Monday Oct 17, 2022
155 Ransomware Decryption Keys Released due to Vulnerability
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 Oct 10, 2022
Monday Oct 10, 2022
Optus is the second largest mobile carrier in Australia, but recently this tech giant had a massive data breach on their hands with millions of customers vulnerable to cyber attacks.
Sources: https://pastebin.com/CnJVD1Yi
Monday Oct 03, 2022
Monday Oct 03, 2022
Target is a retailer giant that consumers tend to impulse buy at, but in 2013 you could have lost more money at Target than what you bought in groceries, home goods, clothing, or decor. This is the story of the Target data breach that temporarily lost the trust of consumers.
Sources: https://pastebin.com/yq6a0XH0
Monday Sep 26, 2022
Monday Sep 26, 2022
Uber made the news recently for a major hack, but this was far from their first cybersecurity incident. Back in 2016 Uber was hacked, but it did not exactly hit the news immediately...
Sources: https://pastebin.com/90179XHw
Monday Sep 19, 2022
Monday Sep 19, 2022
Uber is a ride sharing giant that recently experienced a complete compromise of their corporate IT, but the hacker was less than sophisticated, making this a terrifying implication for the future.
Sources: https://pastebin.com/3WxQ9FWb
Monday Sep 12, 2022
Monday Sep 12, 2022
Phishing is one of the number one ways hackers are able to steal data and compromise corporate networks, and now there's a tool that makes it even easier to phish people, complete with video tutorials.
Sources: https://pastebin.com/gnAT7LL5
Monday Sep 05, 2022
Monday Sep 05, 2022
Of all the companies we want to stay secure, a credit bureau is one of the top. They store our most sensitive information that can be used to steal our identities. However, not all of them are as safe as we'd hope, and Equifax taught us this horrifying truth.
Sources: https://pastebin.com/FyVt2jsA
Monday Aug 29, 2022
Monday Aug 29, 2022
Last week we discussed a recent attack on a water supply company in the UK, and this week I take us back to last year where poisoning the water supply became more than just an extortion threat...
Sources: https://pastebin.com/yi1K8w27
Monday Aug 22, 2022
Monday Aug 22, 2022
One of the biggest water companies in the UK is hacked and extorted by a ransomware gang, but it turns out some mistakes may have been made in extorting the correct victim...
Sources: https://pastebin.com/vjVXJEaY
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.