Bite Sized Cyber Crime

A podcast with short episodes that discuss cyber crime cases, security problems, and infamous malware. I make my episodes quick and easy to understand so you get the story without the filler and too much technical jargon. Links to all my sources on my pastebin https://pastebin.com/u/BiteSizedCyberCrime
Podcast Description
A podcast with short episodes that discuss cyber crime cases, security problems, and infamous malware. I make my episodes quick and easy to understand so you get the story without the filler and too much technical jargon. Links to all my sources on my pastebin https://pastebin.com/u/BiteSizedCyberCrime
Episodes
Episodes



Jul 13, 2026
Illbloom: When Randomness Doesn't Truly Exist
Jul 13, 2026
Jul 13, 2026
7 min
Randomness is not as random as it seems, and this can cause problems, especially when your money relies on it. Some crypto wallets generated predictable random passphrases that can be used to access accounts and steal funds.
Sources: https://pastebin.com/rBsjQY6W



Jul 6, 2026
JadePuffer: The First AI Hacker
Jul 6, 2026
Jul 6, 2026
9 min
The skill ceiling to become a real ransomware threat actor may have been lowered considerably, as JadePuffer performed an attack as an AI agent with no human intervention, being able to reason its way through problems encountered when deploying ransomware to a target.
Sources: https://pastebin.com/XQFj8LAi



Jun 29, 2026
Jun 29, 2026
6 min
Shopify has a dashboard that integrates all your web order activity, but this has allowed for a new type of phishing scheme much sneakier than emails. Fake receipts with fake support phone numbers have been popping up in many Shop dashboards.
Sources: https://pastebin.com/4HwTfty6



Jun 22, 2026
Klue Abused to Steal Salesforce Data
Jun 22, 2026
Jun 22, 2026
6 min
Klue allows you to get the upperhand on your competitors by using their public data and your internal information to create quick sales talking points, however it may have also leaked your private data via a legacy account that was never deleted.
Sources: https://pastebin.com/3jM6RFYB



Jun 15, 2026
The Messy Release of Anthropic's Fable 5
Jun 15, 2026
Jun 15, 2026
8 min
Fable 5 was based on Mythos, a model so dangerous it could not be released to the general public. But that release did not exactly go smoothly, was complains from customers that is too expensive and restrictive and later an order to shut it down.
Sources: https://pastebin.com/xVAah5bd



Jun 8, 2026
Jun 8, 2026
10 min
AI support bots can help a lot in basic issues, but they can also cause a massive security incident if they are not well understood. Recently Meta AI's account recovery workflow was exploited by hackers to hijack many high profile accounts.
Sources: https://pastebin.com/TCPFaQzG



Jun 1, 2026
Charter Communications Customer Data Leaked
Jun 1, 2026
Jun 1, 2026
7 min
Charter Communications, a major US telecom provider refused to pay a ransom, and so their data paid the price after being leaked on the dark web.
Sources: https://pastebin.com/3PVNzDLX



May 25, 2026
GitHub Data Up For Sale on Dark Web
May 25, 2026
May 25, 2026
7 min
GitHub is the most popular code repository site, but after an employee account was compromised their source code was stolen and is now up for sale on the dark web, with threats to leak it if there is not a buyer.
Sources: https://pastebin.com/U07MP4M0

Why Cyber Crime?
Cyber crime is an ever-growing problem in a world where our lives are integrated online. Millions of internet users have their data stolen from data breaches or by hackers. No one is safe, even if you maintain no online presence. My goal is to share stories that can teach us about how we can best protect our data, whether you are a person or an organization.








