Podcast Episodes

Will the Real Velvet Sundown Please Stand Up?

The story of a hoax within a hoax within a hoax within an AI soft rock band. That and a bunch of other stories about technology.

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Published on 8 hours ago

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Published on 2 weeks ago

From Street to State

We discuss the rise of China’s early patriotic hacking scene, and a new report that unravels how some of its most skilled members eventually found their way into more formal, state-aligned cyber oper…

Published on 1 month ago

The Escobar Phone and Imaginary Flamethrowers

We unpack how a Swedish entrepreneur used Pablo Escobar’s name to sell fake phones, flamethrowers, and crypto — and how a viral scam built on influencer hype finally came crashing down. That and othe…

Published on 1 month, 2 weeks ago

The McDonald’s Hiring Robot Hack

We start with the AI hiring chatbot used by McDonald’s, and the vulnerability hiding beneath the conversation. What looked like some janky job application exchanges led two security researchers, I…

Published on 2 months ago

BONUS: July Chatty Chat

Just for fun: an actual no script, no plan, hot mic blather-athon. If you crave a nice structured story with lots of research, give the ep we dropped a few days ago about the Texas Lottery Courier Ap…

Published on 2 months, 1 week ago

The Texas Lottery Courier App Scandal

A London syndicate used a phone app to buy nearly every combination in the Texas Lottery—and walked away with a $95 million jackpot. In this episode, we dig into how that happened, what it reveals ab…

Published on 2 months, 2 weeks ago

Danabot: The Malware Operation That infected Itself

In this episode: the inside story of Danabot, the malware-as-a-service platform that thrived in the shadows for nearly a decade—until a critical mistake exposed its creators. Just last week, U.S. pr…

Published on 3 months ago

Throwback: The Malware Historian

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 …

Published on 3 months, 2 weeks ago

Hotline Hacked Vol. 13

Schools out for summer. Another collection of computer confessions and strange tales of technology.

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Published on 3 months, 2 weeks ago