Darknet Diaries

This is the story of D3f4ult (twitter.com/_d3f4ult) from CWA. He was a hacktivist, upset with the state of the way things were, and wanted to make some changes. Changes were made.SponsorsSupport for this show comes from Axonius. The Axonius solution correlates asset data from your existing IT and security solutions to provide an always up-to-date i..

This episode is about scammers in the Punjab region. Tarun (twitter.com/taruns21) comes on the show to tell us a story of what happened to him. Naomi Brockwell (twitter.com/naomibrockwell) makes an appearance to speak about digital privacy.To learn more about protecting your digital privacy, watch Naomi’s YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/@Na..

A new type of mercenary spyware came on the radar called Predator. It’ll infect a mobile phone, and then suck up all the data from it. Contacts, text messages, location, and more. This malware is being sold to intelligence agencies around the world.In this episode we hear from Crofton Black at Lighthouse Reports who spent 6 months with a team of jo..

Team Xecuter was a group involved with making and selling modchips for video game systems. They often made mods that allowed the video game system to rip games or play pirated games. It was a crowd favorite in the modding scene. Until it all fell apart. The story of what happened to Team Xecuter must be heard to believe.This episode features Gary B..

Omar Avilez worked in the CSIRT of the Dominican Republic when a major cyber security incident erupted. Omar walks us through what happened and the incident response procedures that he went through.Breakmaster Cylinder’s new album: https://breakmastercylinder.bandcamp.com/album/the-moon-all-that.SponsorsSupport for this show comes from Varonis. Do ..

Deviant Ollam is a physical penetration specialist. That means he’s paid to break into buildings to see if the building is secure or not. He has done this for a long time and has a lot of tricks up his sleeve to get into buildings. In this episode we hear 3 stories of him breaking into buildings for a living.You can find more about Deviant on the f..

One day Connor Tumbleson got an email saying his identity has been stolen. And this was one of the strangest days he’s ever had.SponsorsSupport for this show comes from Quorum Cyber. Their mantra is: “We help good people win.” If you’re looking for a partner to help you reduce risk and defend against the threats that are targeting your business — a..

Sam Bent, a.k.a. DoingFedTime, brings us a story of what it was like being a darknet market vendor.Learn more about Sam at https://www.doingfedtime.com/.SponsorsSupport for this show comes from Akamai Connected Cloud (formerly Linode). Akamai Connected Cloud supplies you with virtual servers. Visit linode.com/darknet and get a special offer.Support..

Jack is currently on a break. Here is a an episode from the Spycast podcast called "Black Ops: The Life of a Legendary CIA Shadow Warrior".To learn more about Spycast visit: https://www.spymuseum.org/podcast/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices..

Andy Greenberg (https://twitter.com/a_greenberg) brings us a gut wrenching story of how criminal investigators used bitcoin tracing techniques to try to find out who was at the center of a child sexual abuse darkweb website.This story is part of Andy’s new book “Tracers in the Dark: The Global Hunt for the Crime Lords of Cryptocurrency”. An affilia..