Podcast Episodes

Unmasking a Cybercriminal With Open Source Intelligence

We wanted to know: How was USDoD, the hacker behind major data breaches, unmasked? On this episode, we trace his journey from infiltrating FBI-linked…

1 year, 4 months ago

Hotline Hacked Vol. 6

The whole second half of this one is one long call but trust us it's worth it. A call in show with tales of hackers getting hacked back, spoofed emai…

1 year, 4 months ago

Doxing Strangers + Mexican Cartels and Timeshare Cybercrime + Facebook’s Big Password Fine

A chatty chat episode where we discuss a Harvard research project turning Meta Ray-Bans into facial recognition hardware, an Irish court case resolut…

1 year, 4 months ago

Number Go Up: A Conversation with Author Zeke Faux

We think Zeke Faux’s Number Go Up: Inside Crypto’s Wild Rise and Staggering Fall is one of the best modern books about crypto. It’s a globetrotting a…

1 year, 5 months ago

Hotline Hacked Vol. 5

It's a five-alarm fire in the fifth instalment of our call in show. We hear from a caller who accidentally won a naval war-game by unplugging a radio…

1 year, 5 months ago

$10 Million in Fake AI Royalties + the 'Infinite Money Glitch' That's Just Fraud + Voter Outreach So Bad It Seemed Like Phishing

In which we discuss alleged Spotify streaming ad fraud that brought in millions, extremely poor voter outreach and an extended tangent on AI.

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1 year, 5 months ago

Hotline Hacked Vol. 4

Fourth times a charm. Share your strange tale of technology, true hack, or computer confession at hotlinehacked.com. We discuss stealing login creden…

1 year, 5 months ago

Hacking Bicycles + DIY Laser Exploits + the National Public Data Breach

You can do lot of damage by changing someone's bike gear at the wrong time. A collection of stories including a DIY laser mad science project that ai…

1 year, 6 months ago

DEFCON: The Biggest Hacking Event in the World

DEFCON: The Biggest Hacking Event in the World

Every year DEFCON, the world’s biggest hacking conference, descends on Las Vegas for a weekend of digit…

1 year, 6 months ago

CrowdStrike Incident

We all just watched one of the largest IT events in years unfold in real time with the CrowdStrike incident. We wanted to understand it better, so we…

1 year, 7 months ago