Monday Aug 29, 2022
Florida Man Hacked Water Supplier in Attempted Poisoning
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
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
Monday Aug 15, 2022
Monday Aug 15, 2022
Cisco is a networking giant who should have secure networks. Well, in cyber security you are only as strong as your weakest link and for Cisco and most others, that link is the human.
Sources: https://pastebin.com/5Lzwhddb
Monday Aug 01, 2022
Monday Aug 01, 2022
PrestaShop is a great open source tool for e-commerce sites, and is behind the websites of many shop owners. However an SQL injection that leads to remote code execution allows threats the ability to modify shops for the worse.
Sources: https://pastebin.com/HTV5b6TS
Monday Jul 25, 2022
Monday Jul 25, 2022
I used to be a health care student, who would've thought? I found some dirt on my old place of clinicals and figured I'd share and talk about security in healthcare.
Sources: https://pastebin.com/4eHUbBcG
Monday Jul 18, 2022
Monday Jul 18, 2022
Most ransomware encrypts your entire device and leaves a ransom note for you to pay up. But this new ransomware is sneakier and allows hackers more control and gives you more room for error.
Sources: https://pastebin.com/QX8D1gEa
Monday Jul 11, 2022
Monday Jul 11, 2022
A DDoS is usually performed with malware infected computers called zombies, but as smart devices and the Internet of Things rises in popularity, a new insecure tech can be exploited to perform these attacks that can't be predicted or prepared for.
Sources: https://pastebin.com/9qbkAVHy
Monday Jul 04, 2022
Monday Jul 04, 2022
Usually corporations are targets of cybercrime, but this new malware was made for home routers and allows whoever controls it remote access to your network. Is it espionage? Data harvesting? A new way to target corporations through their tech illiterate users?
Sources: https://pastebin.com/tFDgP0EN
Monday Jun 27, 2022
Monday Jun 27, 2022
ILOVEYOU is one of the most notorious malware out there, but it came from a disgruntled college student who stole dial-up passwords to use the internet.
Sources: https://pastebin.com/dz3wsKXp
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.