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Hacker And The Fed — 148 episodes

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Your Router Might Come With a Backdoor Already Installed

2

AI Is Getting Access to Your Private Messages

3

Someone Tried to Hack the Court With an AI Prompt

4

The Cybersecurity Industry Can’t Keep Up With AI

5

The $90 Million Crypto Wallet Disaster Nobody Saw Coming

6

The Snapchat Phishing Scam That Stole Hundreds of Private Photos

7

The Steam Malware That Stole Crypto From Thousands

8

Japan's First ChatGPT-Powered Hacker Arrest

9

Canada Just Hacked the Drug Cartels

10

They Mocked the Hackers... Then Lost $3 Million

11

FIFA Left the Front Door Wide Open

12

Hackers Are Using Fake LinkedIn Jobs to Break Into Companies

13

Your Smart TV Might Be Part of a Botnet

14

A Single Email Took Down a Major Food Supplier

15

Texas Just Declared War on WhatsApp

16

Microsoft Has a Bigger Security Problem Than Anyone Admits

17

The Student Hack That Crashed Bitcoin

18

AI Deleted the Entire Database in 9 Seconds

19

The Crypto Hacks Funding North Korea

20

Europe Is Quietly Preparing for a Tech War

21

The Origin Story

22

How One Developer Took Down the Supply Chain

23

What CISOs Actually Worry About

24

The Biggest Cybersecurity Grift in Years

25

A Petabyte of Data Stolen and Nobody Noticed

26

iPhone Zero Days Are Now Fueling Crypto Crime

27

When AI Makes Hacking Easier Than Ever

28

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

29

What CISOs Won’t Say in Public

30

One Stolen Password Can Take Down a Nation

31

The Moment AI Stopped Waiting for Humans

32

From Doorbell Cameras to Seized Crypto

33

Inside China’s Leaking Cyber Machine

34

Cyber Attacks Without a Declaration of War

35

Everyone Has Your Data and Nobody Is Accountable

36

We Gave AI the Keys and It Learned to Steal

37

The Supply Chain Attack Nobody Checked For

38

Copy Pasting Commands Is the New Phishing

39

When Your Smart Fridge Joins a Botnet

40

China’s Leaked Cyber Warfare Playbook

41

Microsoft Admits Everything’s Broken, What Now?

42

The First Bitcoin Cold War

43

The Typo That Destroyed a Cybercrime Empire

44

How Residential Proxies Became the Dark Web’s Secret Weapon

45

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

46

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

47

Insiders for Sale: The Hackers Recruiting Your Employees

48

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

49

The Phantom Extension: Backdooring Your Browser

50

Bitcoin, Vegas, and the Feds

51

Microsoft’s $20B Cybersecurity Scam

52

Your WhatsApp Data Wasn’t Private After All

53

The $1 Billion Scam on Seniors

54

AI Agents Gone Rogue: The Next Breach Waiting to Happen

55

Your Nudes Aren’t Private: The Meta AI Leak

56

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

57

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

58

Your Favorite Game Just Stole Your Crypto

59

Zero Trust, Many Fails: Government Cybersecurity Exposed

60

McDonald’s Has Been Compromised

61

Are We Losing the Cyber War?

62

Arrests, Airline Breaches, and the Human Side of Hacking

63

Burning Millions and Breaking MFA

64

Your AI Assistant Just Betrayed You

65

We Fixed Cybersecurity (You're Welcome)

66

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

67

Backdoors, Breaches, and Bitcoin

68

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

69

LulzSec, LockBit & the Price of Weak Security

70

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

71

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

72

DOGE Drama, Digital Grit, and CVE Chaos

73

Starlink Bugs, Bank Regulator Breach, and the LastPass Fallout

74

Oracle Breach, MGM Hacker Busted, North Korean IT Scams

75

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

76

Hacks, Heists, and the Rise of Digital Deception

77

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

78

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

79

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

80

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

81

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

82

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

83

Holiday Reflections: Cybersecurity, Careers, and Christmas Cheer

84

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

85

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

86

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

87

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

88

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

89

We're Back!

90

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

91

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

92

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

93

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

94

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

95

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

96

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

97

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

98

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

99

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

100

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

101

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

102

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

103

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

104

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

105

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

106

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

107

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

108

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

109

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

110

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

111

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

112

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

113

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

114

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

115

Pig Butchering And Crypto Crime-fighting With Erin West

116

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

117

Chinese State Hackers, Ransom Negotiation, And Listener Questions

118

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

119

Search Engine Vulnerabilities, Ghost Tokens, Anna Kournikova

120

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

121

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

122

City Cyber Security with NYC CISO Kelly Moan

123

Who Can Read Your Emails, And Busting DDoS For Hire

124

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

125

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

126

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

127

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

128

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

129

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

130

"Malvertising" and Stolen Background Check Data

131

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

132

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

133

Cyber In The News: Important Stories Slipping Under The Radar

134

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

135

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

136

Cyber Warfare With Special Guest Jeffrey Carr

137

The Perspective Of A Hacker, Questions For Sabu

138

The Infamous Shadow Brokers and Apple's New Security Posture

139

CISA’s Small Business Security Guidance and Listener Questions

140

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

141

Hector's Decision To Work With The FBI

142

The Silk Road Bitcoin Hack

143

The Dropbox Hack And Questions About The FBI

144

NSO Group’s Pegasus & IRC Wars

145

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

146

Social Engineering & "Vishing"

147

The Origin Story

148

Introducing Hacker And The Fed