Ralph May
Bio
Ralph is a U.S. Army veteran and former DoD contractor who supported the United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) with information security challenges and threat actor simulations. Over the past decade, he has provided offensive security services at Optiv Security and Black Hills Information Security (BHIS) across various industries. His expertise spans network, physical, and wireless penetration testing, social engineering, and advanced adversarial emulation through red and purple team assessments. Ralph has developed several tools, including Bitor (set to release in January 2025) and Warhorse, which enhance efficiency in penetration testing infrastructure and operations. He has spoken at numerous conferences, including DEF CON, Black Hat, Hack Miami, B-Sides Tampa, and Hack Space Con.Appears in 30 Episodes
OpenClaw Cancels a Stranger's Gym Reservation - 2026-08-10
This episode explores an AI agent that canceled someone else’s gym reservation, the growing offensive and defensive roles of AI, and a sharp rise in ransomware attacks...
Iranian Cyberattacks on U.S. Water Systems - 2026-08-03
This episode examines Anthropic’s disclosure that Claude breached real organizations during security testing, along with new technical details about the OpenAI and Hug...
OpenAI accidentally Hacked Hugging Face - 2026-07-27
This week, the crew digs into one of the biggest AI security stories of the year: how an OpenAI autonomous agent accidentally compromised a Hugging Face environment du...
Initiative Gold Eagle - 2026-07-20
This week, the team discusses the White House's Initiative Gold Eagle and its implications for cybersecurity information sharing, an unexpectedly positive development ...
OnlyFans Models Are Accidental Blue Team Defenders - 2026-07-13
This week, the team unpacks a wide range of cybersecurity news, including a fraudulent offensive security startup tied to cybercriminals, how leaked OnlyFans content i...
Apple's Hide My Email ... Doesn't! – 2026-07-06
This episode of BHIS - Talkin' Bout [infosec] News covers the latest cybersecurity headlines, including debate over the economics of AI infrastructure, updates on the ...
Polymarket's Bad Bet with Third-Party Vendors - 2026-06-29
This week on BHIS - Talkin' Bout [infosec] News, the team discusses the Polymarket supply chain compromise that led to the theft of millions from a small number of hig...
Rickrolling the FIFA World Cup - 2026-06-22
This week’s episode covers a series of cybersecurity stories, including a researcher’s discovery of vulnerabilities in FIFA’s World Cup platform that could have enable...
U.S. Government Effectively Bans Fable 5 and Mythos 5 - 2026-06-15
This episode dives into the fallout from new restrictions on Anthropic’s cybersecurity-focused AI models, Mythos and Fable, and the debate over whether government pres...
Breach Disclosure Lag is Worse Than Ever – 2026-06-08
This episode covers the rising costs and restrictions surrounding AI agents, including token consumption, model access policies, and the growing dependence on AI tools...
Anti-Tech Extremism - 2026-06-01
This episode covers a Wired report on the rise of “anti-tech extremism” and growing public opposition to AI infrastructure projects, including debates over data center...
Mythos finds a curl vulnerability - 2026-05-18
This episode covers Mythos uncovering a vulnerability in cURL, a recent Google Threat Intelligence report on a zero-day exploit, and the growing impact of AI on captur...
Utah Bans VPN Age Bypass - 2026-05-04
Join us LIVE on Mondays, 4:30pm EST. A weekly Podcast with BHIS and Friends. We discuss notable Infosec, and infosec-adjacent news stories gathered by our community ne...
NASA Gets Phished by Chinese - 2026-04-27
This episode dives into the economics and competitive dynamics of the AI industry, including discussions on profitability, pricing strategies, monopolization, and the ...
Tim Cook Announces Apple CEO Exit - 2026-04-20
This episode covers several major cybersecurity and tech news stories, including a supply chain–related breach at Vercel involving exposed environment variables and co...
Anthropic’s Project Glasswing is an Infosec Turning Point – 2026-04-13
This episode dives into Anthropic’s “Project Glasswing” and the broader implications of AI-driven offensive security, including models autonomously discovering vulnera...
Artemis Astronaut's Bad Outlooks - 2026-04-06
This episode covers several major cybersecurity and tech news stories, including a sophisticated NPM supply chain attack that compromised the widely used Axios library...
FCC Blocks Foreign-Made Routers – 2026-03-30
This episode covers the FCC’s move to restrict or ban certain foreign-made networking equipment—especially routers tied to Chinese manufacturers—highlighting the poten...