Sam Lyhin's EXP Lore Cyber® podcast is an irregular series in which Sam Lyhin joins forces with seasoned IT and cybersecurity professionals to explore the most critical topics in modern technology.
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Mobile Gaming: Development and Security | Sam Lyhin & Arsen Dmytriiev
Today on EXP Lore Cyber® we meet Arsen Dmytriiev, whose focus is mobile game development. Mobile device world is very special. Mobile's platform diversity creates gaps hackers exploit; backend breaches compromise all clients, so hackers target them; secure channels become hacker footholds; and apps designed to resist attack become the attackers' tools.Today we discuss:0:00 Intro1:02 Mobile devices and limited user control2:55 Device fragmentation from both perspectives8:02 Casino hack case: API traffic interception and currency theft12:24 Weak client-side security: encryption, budgets, performance15:43 Tracking users: analytics over client security17:17 GDPR, CCPA, and vendor responsibility21:23 OutroTune in as a developer and an ethical hacker trade hard-earned lessons on mobile security.
10 Mar 2026
How 30-Year-Old Java Still Powers the Digital World | Sam Lyhin & Giga Kokaia
For decades people have been predicting the death of Java.
And yet it still powers banks, enterprise systems, Android apps, and critical infrastructure worldwide.
I took a chance to talk with Giga Kokaia to have a helicopter view of how software development evolved - from early desktop programs to web platforms and now the AI era. We discussed the pros and cons of Java, its past and future, and the role of Java as of today. We discussed what Java's evolution path means for developers, cybersecurity professionals, and the next generation entering tech.
The biggest shift today isn’t just new programming languages - it’s that AI can now write large amounts of code, which changes how software is built and what skills developers need in the future.
24 Aug 2025
Forward-Looking Cyber Incident Awareness: Sam Lyhin & Ivan Melnik
Sooner or later, but cybersecurity incidents happen in every company. Sam and Ivan talk the walk through normal incident response routines, highlighting the most crucial nuances of what's important before, during, and after the cybersecurity incident.
WHAT WE COVER
00:00 Introduction
00:32 Prepare, Prepare, Prepare
04:55 How to calm down the victims
05:56 What to do when the incident happens
10:37 The real reason why we need security policies
12:40 Event log
18:21 How to get hired to the Incident Response team
23:00 The Starting Point to prepare the defense
27:20 Ransom: to pay or not to pay
32:24 How to understand that the incident is DONE and we can CELEBRATE?
38:23 How to pick good vendors (the process)
48:03 The most important asset to protect (it's not your intellectual property)
1:00:08 Outro
SUBSCRIBE & FOLLOW
Sam Lyhin - Emotionally Intelligent Penetration Tester & Founder of LSCP LLC
LinkedIn → /in/samlyhin
https://lscp.llc
Ivan Melnik - Security Engineer / Incident Responder
LinkedIn → /in/imelnik/
https://medium.com/@ivan-melnik
31 Jul 2025
Concrete Foundations of QA in the Ever-Changing World of IT: Sam Lyhin & Sergii Rusinchuk
Today we will strip IT testing back to the core principles. When tools evolve daily and buzzwords multiply, which fundamentals still reliably decide product quality - and how do they protect security and business value?
WHAT WE COVER
00:00 Introduction
00:35 What fundamental things in QA will not change
03:08 Approach to Tools
05:52 Unquantifiable QA standards - Shift Left the Testing
16:36 What skills are always in demand to get hired on a QA position
19:58 Vendor Management is ethernal
23:18 How to manage technical debt
30:38 Bugs are like unexpected checks in chess. The more unexpected, the more devastating the consequences.
33:15 Outro
SUBSCRIBE & FOLLOW
Sam Lyhin - Emotionally Intelligent Penetration Tester & Founder of LSCP LLC
LinkedIn → /in/samlyhin
https://lscp.llc
Sergii Rusinchuk - Director of Quality Assurance & Founder of Rusinchuk Consulting
LinkedIn → /in/sergii-rusinchuk
https://rusinchuk.com
19 Jun 2025
Robots and AI hacking - are we doomed? Sam Lyhin & Vlad Grankovsky
In this thought-provoking episode, cybersecurity researcher Sam Lyhin joins forces with AI researcher Vlad Grankovsky to explore the darker side of artificial intelligence: AI-powered social engineering attacks.
Together, we dive deep into how both AI and hacking really work - and imagine what the future might look like. From exploiting business logic with AI to training AI to manipulate human psychology, Sam and Vlad break down how emerging technologies could revolutionize the way attackers target people - and how we can defend against it.
🧠 Topics explored include:
- Can AI discover business logic flaws?How can AI adapt its strategy during an attack?
- Does AI have intuition - and can we define or formalize it?
- How do attacker AIs "visualize" and approach their human targets?
- What could effective AI-driven education look like?
- Why can’t we remove tech-savvy users from the Internet - and how do we still protect them?
🔒 Whether you're in tech, cybersecurity, or just curious about the risks and potential of AI, this is a conversation you won't want to miss.
👉 Like, comment, and subscribe for more deep dives into the intersection of AI and cybersecurity.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/samlyhinhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/vladimir-grankovsky/
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