Podcast Episodes

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” ecosystem built around it. With security researcher Ford M…

Published on 14 hours 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 investigations raised serious questions about how the a…

Published on 2 weeks 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 revenue allegedly comes from knowingly running scam ads…

Published on 4 weeks, 1 day 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 year’s botnet built out of bargain-bin Android gadget…

Published on 1 month, 2 weeks 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 and a big rambling chatty chat about Tilly Norwoo…

Published on 2 months ago

The Banxico Heist and a High Wire Act of Solo Podcasting

The question: can one host of a podcast that was planning to do a chatty chat episode proceed at the last minute while the other host is unfortunately out sick? Wish our dear pal Scott a speedy recov…

Published on 2 months, 2 weeks ago

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 3 months ago

Gamescom 2025

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Published on 3 months, 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 4 months 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 4 months, 2 weeks ago