This week on Hacker Valley Red, Chris and Ron are joined by Dan Trauner. Dan is Senior Director of Security at Axonius, and takes pleasure in breaking things to find creative ways to put them back together. The three colleagues discuss more technical specifics of a hacker’s mind, like how we can understand motive and deception, trends among attacks, and much more.     Key Takeaways: 03:09 Bio 04:33 Where to start when you attack a computer – Finding weaknesses 10:20 Surprising Motives 13:00 Trends among security risks 14:34 Bitcoin & Crypto 16:26 The future of attacks 21:00 Reducing attack success 23:10 Understanding deception 27:50 Cohesion between red and blue teams   Links: Hacker Valley Studio: Swag | LinkedIn | Twitter | Instagram | Email Ron & Chris | Website  Dan Trauner: LinkedIn | Twitter  Support Hacker Valley Studio on Patreon Join our monthly mastermind group via Patreon HVR is proudly presented by Axonius