Hacked

A data leak at a big Chinese security company reveals not just that they're engaged in state sponsored hacking-for-hire, but just how weirdly corporate a job that actually is. Our conversation with Mei Danowski, security researcher, about her analysis of the iSoon leaks. Check our her excellent Substack Natto thoughts: https://nattothoughts.substack.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Bonus Chat Episode. We both love (and make) video games. Thanks to our supporters, alongside our typical two episodes this month, we?re excited to drop this bonus episode where we chat about hacking games, making games, and playing games. If you want to support Hacked too, check out hackedpodcast.com to subscribe. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The story of an online business school and the ex-student warning that it might be a cult. Check out some of our guest Tim Hume?s excellent reporting at the links below: https://www.vice.com/en/article/pkaw7k/andrew-tate-the-real-world-cult https://www.vice.com/en/article/n7emvg/andrew-tate-channels-culled-by-youtube-after-revelations-about-get-rich-quick-cult https://www.vice.com/en/article/4a385g/youtube-profited-from-andrew-tate-recruitment-videos-despite-banning-them Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A chatty chat episode in which Scott and Jordan discuss the proposed Flipper Zero ban in Canada, a chatbot that lied to an airline passenger, a multimillion dollar deepfake heist in Hong Kong, and the Satoshi Nakamoto court trial currently underway. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A lot of the tech we use today started out as a gizmo in a piece of science fiction. A conversation with Abe Haskins, creator of the DIY Pokédex, about how the sci-fi we love informs the tech we get, and how he hacked together an iconic piece of 90?s pop culture. Check out his excellent work at https://www.youtube.com/@abetoday Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Two competing stories about a cyberstalking that all comes down to an IP address. Today's episode was a partnership with "Pretend," hosted by Javier Leiva. Pretend is a true crime podcast about con artists. Definitely check it out wherever you get your shows. Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2vaCjR7UvlN9aTIzW6kNCo Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/pretend-a-true-crime-podcast-about-con-artists/id1245307962 RSS: Click here Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Today malware is all nation state actors and organized crime, but in the beginning it was more about making a statement. Dan is a malware historian. He finds old hardware and viruses, runs them, and sees what happens. So we sat down to discuss the history of malware, where it's come from, and where he thinks it's going next. Check out his amazing YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/user/danooct1 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

You can find all kinds of great deals on Android streaming TV boxes online. But sometimes something else comes in the box along with it. Our conversation with Lindsay Kaye - Vice President of Threat Intelligence at Human, and part of the security team that discovered that somewhere along the supply chain something else was getting installed into all kinds of Android devices. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It?s our first call in show episode. Share your strange tale of technology, true hack, or computer confession at hotlinehacked.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In which we look back on yet another hack-tacular year, and discuss the Open AI Coup, the "hacked Rockstar from a hotel room" guy, and a slew of other stories from a wild 2023. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

How can an artists protect their art from being scraped by AI models? By turning it into a 'poison' that will corrupt those systems if it ever is. Our conversation with Shawn Shan from the University of Chicago about "Nightshade," "Glaze," and a suite of tools they're developing to help artists protect their art. Also a five minute intro about plants, deal with it. Support hacked on by visiting hackedpodcast.com to find our Patreon, or grab a sick visor, mug, sweater, or shirt at store.hackedpodcast.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Scott bought a Flipper Zero and was too lazy to watch YouTube so we've got Youtuber The Talking Sasquatch (https://www.youtube.com/@TalkingSasquach) joining us today to talk through the hardware hacking device, its past and some of the ethical boundaries of being a content creator! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A chat in which we discuss the end of the FTX trial, Amnesty International's newly released Predator Files, the Humane AI Pin, and what happens when a video game company decides to buy the people who were cracking their game. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We celebrate the spooky season with Jack Rhysider, creator of the fantastic show Darknet Diaries. We discuss telling unsettling stories, how the way we use technology reveals stuff about us, and some of our favourite episodes of his show. Also! We have merch! Check out shop.hackedpodcast.com to buy some swag and support the show. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Visit hotlinehacked.com to share your strange technology tale and hear us discuss it on the show assuming this experiment works (and to see the least mobile-optimized website ever created). We discuss the recent leaked 23andMe data, the MoveIt Breach, and what "out of pocket" means. NOTE: We misspoke, the name of the show we discuss is Ransomware Files, not Ransomeware Diaries. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On this chat episode we discuss the twin hacks of two of the biggest casino companies in the world, the recent claims of a new hack against Sony, another piece of stalkerware hacked, and a very entertaining looking bit of reality TV programming coming soon. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The story of two guys who set out to put every musical melody in the world into the public domain, and the technology they hacked together to do it. Featuring Damien Riehl from AlltheMusic.info. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this chat episode we discuss the new world of sketchy ChatGPT alternatives like WormGPT and FraudGPT, take a brief detour into the looming chip wars, before bringing it home with stories about a poker hacking scandal and a telegram bot where you can buy social insurance numbers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this chat episode we discuss Sam Altman's Worldcoin biometric ID / crypto project, the cybercrime syndicate that used a vulnerability in Microsoft to hack the US State Department, and a weird week on the internet for amateur scientist investigating LK99. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jordan interviews TechCrunch Senior Writer Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai about a new chapter in crypto in the US; the first criminal charges for hacking a decentralized crypto exchange. Which is maybe the least interesting thing about the story these charges tell. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On this chat episode we talk about recent public disclosures revealing all the wild stuff FTX bought, the hacking of LetMeSpy and the world of stalkerware, and a Reddit post that revealed a major shift in the use of AI generated assets in video games. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The story of a wave of car theft for internet clout on Tik Tok and the security vulnerability that made it possible. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this chat episode we discuss a routine personal injury lawsuit derailed by AI, a new strain of ransomware called Malas Locker being used by hacktivists to make a political statement, rehabilitation programs for cybercrime inclined youth in Europe, and whether Apple Vision Pro is the next iPhone or the next 3D TV. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The story of the MS Satoshi and the quest to start a libertarian crypto nation on the high seas in the shell of an old cruise ship. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A chat episode about the world's first ethical satellite hacking exercise, a much deeper look at Juice Jacking and whether (and when) it's actually a thing, and a remarkable crypto themed money making opportunity that walked through our door. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The story of a manuscript hacker who scammed the publishing industry for years with increasingly elaborate social engineering schemes and an unclear motive. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A chat episode about the brilliantly named international operation to take down Genesis Market, an FBI warning against juice jacking, Amnezia the open source VPN that's become a surprise Russian export, and using GPT to generate software keys for Windows 95. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A chat + interview combo in which we talk with Adrian Bednarek, a man who has been hacking video games for profit for about as long as there has been any profit to be made hacking video games, and JB and Scott discuss Game Developers Conference 2023. Note: My (JB) apologies for the surname mispronunciation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A chat episode about the a teacher who allegedly built a crypto mine in a school crawl space, researchers using Stable Diffusion to read MRIs, the state of voice biometrics, a credential stuffing attack at Chick-Fil-A and whether their sauce is gross or just gross looking. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The story of how profitable it can be to serve ads to nobody, featuring Zach Edwards from HUMAN Security. We discuss Methbot, Vastflux, how organized criminals use ad fraud to launder wild sums of money, and how HUMAN took down some of some of the biggest ad fraud networks online today. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A chat episode about the FBI takedown of the Hive ransomware as a service gang, a leak of the No Fly List, a mucked up file that grounded every plane in the US, the persistence of phishing, and the slow march of AI in courtrooms. Also Zelda, for some reason, for the second time in as many months. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A conversation about all the conversations we aren't having about Roblox. Featuring Quintin Smith of People Make Games. Check out How to Fix the Internet by the EFF: https://www.eff.org/podcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A chat episode about all these things and more. Sorry, a "chatty chat" about exactly seven topics. Network access security that scales with your business ? NordLayer secures your organization?s traffic and data to provide your colleagues with safe, reliable, remote access. nordlayer.com/hacked Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oh dang we have enough episode to do reruns. We promise we'll use this power responsibly. To ring in New Years, please enjoy this throwback Hacked about the y2k bug. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In which we look back on a hack-tacular year, and fail to live up the episode we had Chat GPT write for us by only really talking about two topics. Network access security that scales with your business ? NordLayer secures your organization?s traffic and data to provide your colleagues with safe, reliable, remote access. nordlayer.com/hacked Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The story of one man trying to make his fortune one Xbox gift card at a time. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The story of the international plan to put a very insecure phone into the pockets of criminals around the world. Network access security that scales with your business ? NordLayer secures your organization?s traffic and data to provide your colleagues with safe, reliable, remote access. nordlayer.com/hacked Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The story of a rapping crypto-couple allegedly at the heart of a multi billion dollar social engineering heist. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The story of the software that monitors school safety amongst other things. Featuring data journalist Ari Sen. Network access security that scales with your business ? NordLayer secures your organization?s traffic and data to provide your colleagues with safe, reliable, remote access. nordlayer.com/hacked Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In which Scott returns from vacation right as Jordan is leaving, and they talk about the episodes Scott missed over the summer. New listener? Definitely don't start with this one. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The story of the Besa Mafia and all the work that goes into making folks think you're a spooky dark web assassin syndicate. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The story of the hunt for a couple million bucks in lost crypto. With Joe Grand AKA Kingpin from the L0pht. Check out Joe's YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/JoeGrand/featured Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The story of the case against Moises Luis Zagala Gonzalez ? a cybercriminal polymath, or international fall guy. This is part one of a two episode investigation from The Ransomware Files miniseries. Follow The Ransomware Files wherever you listen to podcasts. https://anchor.fm/ransomwarefiles + https://twitter.com/ransomwarefiles Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The story BellTroX and the world of private investigators outsourcing the nitty gritty stuff. Like Hacked? Subscribe, spread the word, and visit https://www.patreon.com/hackedpodcast to show us some love. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The story of a Minecraft scammer who sort of hacked the President.  Like Hacked? Subscribe, spread the word, and visit https://www.patreon.com/hackedpodcast to show us some love. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The story of some very incriminating letters and the mission to figure out where they came from. Like Hacked? Subscribe, spread the word, and visit https://www.patreon.com/hackedpodcast to show us some love. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The story of a saxophone player trying to cross a border with a code hidden in plain sight. Featuring professor of music and RSA Conference speaker Merryl Goldberg. Like Hacked? Subscribe, spread the word, and visit https://www.patreon.com/hackedpodcast to show us some love. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The story of the hack that's brought Costa Rica's government to a standstill. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The story of a truck full of stolen tractors in the Ukraine. If you like the show and want to make sure we can keep making it, please subscribe, and if you can visit https://www.patreon.com/hackedpodcast and show us some love. Thanks to our sponsor Command Line Heroes. Check out the show right over here -> https://link.chtbl.com/commandlineheroes_cyoa?sid=s9.podcast.hacked Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The story of the wild amount of work it takes to turn a stolen phone back into money. If you like the show and want to make sure we can keep making it, please subscribe, and if you can visit https://www.patreon.com/hackedpodcast and show us some love. Thanks to our sponsor Command Line Heroes. Check out the show right over here -> https://link.chtbl.com/commandlineheroes_cyoa?sid=s9.podcast.hacked Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices