Ghost In The Machine

FromMalicious Life

Start listening View podcast show

Ghost In The Machine

FromMalicious Life

ratings:

Length:

26 minutes

Released:

Jun 28, 2017

Format:

Podcast episode

Description

Cybercrime is one of the most notable threats we face as computer users, nowadays. But it wasn’t always so. Those of us who’ve been in the field long enough may remember a time when computer viruses were much more innocent, and virus authors were usually just bored computer geeks- not members of a sophisticated, well-organized […]

Released:

Jun 28, 2017

Format:

Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

Malicious Life by Cybereason tells the unknown stories of the history of cybersecurity, with comments and reflections by real hackers, security experts, journalists, and politicians.

Skip carousel

Weapons of Mass Disruption: The threat of fire and fury stands at the center of all modern conflicts- nuclear bombs that can eradicate life in seconds are the ultimate weapon of war, as they pose a huge threat to centers of population. But what of the cyber war? by Malicious Life
41 min listen
Friend or Foe: The largest hack in U.S military history may have been conducted by… The NSA. In 1997, a wargame conducted by the NSA showed just how unprepared we were for a potential cybernetic strike- in 4 days, NSA hackers were able to take down entire military ne... by Malicious Life
36 min listen
Stuxnet, part 2: Stuxnet was a weapon, a kind of a smart bomb- perhaps one of the smartest bombs ever created. A bomb that couldn’t rely on operators, cameras, and laser targeting, instead it had to “think” its way to its destination. An invisible commando unit, by Malicious Life
27 min listen
Big Cannons: 2016 is known throughout the circles of information security as “The Year of The DDoS Attacks”, and rightfully so: 5 large scale DDoS attacks – ‘Distributed Denial Of Service’ – shocked the technology world. In this episode of Malicious Life, by Malicious Life
45 min listen
Ghost In The Machine: Cybercrime is one of the most notable threats we face as computer users, nowadays. But it wasn’t always so. Those of us who’ve been in the field long enough may remember a time when computer viruses were much more innocent, by Malicious Life
26 min listen
The Dark Avenger: In 1989, a message was found in a virus: “Eddie Lives…Somewhere in Time!”. ‘Eddie’ was a particularly nasty virus, and its discovery led a young Bulgarian security researcher down a rabbit hole, on a hunt for the prolific creator of the Eddie virus: Th... by Malicious Life
30 min listen
Stuxnet, part 1: Where armies once fought with bullets and bombs, they now engage in clandestine, invisible warfare. In 2010 a virus was discovered that would change the world’s perception of cyber warfare forever. Dubbed Stuxnet, by Malicious Life
33 min listen
The Half Life 2 Hack: How far should a die-hard fan go, in order to bring closer to them the thing that they love? In one of the most interesting, yet relatively unknown cybersecurity stories, a young hacker attempts to steal his favorite game prior to its release and then ... by Malicious Life
38 min listen
The Propaganda: Governments around the world have been making devious use of the internet as a platform to spread, not malware, but propaganda. As in all wars, propaganda is a huge part of the modern cyber war. Join us as we explore the roots, by Malicious Life
40 min listen
Spam Empire: In this episode of Malicious Life, we take a look at one of the oldest forms of criminal activity on the web- the spam empires of the 90’s and 2000’s. Find out how these multi-million dollar industries operated, by Malicious Life
31 min listen
Stuxnet, part 3: Stuxnet was a devastating weapon, but who wielded it? That is the question we try to answer with the final installment of our Stuxnet series. In this episode, we explore other, similar battles of the modern cyber war, by Malicious Life
30 min listen
The Soldiers of North Korea: Guerrilla warfare has been around for as long as conventional warfare has. The idea that a small force, through cunning and brazen action, could overtake a larger force is an old one. From pirates who would take merchant ships by surprise, by Malicious Life
34 min listen
The Roots of Evil: WannaCry’s widespread cyber attack on more than 200,000 computers all over the world made headlines – but only a few people remember a similar attack, named The AIDS Trojan, almost 30 years earlier… In this episode of Malicious Life, by Malicious Life
30 min listen
The Target Hack: If movies have taught me anything, it’s that if you want to rob a bank, you dress as the cleaning crew. The people behind the Target hack must have seen one action film too many, because when they decided to hack one of the biggest retailers in the wor... by Malicious Life
34 min listen
China Vs. Github: It’s a weapon that harnessed the strength of millions of computers at once: a cannon so powerful it could break through any wall, take down any website. It is “the Great Cannon”. by Malicious Life
41 min listen
The Whistleblowers: WikiLeaks has ushered in a new age in whistle blowing: Modern leakers such as Chelsea Manning – who’s story is the focus of our current episode – expose huge amounts of confidential information. But can these mega-leaks really influence the actions and... by Malicious Life
36 min listen
The Morris Worm Pt. 1: We’ve introduced you to some of the seminal malware attacks that have shaped cybersecurity history. Perhaps no other incident in history, though, has had the effect on how we think about computer security today as the Morris worm. by Malicious Life
27 min listen
Black Duck Eggs: Darknet Diaries: This week we're doing an episode swap with the excellent podcast Darknet Diaries. A former NSA agent who has gone off to be a security consultant, tells a story about an assignment that he'll never forget... by Malicious Life
32 min listen
Cyber Terrorism: What governments and powerful organizations regularly use, others will find ways to use as well. Cyber activity fits so incredibly well with terrorism. Actors can remain hidden, or reveal themselves to the world; Create propaganda campaign, by Malicious Life
31 min listen
Hell to Pay: A global FBI manhunt for the world’s most wanted cyber criminal ends in the capture of a massive criminal network, but with the escape of the man himself. Security experts who operate within the gray areas of morality develop botnets that destroy perso... by Malicious Life
37 min listen
Deception: From the Bulgarian hacker scene of the 90’s, featured in episodes 1 and 2, we now move to the vibrant underground hacker scene of West and East Berlin. Working secretly for the KGB, a young Berliner hacker attempts to hack the U.S military network, by Malicious Life
30 min listen
The Stuxnet Virus Pt. 2: Stuxnet was a weapon, a kind of a smart bomb- perhaps one of the smartest bombs ever created. A bomb that couldn’t rely on operators, cameras, and laser targeting, instead it had to “think” its way to its destination. An invisible commando unit, by Malicious Life
27 min listen
WoW: Corrupted Blood: How does the outbreak of a “plague” inside a video game- a bug, essentially- affect real-life disease research? by Malicious Life
27 min listen
The Ashley Madison Hack, Part 1: When Ashley Madison got hacked, it made international headlines. Why? Because it wasn’t just a major event. It demonstrated how there’s information even more sensitive, even more significant than your credit card, by Malicious Life
30 min listen
The Ashley Madison Hack, Part 2: On the second installment of our Ashely Madison hack retelling, we look at the fallout of one of the hack, and the people who’ve suffered from it. by Malicious Life
33 min listen
Fancy Bear, Cozy Bear: When representatives from the Democratic National Committee reached out to a silicon valley cybersecurity company, to investigate a potential breach in their computer system, it’s hard to imagine what they might have expected to come of it. by Malicious Life
31 min listen
'Pa Bell' Vs. Youth International Party Line by Malicious Life
40 min listen
The Legalities of the Cyber War: Catching a criminal is by no means easy, but there’s something we take for granted in any crime: that the criminal has a face and a name, that they used a specific weapon on a specific target, and that the crime had ended once it was complete. by Malicious Life
23 min listen
The Stuxnet Virus Pt. 3: Stuxnet was a devastating weapon, but who wielded it? That is the question we try to answer with the final installment of our Stuxnet series. In this episode, we explore other, similar battles of the modern cyber war, by Malicious Life
30 min listen
The Trojan Horse Affair: The early 2000s were an interesting time in Information Security. This is roughly the period when malware transitioned from viruses written by teenagers for fun, to cybercrime tools in the hands of sophisticated criminals. by Malicious Life
22 min listen

More Episodes from Malicious Life

Skip carousel

The Y2K Bug, Part 1 by Malicious Life
27 min listen
Can You Bomb a Hacker? by Malicious Life
31 min listen
Kevin Mitnick, Part 2 by Malicious Life
49 min listen
Kevin Mitnick, Part 1 by Malicious Life
37 min listen
SIM Registration: Security, or Surveillance? by Malicious Life
31 min listen
The Mariposa Botnet by Malicious Life
44 min listen
The Real Story of Citibank’s $10M Hack by Malicious Life
33 min listen
How to Hack Into Satellites by Malicious Life
30 min listen
Moonlight Maze by Malicious Life
35 min listen
Volt Typhoon by Malicious Life
32 min listen
Is NSO Evil? Part 2 by Malicious Life
40 min listen
Is NSO Evil? Part 1 by Malicious Life
32 min listen
Should You Pay Ransomware Attackers? A Game Theory Approach by Malicious Life
33 min listen
Silent Firewalls: The Underrepresentation of Women in Cyber by Malicious Life
30 min listen
Operation Kudo by Malicious Life
34 min listen
Can We Stop the AI Cyber Threat? by Malicious Life
27 min listen
Is Generative AI Dangerous? by Malicious Life
38 min listen
Why aren't there more bug bounty programs? by Malicious Life
34 min listen
The Voynich Manuscript by Malicious Life
29 min listen
Roman Seleznev: Did the Punishment Fit the Crime? by Malicious Life
38 min listen
Sony BMG's Rootkit Fiasco by Malicious Life
41 min listen
Ad Fraud, Part 2 by Malicious Life
29 min listen
Ad Fraud, Part 1 by Malicious Life
24 min listen
The Economics Of Cybersecurity by Malicious Life
27 min listen
The Reason You Don’t Have Data Privacy by Malicious Life
37 min listen

Related podcast episodes

Skip carousel

Bonus: Afternoon Cyber Tea: IoT-Based Infrastructures by CyberWire Daily
30 min listen
Combating Cyberterrorism and Cybercrime in the 21st Century | Josh Corman: In Episode 8 of , host Demetri Kofinas speaks with cybersecurity expert and cyber safety advocate, Josh Corman. Josh is the founder of I am The Cavalry, an advocacy group actively engaged in addressing some of the most pressing issues of public... by Hidden Forces
106 min listen
IoT-Based Infrastructures by Afternoon Cyber Tea with Ann Johnson
30 min listen
January 28, 2022: US says national water supply 'absolutely' vulnerable to hackers Microsoft mitigated a record 3.47 Tbps DDoS attack on Azure users BotenaGo Mirai botnet code leaked to GitHub Thanks to our episode sponsor, deepwatch Increasing ransomware attacks and... by Cyber Security Headlines
8 min listen
Talos Takes Ep. #66: Dude, where's my bandwidth? by Talos Takes
7 min listen
Navigating Cybersecurity in the AI Era: Welcome to another episode of What Matters Today. In today's episode, we unravel the intricate world of cybersecurity. We will delve into the various categories of hackers and explore the common cyber threats faced by non-profits. We will also look into the ever-evolving role of artificial intelligence in both cyber attacks and defense. Stay tuned for insights into how AI is transforming the cybersecurity game and discover the best practices to fortify your digital defenses. Today’s episode is hosted by Jerome Duberry - who is the Managing Director of the Tech Hub here at the Institute, and is also an academic advisor for the Institute’s Executive Education Programme. Jerome’s guest today is Adrian Ogee, CHIEF OPERATIONS OFFICER at the CyberPeace Institute. by Graduate Institute What Matters Today
27 min listen
December 14, 2020: Adrozek malware can infect over 30K Windows PCs a day Subway UK finds TrickBot on its menu Ransomware in schools grew in 2020, more on the way in 2021 Thanks to our sponsor ReversingLabsToday the most advanced threats lay hidden…deep within files... by Cyber Security Headlines
8 min listen
Striking a Balance -The Pitfalls of Excessive Security in Software Development by Continuous improvement
4 min listen
EP69 Cloud Threats and How to Observe Them: Guest: , Director of Security Research @ Lacework Topics: What are realistic and actually observed cloud threats today? How did you observe them at Lacework? Cloud threats: are they on-premise style threats to cloud assets?... by Cloud Security Podcast by Google
30 min listen
Russia Microsoft breach, JPMorganChase hacking increase, TeamViewer still abused: Russian hackers breach Microsoft executive emails to learn about themselves JPMorgan Chase says hacking attempts are increasing TeamViewer still being abused to breach networks in new ransomware attacks Thanks to today's episode sponsor, Conveyor AI... by Cyber Security Headlines
9 min listen
Reverse engineering Equation Group attack tools (and putting them to bad use). Hacking, jamming, and airstrikes. Taking down coordinated inauthenticity. How big is the dark web?: Reverse engineering Equation Group attack tools (and putting them to bad use). Hacking, jamming, and airstrikes. Taking down coordinated inauthenticity. How big is the dark web? by CyberWire Daily
22 min listen
Ep. 172 When You Stare At Your Computer, Your Computer Stares At You (Video): Inspired by the latest Mission Impossible movie, The Brain Trust discusses a worldwide computer virus that can hack into all, cameras, microphones, computers, etc. It could be the ultimate blackmail machine. by Fascinating Gadgets, Gizmos, and Gear Based Technologies
57 min listen
Ep. 172 When You Stare At Your Computer, Your Computer Stares At You: Inspired by the latest Mission Impossible movie, The Brain Trust discusses a worldwide computer virus that can hack into all, cameras, microphones, computers, etc. It could be the ultimate blackmail machine. by Fascinating Gadgets, Gizmos, and Gear Based Technologies
58 min listen
Implementing Stronger Authentication by Afternoon Cyber Tea with Ann Johnson
17 min listen
The role of information in critical infrastructure security and resilience with Marc Woolward.: Our guest todays is Marc Woolward, CTO and CISO at vArmour We discussed the following topics among others. What critical infrastructure entails and why it is essential for the functioning of businesses and societies today? With the rapid... by Risk Management Show
33 min listen
0day - From "Geek Squad" tech to DevSecOps by Getting Into Infosec
42 min listen
November 22, 2021: US banks will be required to report cyberattacks within 36 hours Microsoft Exchange malware campaign uses stolen internal reply-chain emails Conti ransomware group suffers a data breach Thanks to our episode sponsor, deepwatch Increasing ransomware... by Cyber Security Headlines
7 min listen
August 30, 2021: “Worst cloud vulnerability you can imagine” discovered in Microsoft Azure Work from home increased worldwide phishing attacks T-Mobile hacker brute-forced his way through the network Thanks to our episode sponsor, Semperis Do you know your Active... by Cyber Security Headlines
8 min listen
Software Architecture with Simon Brown: Software architecture address the challenge of communicating and navigating large, complex systems to stakeholders, both technical and non-technical. Over the years software architecture has gone in and out of fashion. by Cloud Engineering Archives - Software Engineering Daily
36 min listen
Podcast 522 – “Surveillance Capitalism and the IoT”: Guest speaker: Cory Doctorow PROGRAM NOTES: [NOTE: All quotations are by Cory Doctorow.] “This world of computers exists in a principle-free environment. The Internet of Things is the Internet of absolute, self-serving bullshit. by Psychedelic Salon
94 min listen
066 Securing Your Firmware: 066 Securing Your Firmware by Inside Security Intelligence
42 min listen
Overworked developers write vulnerable software. [Research Saturday]: Why do some developers and development teams write more secure code than others? Software is written by people, either alone or in teams. Ultimately secure code development depends on the actions and decisions taken by the people who develop the code.... by CyberWire Daily
17 min listen
Exploring vulnerabilities of off-the-shelf software. [Research Saturday] by CyberWire Daily
16 min listen
Increased sophistication of ransomware and how organizations can evolve to protect them from these threats with Adam Scamihorn.: Listen to our interview with Adam Scamihorn, a Product Director at InterVision Systems We discussed the following topics among others: What is the current state of ransomware attacks and how they have evolved in terms of sophistication and... by Risk Management Show
24 min listen
Protecting Journalism and Free Speech by Afternoon Cyber Tea with Ann Johnson
24 min listen
Ransomware: All images and links for this episode can be found on CISO Series () Why is Ransomware so prevalent? Why are so many getting caught in its net? And what are some of the best tactics to stop its scourge? Check out for the discussion that is the basis... by Defense in Depth
26 min listen
COVID-19 and How To Stay Cyber Safe While Working From Home: with Kevin Craine by Digital Transformation Podcast
8 min listen
Ann Johnson: Trying to make the world safer. [Business Development] [Career Notes]: Microsoft's Corporate Vice President of Cybersecurity Business Development Ann Johnson brings us on her career path from aspiring lawyer to cybersecurity executive. by CyberWire Daily
7 min listen
#179 Knock it off! Insights and tips to protect your brand from shoe counterfeit to eComm scammers!: Bill Snowden, VP Business Development, Verisk by Shoe-In
27 min listen
Zero-day fuels largest-ever DDoS attack, 23andMe resets user passwords after data leak, Exchange gets ‘better’ patch for critical bug: Internet-wide zero-day bug fuels largest-ever DDoS attack 23andMe resets user passwords after genetic data posted online Microsoft Exchange gets ‘better’ patch to mitigate critical bug Thanks to today's episode sponsor, Hyperproof We get it.... by Cyber Security Headlines
9 min listen

Discover this podcast and so much more

Ghost In The Machine

Ghost In The Machine

Description

Titles in the series (100)

More Episodes from Malicious Life

Related podcast episodes