Podcast Episodes

The $5 Wrench Attack

In this chatty chat episode, we kick things off with a primer on one of the oldest methods of stealing money—made new again in the age of crypto: the…

9 hours ago

=Coffee

A lot of modern AI models have a kind of security guard layer that sits in front of them. Its job? A binary choice as to whether the prompt heading i…

2 weeks ago

The Protege — "Possibly the Worst Intelligence Disaster in U.S. History"

Two FBI agents. One room. One of them is the most damaging spy in U.S. history.

Robert Hanssen told a lot of lies — including a really weird one abou…

1 month ago

The Charizard Charade

Pokémon cards became a billion-dollar market—and then a massive fraud target. This episode follows the rise of ultra-rare Pokémon prototypes, the gra…

1 month, 2 weeks ago

2025 Chatty Chat Year in Review

It’s the 2025 Chatty Chat year in review friends! We’re diving into a big old pile of stories from the past year and speculating on what’s to come in…

2 months ago

Inside the Smishing Triad

A deep dive into Lighthouse, a phishing-as-a-service platform linked to millions of scam texts worldwide, and the sprawling “smishing triad” ecosyste…

2 months, 2 weeks ago

The Gayborhood

For the last few years, Grindr has branded itself as the global gayborhood—a digital safe space for queer communities. But a series of European inves…

3 months ago

How Much of Facebook’s Revenue Is Scam Ads—And Other Chat Worthy Questions

It’s a chatty chat. I repeat, this one's a chatty chat. Today we’re digging into the big weird questions on our desk: what percentage of Meta’s reven…

3 months, 2 weeks ago

BADBOX 2.0

Hh hey maybe don't buy that $14 projector off amazon. In this episode, we dive into the sequel nobody asked for: BADBOX 2.0 — the return of last yea…

4 months ago

The SIM Farm

The story of a massive swatting hoax campaign across the US that helped take down a piece of cybercrime infrastructure in the heart of New York. That…

4 months, 2 weeks ago