With childhood dreams of becoming an FBI agent, our guest this week, Anuj Soni eventually landed on something just as heroic: fighting cyber threats from behind the screen. He’s a reverse engineer, cybersecurity expert, YouTube creator, and the founder and lead instructor of The Malware Lab at Breakpoint Cybersecurity, where he teaches people how to take apart cyber threats for a living.

We explore how malware actually works, the difference between viruses, worms, Trojans, ransomware, and phishing, how attacks sneak onto your device, what really happens when systems get hit, and why reverse engineering is one of the most powerful tools in modern defense.

Patches you’ll learn to make you patchperfect:

• Spot red flags of an infected device (and what to do first)
• Understand the major malware types in plain English
• See how phishing turns into real compromise (email, SMS, voice)
• Learn how reverse engineering powers better threat intel and products
• Career patch: how to prove skills without "required experience"

And because we always end on a lifestyle note, Anuj walks us through the reverse engineer’s uniform, from functional work-from-home staples to his go-to Nike sneakers.

Plus, a quick headline on Project Concord, South Korea’s upcoming AI-run data center, and why letting AI manage power, water, and workloads could change how we build and run the world’s digital infrastructure.