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Malicious Life

Malicious Life

411 Episodes • By Malicious Life • redcircle.com/shows/malicious-li...
Tales of cybersecurity. The wildest hacks you can ever imagine, told by people who were actually there. Hosted by cybersecurity expert and book author, Ran Levi, this is not your average talk-show. These are fascinating, unknown tales, slowly unraveled, deeply researched. Think Hardcore History meet ...more
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The Y2K Bug, Part 2
In the waning years of the 20th century, amid growin... more
Apr 16 2024 31m
The Y2K Outsourcing Boom
Chapter 1 19 mins
The Y2K Dilemma
Chapter 2 11 mins
Y2K and Future Computer Glitches
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The Y2K Bug, Part 1
In the 1950s and 60s - even leading into the 1990s -... more
Mar 31 2024 27m
Y2K Computer System Transition Story
Chapter 1 8 mins
The Millenium Y2K Crisis
Chapter 2 17 mins
Computer Date Standards and Y2K Concerns
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Can You Bomb a Hacker?
The 2008 Russo-Georgian War marked a turning point: ... more
Mar 19 2024 30m
Russian Cyber Attacks
Chapter 1 15 mins
Cyber Warfare and National Sovereignty
Chapter 2 15 mins
Regulating Cyber Operations in Armed Conflict
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Kevin Mitnick, Part 2
In 1991, Kevin Mitnick was bouncing back from what w... more
Mar 4 2024 51m
Cyber Security Interview With Derek Masters
Chapter 1 8 mins
The Rise of Kevin Mitnick
Chapter 2 19 mins
Kevin Mitnick
Chapter 3 11 mins
Kevin Mitnick
Chapter 4 11 mins
Social Engineering and Kevin Mitnick
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Kevin Mitnick, Part 1
For Kevin Mitnick - perhaps the greatest social engi... more
Feb 19 2024 37m
The Legacy of Kevin Mitnick
Chapter 1 14 mins
Kevin Mitnick's Hacking Escapades
Chapter 2 17 mins
The Dark Journey of Kevin Mitnick
Chapter 3 5 mins
Mitnik's Return to Hacking World
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SIM Registration: Security, or Surveillance?
Right now, hundreds of thousands of people in the so... more
Feb 5 2024 31m
SIM Card Registration Policy and Compliance
Chapter 1 8 mins
SIM Card Registration Impact in Namibia
Chapter 2 13 mins
SIM Card Registration Challenges in Namibia
Chapter 3 8 mins
SIM Registration and National Security
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The Mariposa Botnet
In 2008, The 12 million PCs strong Mariposa Botnet i... more
Jan 22 2024 44m
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The Real Story of Citibank’s $10M Hack
Valdimir Levin is often presented as "the first onli... more
Jan 9 2024 32m
Chapter 1 19 mins
Vladimir Levin
Chapter 2 13 mins
Hacking the Citibank Network
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How to Hack Into Satellites
About a year ago, six academics from Ruhr University... more
Dec 27 2023 30m
Security Flaws Discovered in Satellite Firmware
Chapter 1 14 mins
Satellite Cybersecurity Challenges and Risks
Chapter 2 4 mins
The Vulnerabilities of Satellite Communication
Chapter 3 11 mins
Satellite Security and Recovery Vulnerabilities
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Moonlight Maze
When investigators discovered in 1996 that US milita... more
Dec 11 2023 35m
Cyber Warfare
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Volt Typhoon
In August 2021, a port in Houston, Texas, was attack... more
Nov 28 2023 31m
Chapter 1 12 mins
Changing Tactics of Advanced Nation-State Hackers
Chapter 2 19 mins
Living Off the Land Techniques Rise
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Is NSO Evil? Part 2
By the time Forbidden Stories published its “Pegasus... more
Nov 13 2023 40m
NSO's Pegasus Scandal and Consequences
Chapter 1 11 mins
The Controversial Role of NSO's Pegasus
Chapter 2 12 mins
NSO's Troubles and Downfall
Chapter 3 15 mins
NSO's Controversial Spyware and Global Politics
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Is NSO Evil? Part 1
NSO Group, creator of the infamous Pegasus spyware, ... more
Oct 30 2023 32m
Founding NSO and Developing Pegasus Spyware
Chapter 1 13 mins
NSO's Pegasus Spyware
Chapter 2 18 mins
NSO's Ethical Implications and Controversies
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Should You Pay Ransomware Attackers? A Game Theory Approach
The FBI explicitly advises companies against paying ... more
Oct 17 2023 32m
Solving Tragedy of the Commons
Chapter 1 9 mins
The Hypocrisy of Paying Ransomware Hackers
Chapter 2 13 mins
The Complex Decision-Making of Ransomware Attacks
Chapter 3 8 mins
Solving the Ransomware Problem
Chapter 4 42 sec
Podcast Production and Contact Information
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Silent Firewalls: The Underrepresentation of Women in Cyber
In the vast landscape of STEM, women constitute a me... more
Oct 2 2023 29m
Role Models in Cybersecurity
Chapter 1 10 mins
Gender Inequality in Cyber Security
Chapter 2 19 mins
Gender Gap in Cybersecurity and STEM
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Operation Kudo
In 1981, during the G7 Summit in Quebec, French pres... more
Sep 20 2023 33m
Chapter 1 17 mins
Espionage and Cold War Secrets
Chapter 2 11 mins
Operation Kudu
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Can We Stop the AI Cyber Threat?
Much of the cybersecurity software in use today util... more
Sep 4 2023 26m
Chapter 1 16 mins
Protecting Against Malicious AI Uses
Chapter 2 10 mins
AI in Telemarketing Defense
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Is Generative AI Dangerous?
Every so often, the entire landscape of cybersecurit... more
Aug 22 2023 37m
Chapter 1 17 mins
The Future of Cybersecurity
Chapter 2 19 mins
AI Threats and Manipulative Digital Twins
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Why aren't there more bug bounty programs?
On the face of it, there's an obvious economic incen... more
Aug 8 2023 33m
Bon Ton's Success and Bug Bounties
Chapter 1 13 mins
Vulnerability Disclosure Challenges and Incentives
Chapter 2 10 mins
The Impact of Bug Bounty Programs
Chapter 3 10 mins
Vulnerability Disclosures
Chapter 4 25 sec
Malaysia's Media Production and Cybersecurity Sponsor
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The Voynich Manuscript
The constant battle between those who wish to encryp... more
Jul 25 2023 29m
Unbreakable Ciphers From the 15th Century
Chapter 1 16 mins
The Mysterious Voynich Manuscript
Chapter 2 12 mins
The Mystery of the Voynich Manuscript
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Roman Seleznev: Did the Punishment Fit the Crime?
In 2019, Roman Seleznev, a 34 years-old Russian nati... more
Jul 10 2023 38m
From School to Cyber Criminal
Chapter 1 8 mins
Sentencing a Cyber Criminal
Chapter 2 17 mins
The Rise and Fall of Ancox
Chapter 3 11 mins
The Conviction of Roman Selesnav
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Sony BMG's Rootkit Fiasco
"We made a mistake and Sony paid a terrible price.” ... more
Jun 27 2023 41m
Sony BMW's Costly PR Disaster
Chapter 1 13 mins
Sony BMG's Malicious Software Controversy
Chapter 2 19 mins
Sony's DRM Rootkit Controversy
Chapter 3 10 mins
Rise and Fall of DRM and Digital Piracy Battle
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Ad Fraud, Part 2
In the last episode of our show, we heard the st... more
Jun 12 2023 28m
A Simple Solution to Ad Fraud
Chapter 1 9 mins
The Harsh Reality of Ad Fraud
Chapter 2 17 mins
Ad Fraud
Chapter 3 1 min
Podcast Updates and Superhero Fantasies
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Ad Fraud, Part 2
In the last episode of our show, we heard the story ... more
Jun 9 2023 28m
Chapter 1 9 mins
The Harsh Reality of Ad Fraud
Chapter 2 17 mins
The Reality of Online Advertising Fraud
Chapter 3 1 min
Economics of Cybercrime and Superhero Fantasies
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Ad Fraud, Part 1
Right now, a man named Aleksandr Zhukov is sitti... more
May 30 2023 23m
Hunting Ad Fraud Cyber Criminals
Chapter 1 14 mins
The Malicious Life of Alexander Zhukov
Chapter 2 8 mins
The Massive Phenomenon of Ad Fraud
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