral 2006 USB-drop social-engineering test with a very high success rate — along with physical infiltration methods (impersonation, field systems, even human delivery), use of AI to gather reconnaissance, and experiences handling ransomware incidents and ransom payments; the conversation emphasizes human-centered attack vectors and tradecraft rather than detailed technical indicators or a formal breach analysis.