Ethmos Podcast Pulse
Start free
← The Pulse · week of Sep 28–Oct 4
PodcastRisky BusinessSeptember 29, 2026

Soap Box: HD Moore talks OT security, frontier fearmongering and more

Moore argues traditional CVE-based vulnerability management is now obsolete, and warns most exploited bugs never receive a CVE at all.

  • Accenture acquisition: RunZero was acquired by Accenture alongside NetRise and OT-security firm Dragos, folding into a combined OT/IoT security offering; host Patrick Gray disclosed a prior advisory payment from the deal.
  • OT discovery origin story: RunZero began ~8 years ago to rediscover unmanaged network devices (PLCs, HVAC/building systems) that lack agents like CrowdStrike and are the recurring 'Achilles heel' behind breaches, citing the decade-old Target HVAC hack.

The full card is a free trial away.

The full summary and the deep dive on this episode, plus a brief every morning on the shows and companies you follow.

Read free — start your trial

14-day free trial

Themes, sentiment and reasons are AI-written paraphrases, checked so they never quote an episode. They may contain errors. Not investment advice. Episodes remain the property of their creators.