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Mic Drop: Catching a tempest in a honeypot
A Chinese hacking group walked right into a trap. Not a firewall. Not a filter. A honeypot. This week, Amazon CSO Steve Schmidt explains how a digital decoy called MadPot helped expose Volt Typhoon—a…
Published on 2 months, 1 week ago
The blockchain that criminals love
TRON was supposed to be just another Ethereum knockoff — faster, cheaper, maybe a little flashier. But over time, it's become something else entirely: the go-to blockchain for illicit finance.
Learn …Published on 2 months, 1 week ago
Mic Drop: The ego exploit
Zoom was built for speed. But in its rush to connect us, it may have left a few doors open. This week, a cybersecurity expert walks us through how one of Zoom's most mundane features became a hacker'…
Published on 2 months, 2 weeks ago
An illusion of control
Jake Gallen was a rising star in crypto. Then, after what seemed like a routine YouTube interview, his digital world unraveled. His NFTs? Liquidated. His social accounts? Hijacked. It turns out, the …
Published on 2 months, 2 weeks ago
Mic Drop: In crypto’s defense
The Trump memecoin dinner looked like a political stunt. Maybe even a scam. But inside the crypto community, some saw something else: legitimacy. Today, we hear from one of crypto’s most thoughtful d…
Published on 2 months, 3 weeks ago
All the president’s meme coins
Memecoins were born as Internet pranks — worthless by design, traded for laughs. But now they are buying real power, and a digital joke just slipped past the velvet rope straight into the Oval Office…
Published on 2 months, 3 weeks ago
Mic Drop: A former North Korean IT worker speaks
For years, North Korea has quietly dispatched an army of IT workers overseas—not to innovate, but to infiltrate. Disguised as freelancers, they apply for jobs, breach systems, and wire stolen funds b…
Published on 2 months, 4 weeks ago
227 new reasons to worry about North Korea
North Korea has built an artificial intelligence research center to supercharge its cyber operations, Unit 227. It’s a move that some experts say has been years in the making — and others say should …
Published on 3 months ago
Mic Drop: Blockchain buzzkill — one miner’s lament.
When Richard Hunter heard about Kentucky's generous crypto incentives, he packed up his bitcoin machines and pointed them south. He imagined a booming business, jobs for locals, and maybe — just mayb…
Published on 3 months ago
Crypto in Kentucky: The next extraction
Since the collapse of coal, Eastern Kentucky has lived through a procession of supposed revivals. Each new idea was treated as something close to salvation. We spent four days driving across the stat…
Published on 3 months, 1 week ago