What if someone wanted to own your Instagram account? Not just control it, but make it totally theirs. This episode tells the story of how someone tried to steal an Instagram account from someone. Sponsors Support for this show comes from Linode . Linode supplies you with virtual servers. Visit linode.com/darknet and get a special offer. Support for this show comes from Blinkist . They offer thousands of condensed non-fiction books, so you can get through books in about 15 minutes. Check out Bli...
Jul 20, 2021•45 min•Season 1Ep. 97
Nicole Beckwith wears a lot of hats. She’s a programmer, incident responder, but also a cop and a task force officer with the Secret Service. In this episode she tells a story which involves all of these roles. https://twitter.com/NicoleBeckwith Sponsors Support for this show comes from IT Pro TV. Get 65 hours of free training by visiting ITPro.tv/darknet . And use promo code DARKNET. Support for this show comes from Exabeam . Exabeam lets security teams see what traditional tools can’t, with au...
Jul 06, 2021•53 min•Season 1Ep. 96
Jon and Brian are penetration testers who both worked at a place called RedTeam Security . They’re paid to break into buildings and hack into networks to test the security of those buildings. In this episode they bring us a story of how they prepare and execute a mission like this. But even with all the preparation, something still goes terribly wrong. Sponsors Support for this show comes from IT Pro TV. Get 65 hours of free training by visiting ITPro.tv/darknet . And use promo code DARKNET. Sup...
Jun 22, 2021•1 hr 14 min•Season 1Ep. 95
Chris Davis has been stopping IT security threats for decades. He’s currently running the company Hyas that he started. In this episode he tells a few tales of some threats that he helped stop. Sponsors Support for this show comes from Exabeam . Exabeam lets security teams see what traditional tools can’t, with automated threat detection and triage, complete visibility across the entire IT environment and advanced behavioral analytics that distinguishes real threats from perceived ones, so secur...
Jun 08, 2021•44 min•Season 1Ep. 94
Kik is a wildly popular chat app. Their website says that 1 in 3 American teenagers use Kik. But something dark is brewing on Kik.
May 25, 2021•2 hr 32 min•Season 1Ep. 93
The Pirate Bay is a website, a search engine, which has an index of torrent files. A lot of copyrighted material is listed on the site, but the site doesn’t store any of the copyrighted material. It just points the user to where you can download it from. So for a while The Pirate Bay has been the largest places you can find pirated movies, music, games, and apps. But this site first came up 2003. And is still up and operation now, 18 years later! You would think someone would shut this place dow...
May 11, 2021•2 hr 44 min•Season 1Ep. 92
What happens when an unauthorized intruder gets into the network of a major bank? Amélie Koran aka w ebjedi was there for one of these intrusions and tells us the story of what happened. You can find more talks from Amélie at her website webjedi.net . Sponsors Support for this show comes from IT Pro TV. Get 65 hours of free training by visiting ITPro.tv/darknet . And use promo code DARKNET25. This podcast is sponsored by Navisite . Accelerate IT transformation to respond to new demands, lower co...
Apr 27, 2021•57 min•Season 1Ep. 91
Meet Jenny Radcliffe , the People Hacker. She’s a social engineer and physical penetration tester. Which means she gets paid to break into buildings and test their security. In this episode she tells us a few stories of some penetration testing jobs she’s done. Sponsors Support for this show comes from Blinkist . They offer thousands of condensed non-fiction books, so you can get through books in about 15 minutes. Check out Blinkist.com/DARKNET to start your 7 day free trial and get 25% off when...
Apr 13, 2021•1 hr 9 min•Season 1Ep. 90
The threat research team at Cybereason uncovered an interesting piece of malware. Studied it and tracked it. Which lead them to believe they were dealing with a threat actor known as Molerats. Sponsors This episode is sponsored by Cybereason . Cybereason reverses the attacker’s advantage and puts the power back in your hands. Their future-ready attack platform gives defenders the wisdom to uncover, understand, and piece together multiple threats. And the precision focus to end cyberattacks insta...
Apr 06, 2021•58 min•Season 1Ep. 89
Victor looks for vulnerabilities on the web and reports them responsibly. This is the story about discloser number 5780. Listen to episodes 86, and 87 before this one to be caught up on the story leading up to this. Sponsors This podcast is sponsored by Navisite . Accelerate IT transformation to respond to new demands, lower costs and prepare for whatever comes next. Visit Navisite.com/go . This podcast is sponsored by the JSCM Group . They have a service called ClosedPort: Scan, and it’s is a m...
Mar 30, 2021•43 min•Season 1Ep. 88
In 2016 the LinkedIn breach data became available to the public. What the Guild of the Grumpy Old Hackers did with it then is quite the story. Listen to Victor , Edwin , and Mattijs tell their story. Sponsors Support for this show comes from Blinkist . They offer thousands of condensed non-fiction books, so you can get through books in about 15 minutes. Check out Blinkist.com/DARKNET to start your 7 day free trial and get 25% off when you sign up. Support for this show comes from Privacy.com . P...
Mar 16, 2021•48 min•Season 1Ep. 87
In 2012, LinkedIn was the target of a data breach. A hacker got in and stole millions of user details. Username and password hashes were then sold to people willing to buy. This episode goes over the story of what happened. For a good password manager, check out LastPass . Sponsors Support for this episode comes from Quadrant Information Security . If you need a team of around the clock analysts to monitor for threat in your network using a custom SIEM, check out what Quadrant can do for you by ...
Mar 02, 2021•52 min•Season 1Ep. 86
This is the story of Cam Harrison , aka “kilobit” and his rise and fall as a prominent carder. Sponsors Support for this show comes from IT Pro TV. Get 65 hours of free training by visiting ITPro.tv/darknet . And use promo code DARKNET25. Support for this episode comes from Oracle for Startups . Oracle for Startups delivers enterprise cloud at a startup price tag, with free cloud credits and 70% off industry-leading cloud services to help you reel in the big fish—confidently. To learn more, visi...
Feb 16, 2021•1 hr 17 min•Season 1Ep. 85
How bad is it if you post your boarding pass on Instagram? Our guest, “Alex” decides to figure this out for themself and has quite a story about what happened. You can read more from “Alex” on their blog https://mango.pdf.zone . We also hear from TProphet who’s here to give us some travel hacks to save tons on airfare when we start traveling again. You can learn more about TProphet’s travel hacks at https://seat31b.com or https://award.cat . Sponsors Support for this show comes from Blinkist . T...
Feb 02, 2021•1 hr 12 min•Season 1Ep. 84
In this episode we interview two NSA Cryptologists, Marcus J. Carey and Jeff Man . We hear their story of how they got into the NSA and what they did while there. To hear more stories from Jeff tune into Paul’s Security Weekly where Jeff is a regular co-host and shares a lot of stories and insights. Marcus has written several books on security. They are Tribe of Hackers , Tribe of Hackers Blue Team , Tribe of Hackers Red Team , Tribe of Hackers Security Leaders , Think in Code , and a childrens ...
Jan 19, 2021•1 hr 23 min•Season 1Ep. 83
The Zero Day Initiative runs a hacker contest called Pwn2Own . The contest calls the best hackers in the world to demonstrate they can hack into software that should be secure. Like browsers, phones, and even cars. A lot of vulnerabilities are discovered from this event which means vendors must fix them. Whoever can demonstrate the most vulnerabilities will be crowned the “Master of Pwn”. Thanks to Dustin Childs and Brian Gorenc from ZDI to hear all about Pwn2Own. Thanks to Radek and Pedro for s...
Jan 05, 2021•1 hr 5 min•Season 1Ep. 82
This is the story of a darknet marketplace vendor we’ll name V. V tells his story of how he first became a buyer, then transitioned into seller. This episode talks about drugs. Listener discretion is advised. If you want to contact V his email is at https://darknetdiaries.com/episode/81. Sponsors Support for this show comes from IT Pro TV. Get 65 hours of free training by visiting ITPro.tv/darknet . And use promo code DARKNET25. Support for this show comes from Linode . Linode supplies you with ...
Dec 22, 2020•1 hr 18 min•Season 1Ep. 81
In this episode we hear a story from a social engineer who’s job it is to get people to do things they don’t want to do. Why? For profit. Sponsors Support for this episode comes from SentinelOne which can protect and assistwith ransomeware attacks. On top of that, SentinelOne offers threat hunting, visibility, and remote administration tools to manage and protect any IoT devices connected to your network. Go to SentinelOne.com/DarknetDiaries for your free demo. Your cybersecurity future starts t...
Dec 08, 2020•50 min•Season 1Ep. 80
What do you do when you find yourself the target of a massive hacking campaign, and you are getting thousands of phishing emails and someone following you in your car. You might turn to Citizen Lab who has the ability to research who is behind this and help bring the hackers to justice. Our guests this episodes are Adam Hulcoop and John Scott-Railton of Citizen Lab . This episode also has an interview with Matthew Earl of Shadowfall . Sponsors Support for this show comes from LastPass by LogMeIn...
Nov 24, 2020•56 min•Season 1Ep. 79
Nerdcore music is music for nerds. In this episode we hear from some of the musicians who make Nerdcore music. This episode features guests ytcracker , Ohm-I , and Dual Core . Content warning : This episode has explicit lyrics. Music For a playlist of music used in this episode visit darknetdiaries.com/episode/78 . Sponsors Support for this show comes from IT Pro TV. Get 65 hours of free training by visiting ITPro.tv/darknet . And use promo code DARKNET25. Support for this show comes from Blinki...
Nov 10, 2020•1 hr 18 min•Season 1Ep. 78
In February 2018, during the Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang South Korea, a cyber attack struck, wiping out a lot of the Olympic’s digital infrastructure. Teams rushed to get things back up, but it was bad. Malware had repeatedly wiped the domain controllers rendering a lot of the network unusable. Who would do such a thing? We will talk with Andy Greenberg to discuss Olympic Destroyer, a chapter from his book Sandworm (affiliate link). Sponsors Support for this show comes from Linode . Linode su...
Oct 27, 2020•47 min•Season 1Ep. 77
This is the story about how someone hacked into JP Morgan Chase, one of the biggest financial institutions in the world. It’s obvious why someone would want to break into a bank right? Well the people who hacked into this bank, did not do it for obvious reasons. The hackers are best described as knaves. Which are tricky, deceitful fellows. Sponsors Support for this show comes from LastPass by LogMeIn. LastPass is a great password manager but it can do so much more. It can setup 2FA for your comp...
Oct 13, 2020•1 hr 25 min•Season 1Ep. 76
From 2009 to 2013 the communication channels the CIA uses to contact assets in foreign countries was compromised. This had terrifying consequences. Guests this episodes are Jenna McLaughlin and Zach Dorfman . Sponsors This episode was sponsored by IT Pro TV. Get 65 hours of free training by visiting ITPro.tv/darknet . And use promo code DARKNET25. This episode was sponsored by Thinkst Canary . Their canaries attract malicious actors in your network and then send you an alert if someone tries to ...
Sep 29, 2020•35 min•Season 1Ep. 75
Poker is a competitive game. Unlike other casino games, poker is player vs player. Criminal hackers have understood this for a while and sometimes hack the other players to get an edge. And that small edge can result in millions of dollars in winnings. This episode contains a story from Mikko Hypponen of F-Secure . We also interview Mikko to know more about him and the history of malware. Sponsors This episode was sponsored by IT Pro TV. Get 65 hours of free training by visiting ITPro.tv/darknet...
Sep 15, 2020•1 hr 10 min•Season 1Ep. 74
It is recommend to listen to episodes 53 “Shadow Brokers” , 71 “FDFF” , and 72 “Bangladesh Bank Heist” before listening to this one. In May 2017 the world fell victim to a major ransomware attack known as WannaCry. One of the victims was UK’s national health service. Security researchers scrambled to try to figure out how to stop it and who was behind it. Thank you to John Hultquist from FireEye and thank you to Matt Suiche founder of Comae . Sponsors Support for this episode comes from LastPass...
Sep 01, 2020•45 min•Season 1Ep. 73
A bank robbery with the objective to steal 1 billion dollars. This is the story of the largest bank robbery in history. And it was all done over a computer. Our guest this episode was Geoff White . Learn more about him at geoffwhite.tech . Check out Geoff’s new book Crime Dot Com . Affiliate link: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1789142857/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1789142857&linkCode=as2&tag=darknet04-20&linkId=bb5a6aa7ba980183e0ce7cee19...
Aug 18, 2020•37 min•Season 1Ep. 72
In this episode, we’re going into the depths of North Korea to conduct one of the greatest hacks of all time. To find a way to inject information into a country run by totalitarian regime. A big thanks to Yeonmi Park for sharing her story with us. Also thanks to Alex Gladstein for telling us the inside story. You can find more about Flash Drive For Freedom at flashdrivesforfreedom.org . Yeonmi’s book "In Order to Live": https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/014310974X/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1...
Aug 04, 2020•1 hr 8 min•Season 1Ep. 71
Ghost Exodus is a hacker. He conducted various illegal activities online. Some of which he documents on YouTube. He’s also a great musician. He got into some trouble from his hacking. This is his story. A big thanks to Ghost Exodus for sharing his story with us. Also thanks to Wesley McGrew for telling us the inside story. Sponsors This episode was sponsored by IT Pro TV. Get 65 hours of free training by visiting ITPro.tv/darknet . And use promo code DARKNET25. Support for this episode comes fro...
Jul 21, 2020•57 min•Season 1Ep. 70
We all know that computers and networks are vulnerable to hacking and malicious actors, but what about us, the humans who interface with these devices? Con games, scams, and strategic deception are far older than computers, and in the modern era, these techniques can make humans the weakest link in even the most secure system. This episode, security consultant and master social engineer, Christopher Hadnagy, joins us to share his stories and wisdom. He describes what it was like to be a social e...
Jul 07, 2020•1 hr 5 min•Season 1Ep. 69
A mysterious mechanical failure one fateful night in a Saudi Arabian chemical plant leads a cast of operational technology researchers down a strange path towards an uncommon, but grave, threat. In this episode, we hear how these researchers discovered this threat and tried to identify who was responsible for the malware behind it. We also consider how this kind of attack may pose a threat to human life wherever there are manufacturing or public infrastructure facilities around the world. A big ...
Jun 23, 2020•1 hr 13 min•Season 1Ep. 68
