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Hacker And The Fed — 131 episodes

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1

AI Deleted the Entire Database in 9 Seconds

2

The Crypto Hacks Funding North Korea

3

Europe Is Quietly Preparing for a Tech War

4

The Origin Story

5

How One Developer Took Down the Supply Chain

6

What CISOs Actually Worry About

7

The Biggest Cybersecurity Grift in Years

8

A Petabyte of Data Stolen and Nobody Noticed

9

iPhone Zero Days Are Now Fueling Crypto Crime

10

When AI Makes Hacking Easier Than Ever

11

The FBI Drug Market Rumor, Blue Checkmarks, and Government Backdoors

12

What CISOs Won’t Say in Public

13

One Stolen Password Can Take Down a Nation

14

The Moment AI Stopped Waiting for Humans

15

From Doorbell Cameras to Seized Crypto

16

Inside China’s Leaking Cyber Machine

17

Cyber Attacks Without a Declaration of War

18

Everyone Has Your Data and Nobody Is Accountable

19

We Gave AI the Keys and It Learned to Steal

20

The Supply Chain Attack Nobody Checked For

21

Copy Pasting Commands Is the New Phishing

22

When Your Smart Fridge Joins a Botnet

23

China’s Leaked Cyber Warfare Playbook

24

Microsoft Admits Everything’s Broken, What Now?

25

The First Bitcoin Cold War

26

The Typo That Destroyed a Cybercrime Empire

27

How Residential Proxies Became the Dark Web’s Secret Weapon

28

YouTube Tutorials or Malware Traps? Don’t Click That Link”

29

The Night the Internet Broke: AWS, China, and the Quantum Hack

30

Insiders for Sale: The Hackers Recruiting Your Employees

31

Click, Jack, and Roll: The Rise of AI-Powered Cybercrime

32

The Phantom Extension: Backdooring Your Browser

33

Bitcoin, Vegas, and the Feds

34

Microsoft’s $20B Cybersecurity Scam

35

Your WhatsApp Data Wasn’t Private After All

36

The $1 Billion Scam on Seniors

37

AI Agents Gone Rogue: The Next Breach Waiting to Happen

38

Your Nudes Aren’t Private: The Meta AI Leak

39

Zero-Days, Cookies, and the Death of Dial-Up

40

$48 Billion and No 2FA, What Could Go Wrong?

41

Your Favorite Game Just Stole Your Crypto

42

Zero Trust, Many Fails: Government Cybersecurity Exposed

43

McDonald’s Has Been Compromised

44

Are We Losing the Cyber War?

45

Arrests, Airline Breaches, and the Human Side of Hacking

46

Burning Millions and Breaking MFA

47

Your AI Assistant Just Betrayed You

48

We Fixed Cybersecurity (You're Welcome)

49

The $400 Million Mistake, Router Invasions, and Crypto Chaos

50

Backdoors, Breaches, and Bitcoin

51

SIM Swaps, Insider Threats & the Rise of 'Zishing'

52

LulzSec, LockBit & the Price of Weak Security

53

Joe Rogan, Ross Ulbricht, and the $1 Billion Disney Hack

54

Credential Theft, InfoStealers, and the Rise of Cyber Snake Oil

55

DOGE Drama, Digital Grit, and CVE Chaos

56

Starlink Bugs, Bank Regulator Breach, and the LastPass Fallout

57

Oracle Breach, MGM Hacker Busted, North Korean IT Scams

58

Telecom Hacks, AI Fears, and the Quantum Threat – Plus, Hector Rants!

59

Hacks, Heists, and the Rise of Digital Deception

60

Smart Bed Backdoor, Crypto Heists, Router Hacks, and U.S. Cyber Command’s Stand Down

61

Inside a Ransomware Gang, Leaked Logs, a $1.4B Crypto Heist & Signal Under Attack

62

School Cyberattacks, Swatting as a Service, and Hector Rants on the Broken Cybersecurity Job Market

63

SSH Backdoors, the Decline of Ransomware Payments, and Hector Rants on a MASSIVE Insider Threat

64

Hacked Healthcare, Hacked Cars & The Hidden Risks of Modern Tech

65

ROSS ULBRICHT PARDONED, Plus Insider Threats, Corporate Security Risks, and A High-Profile Crypto Kidnapping

66

Holiday Reflections: Cybersecurity, Careers, and Christmas Cheer

67

Yahoo Red Team Layoffs, North Korea Infiltrating U.S. Companies, Data Breaches, and Protecting your Medical History

68

Telecom Hacks, Ransomware Fallout, Encrypted Chats, and a Diss Track Challenge

69

DB Cooper, ExxonMobil & Corporate Espionage, and Ross Ulbricht's Potential Pardon

70

A THANKSGIVING SPECIAL: Phishing Failures, Red Team Career Advice, and Cybersecurity Ethics

71

Italian Hacking Scandal, NSA Best Practices, Insider Threats & a Former Anonymous Hacker?

72

We're Back!

73

The Colonial Pipeline Hack, the SEC's X Account, and Special Agent Aron Mann on Homeland Security and Cyber

74

A Train Hack, $80M Pig Butchering Scheme, and Greg Van Houten of Haynes Boone on the SEC's New Cybersecurity Disclosure Rules

75

The FBI Shares Tactics of a Ransomware Gang, a Ransom Payment Fail, and Cyber Law with Lance Taubin

76

The SolarWinds hack, North Korea IT Workers, Hackers Targeting a Data Company, and Listener Questions

77

MOVEit and MGM Resorts Hacks, U.S. Senate's Email System Melts Down, Cisco Can't Stop Using Static Passwords, and Listener Questions

78

Are Paying Ransoms Illegal? Ransomware Shuts Down a 158 Year Old Company, Fido2 Security Keys, and Hacktivist Rules

79

Artificial Intelligence Doxxing in Viral Videos, Billions of Usernames and Passwords Exposed, and a HATF Contest

80

Equifax Breach, a Hack of 27 Crypto Companies, and the Arrest of a Department of State IT Contractor

81

Finding out our Relative is a Hacker, Working for the FBI, Prepping for a Technical Interview, and More Listener Questions

82

Your Car and Your Sex Life, US Departments of State and Commerce Compromised, Iran and North Korea Hacking Crews, and Victories Over Russian Hackers

83

The FBI's Operation "Duck Hunt" Takes Down a Botnet, NYC Subway Allows Users to be Tracked Online, and Why Chris Left the FBI

84

Hacking Through a Fire Stick, a Danish Cloud Provider Loses all Their Customer Data, an Active Hacker Becoming a White Hat

85

Demystifying Internet Honeypots and Getting into Cyber Security with Andrew Morris, Founder and CEO of GreyNoise

86

Zoom and AI, the NSA and DARPA Presenting Challenges to the Cyber Security Community and Listener Questions

87

Chinese Malware, a Year in Review of Zero-day Exploits, a Ransomware Study, and Listener Questions

88

Authentication Attacks, US Government Domains, and New Cyber Incident Disclosure Guidelines

89

Thousands of Intelligence and Defense Employees Exposed, a Hacker Infects His Own Computer, Google Accuses Apple Employee of Not Reporting a Zero-day

90

The Dangers of Googling Phone Numbers, an Attack on a Security Platform, and Typo Squatting on US Military Domains

91

Are Your Lightbulbs a Security Risk? Voice Authentication May be Broken, and Logistics Security

92

Your Car’s Data Might Be For Sale, a New Malware Payload Vector Using DNS, and Listener Questions

93

A Hack-Back Lands a CEO in Prison, Repo Jacking, and When to Use a VPN

94

A Massive Ongoing Ransomware Attack, Google Claims to Catch Chinese Hackers, and the Feds Arrest a Russian Hacker in Arizona

95

China's Tik Tok "God Credential" Allegation, a New Phishing and Email Takeover Campaign, and Listener Questions

96

Zero-click Exploits Attacking iPhones, PC Motherboards Downloading Malware, and a New Dutch Mandate

97

An Insider Exploits A Ransomware Attack, AI Photos, And Hector's Indonesian Hack

98

Pig Butchering And Crypto Crime-fighting With Erin West

99

Vehicle Location Data Leaked For Over 2 million Drivers, Another US Government Breach, And D.B. Cooper

100

Chinese State Hackers, Ransom Negotiation, And Listener Questions

101

Cyber Insurance With Michelle Chia, Head Of Cyber Insurance At Zurich North America

102

Search Engine Vulnerabilities, Ghost Tokens, Anna Kournikova

103

The Classified Document Leak, A Hacker Gets Hacked, And Can A Video Silently Hack Your Phone?

104

Hackers Stealing Your Car And Internet Bandwidth, And A Massive Corporate Security Breach

105

City Cyber Security with NYC CISO Kelly Moan

106

Who Can Read Your Emails, And Busting DDoS For Hire

107

Listener Questions: How To Protect Your Kids Online, Advanced Personal Cybersecurity, And What A “Red Team” Is

108

Jobs, Academics, And The Future Of Cybersecurity With Professor Bill Gardner

109

Fake Google Ads, Law Firms Under Attack, And The White House Announces New National Cybersecurity Strategy

110

A Leaked Ransomware Negotiation, Twitter Security, And NSA Best Practices For Securing Your Home Network

111

Insider Threat Attacks, Malware Used To Steal Crypto, And Hector’s Embarrassing Story

112

A Major Phishing Attack, TikTok In Texas, And FBI Customer Service

113

"Malvertising" and Stolen Background Check Data

114

The FBI Take Down Of Hive Ransomware Network & Questions About The FBI

115

2023 Hacking Predictions, Bug Bounty Hunters, And The Super Bowl Sunday Hack

116

Cyber In The News: Important Stories Slipping Under The Radar

117

Twitter's Data Leak, Russian Hacking Crew "Cold River", and Listener Questions

118

Cell Phone Eavesdropping, Tupac and Biggie in New Zealand, and Botnets

119

Cyber Warfare With Special Guest Jeffrey Carr

120

The Perspective Of A Hacker, Questions For Sabu

121

The Infamous Shadow Brokers and Apple's New Security Posture

122

CISA’s Small Business Security Guidance and Listener Questions

123

Sabu and Recursion Face to Face, Former Hackers Reunite Over War Stories

124

Hector's Decision To Work With The FBI

125

The Silk Road Bitcoin Hack

126

The Dropbox Hack And Questions About The FBI

127

NSO Group’s Pegasus & IRC Wars

128

Cyber Security Whac-A-Mole, Getting Arrested By The FBI, And Protecting Your Small Business

129

Social Engineering & "Vishing"

130

The Origin Story

131

Introducing Hacker And The Fed