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
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



Aug 3, 2026
Minnesota Water Plants Under Attack
Aug 3, 2026
Aug 3, 2026
8 min
Water is a critical infrastructure, and lately multiple water plants across the US are under attack, starting in Minnesota. So far drinking water is safe, but it does bring into question the security of our basic utilities.
Sources: https://pastebin.com/avMEu9zq
Aug 3, 2026
8 min



Jul 27, 2026
Vatican App Exposes Data of all Users
Jul 27, 2026
Jul 27, 2026
8 min
Vatican app ClickToPray has had an unpatched IDOR sitting in its website that could allow for scraping the data of every single user.
Sources: https://pastebin.com/SiYDAR40
Jul 27, 2026
8 min



Jul 20, 2026
Jul 20, 2026
7 min
AI email filters may be worse at detecting old tricks than traditional spam filters as old tactics are being used against old agents to allow in malicious or spam emails.
Sources: https://pastebin.com/Pm7fqAjY
Jul 20, 2026
7 min



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 13, 2026
7 min



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
Jul 6, 2026
9 min



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 29, 2026
6 min



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 22, 2026
6 min



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 15, 2026
8 min

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.








