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SNAP - better known as food stamps - goes back to the Great Depression. ,The physical stamps were replaced with EBT cards in the 1990s, but since these cards are without the secure EMV chip techonolgy, enterprising crimilas found ways to drain funds meant for low-income families.

Nicole Kotsianas, an investigator with K2 Intelligence, made it her personal mission to hunt down the Hollywood Con Queen, who crulley tormented her victioms and shattered their dreams. Nicole's efforts bore unexpected fruits, when she discovered that the Con Queen was actually... a man.

In the waning years of the 20th century, amid growing anxieties about the turn of the millennium, one man, Robert Bemer, observed the unfolding drama from his remote home on King Possum Lake. A revered figure in computing, Bemer had early on flagged a significant, looming issue known as the Y2K bug, which threatened to disrupt global systems as calendars rolled over to the year 2000. This episode delves into Bemer's life during this critical period, exploring his predictions, the ensuing global frenzy to avert disaster, and the disparate views on whether the billions spent in prevention were justified or merely a response to a misunderstood threat.

The Mystery of Cicada 3301

How the Internet Changed the NSA

Is Code === Free Speech?

A digital 'vaccine' for Log4Shell [ML BSide]

Shawn Carpenter: A Cyber Vigliante

Ransomware Attackers Don’t Take Holidays [ML B-Side]

Tay: A Teenage Bot Gone Rogue

Wild West Hackin' Fest [ML BSide]

Operation Flyhook, Part 2

IP Hijacking [ML BSide]

In the 1950s and 60s - even leading into the 1990s - the cost of storage was so high, that using a 2-digit field for dates in a software instead of 4-digits could save an organization between $1.2-$2 Million dollars per GB of data. From this perspective, programming computers in the 1950s to record four-digit years would’ve been outright malpractice. But 40 years later, this shortcut became a ticking time bomb which one man, computer scientist Bob Bemer, was trying to diffuse before it was too late.

Operation Flyhook, Part 1

In Defence Of the NSA [ML B-Side]

Marcus Hutchins - An Accidental Hero

Operation GhostShell

Smart TVs: A New Battlefield

The MITRE ATT&CK Framework

Should The U.S. Ban Chinese and Russian Technology?

Jack Rhysider, Darknet Diaries [ML B-Side]

The Tesla Hack

Understanding China [ML B-Side]

The 2008 Russo-Georgian War marked a turning point: the first time cyberattacks were used alongside traditional warfare. But what happens when the attackers aren't soldiers, but ordinary citizens? This episode delves into the ethical and legal implications of civilian participation in cyberwarfare, examining real-world examples from Ukraine and beyond.

John McAfee

RSA Breach FollowUp: Are We Doing Security Right? [ML B-Side]

DeadRinger [ML B-Side]

The Jester

The State of Credit Card Security [ML B-Side]

Albert Gonzalez, Part 3

DerbyCon - Dave Kennedy [ML B-Side]

Albert Gonzalez, Part 2

Jeff Moss: DEF CON [ML B-Side]

Albert Gonzales, Part 1

In 1991, Kevin Mitnick was bouncing back from what was probably the lowest point of his life. He began to rebuild his life: he started working out and lost a hundred pounds, and most importantly - he was finally on the path towards ditching his self-destructive obsession of hacking. 

But just as he was in the process of turning his life around, his brother introduced him to a hacker named Eric Heinz, who told him about a mysterious piece of equipment he came across while breaking into Pacific Bell: SAS, a testing system that allowed its user to listen in on all the calls going through the telephone network. SAS proved to be too great of a temptation for Mitnick, who desperately wanted to wield the power that the testing system could afford him.

THOTCON Hacking Conference [ML BSide]

China's Unrestricted Warfare, Part 3

Colonial Pipeline & DarkSide: Assaf Dahan [B-Side]

RSA Breach, Part 2

RSA Breach: The Untold Story, Part 1

China's Unrestricted Warfare, Part 2

Creating a Grassroots Security Conference: Jack Daniel [ML B-Side]

China's Unrestricted Warfare, Part 1

Can Nuclear Power Plants Be Hacked?

Shutting Down The Internet in 30 Minutes: Chris Wysopal (WeldPond) [ML B-Side]

For Kevin Mitnick - perhaps the greatest social engineer who ever lived - hacking was an obsession: even though it ruined his marriage, landed him in scary correction facilities and almost cost him his sanity in solitary confinement, Mitnick wasn't able to shake the disease that compelled him to keep breaking into more and more communication systems. 

L0pht, Part 2

The Story of 'L0pht', Part 1

MS Exchange Hack [ML B-Side]