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  • Episode 231: WTH 2025: Laptop Farms, Campus Cults, and the End of Anonymity

    Episode 231: WTH 2025: Laptop Farms, Campus Cults, and the End of Anonymity
    Dec 23 2025
    From AI regulation fights and North Korean laptop farms to Nigerian campus cults, the human toll of online crime, and the death of online anonymity it's time to review the year in cyber stories—the good, the bad, the unimaginable, and what to do when "they" come for you. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    43 min
  • Episode 230: The Cursor Moved at 2 A.M.

    Episode 230: The Cursor Moved at 2 A.M.
    Dec 16 2025
    A deadbolt clicks. This email, that voice--they sound all right. Then things go sideways. This week, 911 Cyber CEO Marc Raphael joins the pod to explore how AI makes scams faster, smoother, and harder to spot, and what you can do to stay hard to hit in the new threatscape. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    53 min
  • Episode 229: Why Most Cybersecurity Advice Is Wrong

    Episode 229: Why Most Cybersecurity Advice Is Wrong
    Dec 9 2025
    How do you stay safe online? (Wrong answers only.) Avoid public Wi-Fi, QR codes, charging stations. Cyber OG Bob Lord (Yahoo, DNC, CISA) wrote an open letter tackling the real harm caused by bad advice, and offering a better path with proven practices to stay safe online.Check out https://www.hacklore.org/letter Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    47 min
  • Episode 228: Paul Raffile on the Sextortion Economy

    Episode 228: Paul Raffile on the Sextortion Economy
    Dec 2 2025
    Sextortion scams targeting teenage boys doubled this year—and Paul Raffile says the platforms knew it was happening. Learn how Instagram's default settings let criminals to weaponize friends lists for blackmail, and how social media continues to fail the children it claims to protect. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    43 min
  • Episode 227: Twas the Week Before Cyber Monday

    Episode 227: Twas the Week Before Cyber Monday
    Nov 25 2025
    The giant glittering scam and fraud trap of the holidays is here. Beau reunites with former co-hosts Adam Levin and Travis Taylor to talk about about fake websites, why gift cards are still a huge vector for fraud, and how to avoid the many pitfalls of the season. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    29 min
  • Episode 226: On Digital Fingerprints and Dirty Money

    Episode 226: On Digital Fingerprints and Dirty Money
    Nov 18 2025
    Jeff Williams on the business of moving money: who gets blocked, what slips through, and why checking the right boxes doesn’t always mean a win in the nascent AI-powered sanctions compliance space. From fentanyl money to shell companies, we follow the (often filthy dirty) money. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    44 min
  • Episode 225: Big Breaches and Click Bots to AI and Beyond

    Episode 225: Big Breaches and Click Bots to AI and Beyond
    Nov 11 2025
    When a young engineer uncovered a sizeable click fraud situation at Google, he discovered a bigger problem; namely, the perverse ingenuity that drives online fraud and scams. "Big Breaches" author Neil Daswani joined us to talk click farms, data breaches, AI exploits, and the big picture of cybercrime today. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    38 min
  • Episode 224: Jackals of Trust: A Short History of Cybercrime

    Episode 224: Jackals of Trust: A Short History of Cybercrime
    Nov 4 2025
    Cybercrime expert Gary Warner joins to discuss Nigerian confraternities, the "campus cults" rooted in idealism that morphed into a multi-billion dollar transnational organized crime network. Learn about the "money blessing," the coded language and insider access, and the elite thug playbook for exploiting trust. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    48 min