Podcast Episodes

A true tale of virtual kidnapping

Season 5 Episode 2

On Thursday, December 28, at 8:30 pm in the Utah town of Riverdale, the city police began investigating what they believed was a kidnapping.

17-year-old foreign exchange student Kai Zhuang was missing…

Published on 1 year, 11 months ago

DNA data deserves better, with Suzanne Bernstein

Season 5 Episode 1

Hackers want to know everything about you: Your credit card number, your ID and passport info, and now, your DNA.

On October 1 2023, on a hacking website called BreachForums, a group of cybercriminals…

Published on 1 year, 11 months ago

Meet the entirely legal, iPhone-crashing device: the Flipper Zero

Season 4 Episode 25

It talks, it squawks, it even blocks! The stocking-stuffer on every hobby hacker’s wish list this year is the Flipper Zero.

“Talk” across low-frequency radio to surreptitiously change TV channels, emu…

Published on 1 year, 11 months ago

Why a ransomware gang tattled on its victim, with Allan Liska

Season 4 Episode 24

Like the grade-school dweeb who reminds their teacher to assign tonight’s homework, or the power-tripping homeowner who threatens every neighbor with an HOA citation, the ransomware group ALPHV can n…

Published on 2 years ago

Defeating Little Brother requires a new outlook on privacy

Season 4 Episode 23

A worrying trend is cropping up amongst Americans, particularly within Generation Z—they're spying on each other more.

Whether reading someone's DMs, rifling through a partner's text messages, or even…

Published on 2 years, 1 month ago

MGM attack is too late a wake-up call for businesses, says James Fair

Season 4 Episode 22

In September, the Las Vegas casino and hotel operator MGM Resorts became a trending topic on social media... but for all the wrong reasons. A TikTok user posted a video taken from inside the casino f…

Published on 2 years, 1 month ago

AI sneak attacks, location spying, and definitely not malware, or, what one teenager fears online

Season 4 Episode 21

What are you most worried about online? And what are you doing to stay safe? 

Depending on who you are, those could be very different answers, but for teenagers and members of Generation Z, the intern…

Published on 2 years, 2 months ago

What does a car need to know about your sex life?

Season 4 Episode 20

When you think of the modern tools that most invade your privacy, what do you picture?

There's the obvious answers, like social media platforms including Facebook and Instagram. There's email and "eve…

Published on 2 years, 2 months ago

Re-air: What teenagers face growing up online

Season 4 Episode 19

In 2022, Malwarebytes investigated the blurry, shifting idea of “identity” on the internet, and how online identities are not only shaped by the people behind them, but also inherited by the internet…

Published on 2 years, 3 months ago

"An influx of Elons," a hospital visit, and magic men: Becky Holmes shares more romance scams

Season 4 Episode 18

Becky Holmes is a big deal online. 

Hugh Jackman has invited her to dinner. Prince William has told her she has "such a beautiful name." Once, Ricky Gervais simply needed her photos ("I want you to ta…

Published on 2 years, 3 months ago