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Hacker And The Fed — 138 episodes

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FIFA Left the Front Door Wide Open

2

Hackers Are Using Fake LinkedIn Jobs to Break Into Companies

3

Your Smart TV Might Be Part of a Botnet

4

A Single Email Took Down a Major Food Supplier

5

Texas Just Declared War on WhatsApp

6

Microsoft Has a Bigger Security Problem Than Anyone Admits

7

The Student Hack That Crashed Bitcoin

8

AI Deleted the Entire Database in 9 Seconds

9

The Crypto Hacks Funding North Korea

10

Europe Is Quietly Preparing for a Tech War

11

The Origin Story

12

How One Developer Took Down the Supply Chain

13

What CISOs Actually Worry About

14

The Biggest Cybersecurity Grift in Years

15

A Petabyte of Data Stolen and Nobody Noticed

16

iPhone Zero Days Are Now Fueling Crypto Crime

17

When AI Makes Hacking Easier Than Ever

18

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

19

What CISOs Won’t Say in Public

20

One Stolen Password Can Take Down a Nation

21

The Moment AI Stopped Waiting for Humans

22

From Doorbell Cameras to Seized Crypto

23

Inside China’s Leaking Cyber Machine

24

Cyber Attacks Without a Declaration of War

25

Everyone Has Your Data and Nobody Is Accountable

26

We Gave AI the Keys and It Learned to Steal

27

The Supply Chain Attack Nobody Checked For

28

Copy Pasting Commands Is the New Phishing

29

When Your Smart Fridge Joins a Botnet

30

China’s Leaked Cyber Warfare Playbook

31

Microsoft Admits Everything’s Broken, What Now?

32

The First Bitcoin Cold War

33

The Typo That Destroyed a Cybercrime Empire

34

How Residential Proxies Became the Dark Web’s Secret Weapon

35

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

36

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

37

Insiders for Sale: The Hackers Recruiting Your Employees

38

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

39

The Phantom Extension: Backdooring Your Browser

40

Bitcoin, Vegas, and the Feds

41

Microsoft’s $20B Cybersecurity Scam

42

Your WhatsApp Data Wasn’t Private After All

43

The $1 Billion Scam on Seniors

44

AI Agents Gone Rogue: The Next Breach Waiting to Happen

45

Your Nudes Aren’t Private: The Meta AI Leak

46

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

47

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

48

Your Favorite Game Just Stole Your Crypto

49

Zero Trust, Many Fails: Government Cybersecurity Exposed

50

McDonald’s Has Been Compromised

51

Are We Losing the Cyber War?

52

Arrests, Airline Breaches, and the Human Side of Hacking

53

Burning Millions and Breaking MFA

54

Your AI Assistant Just Betrayed You

55

We Fixed Cybersecurity (You're Welcome)

56

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

57

Backdoors, Breaches, and Bitcoin

58

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

59

LulzSec, LockBit & the Price of Weak Security

60

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

61

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

62

DOGE Drama, Digital Grit, and CVE Chaos

63

Starlink Bugs, Bank Regulator Breach, and the LastPass Fallout

64

Oracle Breach, MGM Hacker Busted, North Korean IT Scams

65

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

66

Hacks, Heists, and the Rise of Digital Deception

67

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

68

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

69

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

70

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

71

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

72

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

73

Holiday Reflections: Cybersecurity, Careers, and Christmas Cheer

74

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

75

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

76

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

77

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

78

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

79

We're Back!

80

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

81

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

82

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

83

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

84

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

85

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

86

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

87

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

88

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

89

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

90

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

91

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

92

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

93

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

94

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

95

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

96

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

97

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

98

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

99

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

100

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

101

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

102

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

103

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

104

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

105

Pig Butchering And Crypto Crime-fighting With Erin West

106

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

107

Chinese State Hackers, Ransom Negotiation, And Listener Questions

108

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

109

Search Engine Vulnerabilities, Ghost Tokens, Anna Kournikova

110

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

111

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

112

City Cyber Security with NYC CISO Kelly Moan

113

Who Can Read Your Emails, And Busting DDoS For Hire

114

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

115

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

116

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

117

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

118

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

119

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

120

"Malvertising" and Stolen Background Check Data

121

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

122

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

123

Cyber In The News: Important Stories Slipping Under The Radar

124

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

125

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

126

Cyber Warfare With Special Guest Jeffrey Carr

127

The Perspective Of A Hacker, Questions For Sabu

128

The Infamous Shadow Brokers and Apple's New Security Posture

129

CISA’s Small Business Security Guidance and Listener Questions

130

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

131

Hector's Decision To Work With The FBI

132

The Silk Road Bitcoin Hack

133

The Dropbox Hack And Questions About The FBI

134

NSO Group’s Pegasus & IRC Wars

135

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

136

Social Engineering & "Vishing"

137

The Origin Story

138

Introducing Hacker And The Fed