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
Episodes
Episodes
Monday Feb 12, 2024
Lurie Children's Hopsital Down for Weeks due to Hackers
Monday Feb 12, 2024
Monday Feb 12, 2024
One of the best renowned children's hospitals, Lurie, in Chicago has been experiencing an outage for nearly two weeks, with parents feeling as they've been left in the dark. Recently it was revealed that a "known cyber threat" was responsible.
Sources: https://pastebin.com/1CwAkQ7Q
Monday Feb 05, 2024
Hacker Fakes and Tries to Sell Europcar Data
Monday Feb 05, 2024
Monday Feb 05, 2024
Data breaches are the worst nightmare of many organizations that collect sensitive data. Europcar was going to be the next company breached, except on closer inspection, none of the data posted was real.
Sources: https://pastebin.com/wDwTunKb
Monday Jan 29, 2024
Pegasus: The Spyware Sold to Governments
Monday Jan 29, 2024
Monday Jan 29, 2024
The fear that the government or someone else is spying on you is a common one, moreso with modern technology. In some cases, that fear is not unreasonable. Pegasus is spyware developed by Israeli cyber-arms company NSO Group, and it has been sold to many governments and fallen into the wrong hands.
Sources: https://pastebin.com/9JHz3ZDU
Monday Jan 22, 2024
iShutDown: A New Method for Detecting iOS Spyware
Monday Jan 22, 2024
Monday Jan 22, 2024
Mobile devices are everywhere, carried with us everywhere we go in our day. This makes them perfect targets for Spyware. Recently a new method was discovered to uncover hidden Spyware on suspected infected phones.
Sources: https://pastebin.com/5pYN9bnj
Monday Jan 15, 2024
Russian and Ukrainian Hackers Take Down Each Other’s ISPs
Monday Jan 15, 2024
Monday Jan 15, 2024
Russia and Ukraine are at war, but these days war is not always boots on the ground. The internet and modern technology introduced a whole new way to attack enemies, and after Russia took down Ukraine's biggest telecoms provider a Ukrainian group decided to take revenge.
Sources: https://pastebin.com/SwDJiy1r
Monday Jan 08, 2024
Terrapin Vulnerability Leaves Millions of SSH Servers Vulnerable
Monday Jan 08, 2024
Monday Jan 08, 2024
A new attack method against the SSH protocol, the very first of its kind, was recently discovered by German researchers. It leaves millions of servers at risk of attack, and it practical to exploit, but is it as bad as it sounds? Find out today!
Sources: https://pastebin.com/kTpwXexy
Monday Jan 01, 2024
GTA6 Hacker Sentenced to Secure Hospital
Monday Jan 01, 2024
Monday Jan 01, 2024
Rockstar Games recently released the trailer for GTA6, around the same time a Lapsus$ hacker was sentenced indefinitely to a secure hospital. This sentence has stirred up some controversy and misunderstanding that i will try to contextualize and clarify.
Sources: https://pastebin.com/dsSb7uDX
Monday Dec 25, 2023
ALPHV Seized by FBI... But not for Long
Monday Dec 25, 2023
Monday Dec 25, 2023
After infiltrating a prolific ransomware gang, the FBI seized their website and decrypted data for hundreds of companies for free! But instead of going out peacefully, ALPHV may be out with a vengeance.
Sources: https://pastebin.com/VgL3MRii
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.