Archives: Podcast
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Ep 11: Strictly Confidential
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What happens when an innovative tech company, that’s trying to develop the next big thing, detects a hacker in their network? We hear the story from a digital forensics investigator which has a surprising result.
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Ep 10: Misadventures of a Nation State Actor
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In today’s world of intelligence gathering, governments hack other governments. This episode takes you on a ride with a nation state actor to see exactly how it’s done.
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Ep 9: The Rise and Fall of Mt. Gox
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Mt. Gox was the largest bitcoin exchange in the world. It suddenly went offline. What happened?
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Ep 8: Manfred (Part 2)
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Manfred found a way to turn his passion for video games and reverse engineering into a full time business. He exploited video games and sold virtual goods and currency for real money. This was his full time job. Listen to this episode to hear exactly how he did this.
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Ep 7: Manfred (Part 1)
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Manfred has had the most epic story of all online video game stories. For the last 20 years, he’s been hacking online games.
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Ep 6: The Beirut Bank Job
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Jayson E. Street tells us a story about the time he broke into a bank in Beirut Lebanon.
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Ep 5: #ASUSGATE
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Security researcher Kyle Lovett bought a new Asus router in 2013. He found it was riddled with security vulnerabilties. He set out on a mission to resolve these vulnerabilities not only for his own router, but for thousands of others who were also vulnerable.
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Ep 4: Panic! at the TalkTalk Board Room
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Mobile provider TalkTalk suffered a major breach in 2015. The CEO tried her best to keep angry customers calm and carry on. The UK government and Metropolitan Police investigate the breach. We get a rare glimpse of how the CEO handles the crisis.
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Ep 3: DigiNotar, You are the Weakest Link, Good Bye!
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The 2011 DigiNotar breach changed the way browsers do security. In this episode, we learn what role a CA plays, how browsers work with CAs, and what happens when a CA is breached.
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Ep 2: The Peculiar Case of the VTech Hacker
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VTech makes toy tablets, laptops, and watches for kids. In 2015, they were breached. The hacker downloaded gigs of children’s data. Discover what the hacker did once he took the data.