Think your private life is safe because your phone is powered down? Stuart McClure says that advice is 15 years out of date.

In this episode of Cyber Confessions, host Caitlin Sarian (Cybersecurity Girl) sits down with the man who wrote the "Bible" of hacking, Stuart McClure. As the former Global CTO of McAfee and founder of Cylance, Stuart reveals the chilling reality of modern "Advanced Power Management" where antennas, receivers, and location services stay active even when you think the device is off.

From hacking live medical devices on a keynote stage to building "Digital Delegates" that replicate the human psyche, Stuart pulls back the curtain on the future of the AI economy and the death of traditional digital privacy.

Inside this Episode:

• • The "Power Off" Myth: Why modern internal batteries and "Advanced Power Management" mean your phone’s antennas and location services simply cannot be shut off.
  • The RSA Keynote Hack: Stuart’s "drop the mic" moment, where he used an antenna to pick up insulin pump signals from a live audience.
• • Beyond the Phone: How the same vulnerabilities allowed his team to take over implantable cardiac defibrillators and neural brain stimulators.

• The Ring Privacy System: How Stuart built a five-ring enclave system to categorize and protect your most private thoughts from surveillance

• Wi-Fi Home Defense: Why you must move past "Admin/Admin" passwords and how to set up notifications for new MAC addresses on your network.

  
  

Guest Bio: Stuart McClure is a serial entrepreneur and the founding author of the #1 hacking book, Hacking Exposed. He previously served as the Global CTO for McAfee/Intel and is currently the CEO of Qwiet AI and Wethos AI.

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What happens when 1,000 nation-state spies spend a year hiding inside the world's most secure networks?

In this episode of Cyber Confessions, Caitlin Sarian (Cybersecurity Girl) sits down with Eric Doerr, the man who led Microsoft’s response to the infamous SolarWinds attack.

Eric pulls back the curtain on the "2-to-1" battle to save global infrastructure, the 25-day sprint that ruined Christmas for 500 experts, and the extreme paranoia required to manage a crisis where you can't even trust your own boss.

Inside this Episode:

• The 2-to-1 Battle: Why it took 500 Microsoft experts to fight off 1,000 specialized attackers.

• The Identity Test: Why Eric made Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella verify his identity before joining the crisis call.

• The 18,000-Target Trap: How a single software update compromised 9 federal agencies

• The Golden Rules: The personal security habits a top-tier CPO actually uses to stay safe.

Guest Bio:Eric Doerr is the Chief Product Officer at Tenable. He previously led security for Google Cloud and spent 20 years at Microsoft, where he ran the Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC)

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At 13 years old, Joseph Cheung found an "open door" in an information system he shouldn't have been in. Nine months later, "big scary people" from a three-letter agency came knocking. Today, he is a Chief Engineer for the U.S. Space Force, protecting the satellite technology that keeps our GPS, global clocks, and credit card processing running

In this episode of Cyber Confessions, Caitlin Sarian sits down with Joseph to discuss his childhood curiosity, the reality of defending assets in orbit, and why the future of AI legislation might be "soft touch" or "hard touch" depending on where you live.

In this episode:

• The 13-Year-Old "Hacker": How a childhood curiosity for "walking through open doors" led to a run-in with a three-letter agency.

• Why Space Matters to You: Why the Space Force mission is the reason your GPS, Apple Pay, and credit cards actually work.

• The "Ethical AI" Myth: Why "ethical" AI is impossible to define when everyone’s morals are different.
• The Career Accelerator: Why $5,000 certifications are a trap and how the Cyber Career Club focuses on the power of networking.
• The 80% Solution: Why AI won't replace your job, but will turn you into a "Prompt Engineer

About the Guest: Joseph Cheung is a Chief Engineer for the U.S. Space Force. With a background that includes the Air Force Academy and influencing state-level privacy and AI legislation, he now works at the intersection of national security and the final frontier.Follow us for more Cyber Confessions!