Monday Jan 16, 2023
Royal Mail’s International Mail Held for Ransom
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
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Episodes
Episodes
Monday Jan 09, 2023
Monday Jan 09, 2023
Twitter has been going through a rough pass with the controversial new CEO Elon Musk, but in the background concerns and rumors about a big data breach have been building until now.
Sources: https://pastebin.com/zHSP2NXB
Monday Jan 02, 2023
Monday Jan 02, 2023
Password managers are a secure solution to store and generate strong passwords, but what happens when they're not as secure as you think? Information on your browsing is released and your passwords can be cracked by anyone.
Sources: https://pastebin.com/CX11uHyb
Monday Dec 26, 2022
Monday Dec 26, 2022
Christmas: a time for family, presents, snowball fights, cards, and malware in cards. This is the gift some people got for Christmas in 2000 that was a lot creepier than a lump of coal in the stocking.
Sources: https://pastebin.com/cb8uGe9m
Monday Dec 19, 2022
Monday Dec 19, 2022
EPM, a major energy company in Columbia experiences website and payment portal outages as the result of potentially the biggest cyber attack in Columbian history.
Sources: https://pastebin.com/7mn8AG8P
Monday Dec 12, 2022
Monday Dec 12, 2022
Credit card security has improved a lot, but card skimmers are still a thing. You may tug on a scanner to make sure a physical device isn't also reading your card data, but not all skimmers are physical.
Sources: https://pastebin.com/KuBwUurV
Monday Dec 05, 2022
Monday Dec 05, 2022
Ransomware is a pain, as it forces you to pay up to recover your own stolen files. But what if after paying you not only received no key, but learned your data was wiped forever and now no one has it? That is what CryWiper does.
Sources: https://pastebin.com/zRs8EreQ
Monday Nov 28, 2022
Monday Nov 28, 2022
Scam calls are common these days, but spoofing a phone number is more realistic looking than someone asking about your vehicle's extended warranty, and can cause people to lose a lot of money. Here's how one spoofing service got shut down.
Sources: https://pastebin.com/7vnGQUnE
Monday Nov 21, 2022
Monday Nov 21, 2022
Kids are stupid. This stupidity could lead to far more dangers than the hacking of club penguin accounts, and as demonstrated here it could lead to completely bricking a PC.Sources: https://pastebin.com/DKCQJYwH
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.