Podcast Episodes

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 unfortunatel…

5 months 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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5 months, 2 weeks ago

Gamescom 2025

Reboundergame.com ( if you wanna wishlist our work in progress game on Steam

6 months 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 th…

6 months, 2 weeks 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 influen…

7 months 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 app…

7 months, 2 weeks 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…

7 months, 3 weeks 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,…

8 months 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 mis…

8 months, 2 weeks 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. …

9 months ago