Darknet Diaries show

Darknet Diaries

Summary: Explore the dark side of the Internet with host Jack Rhysider as he takes you on a journey through the chilling world of privacy hacks, data breaches, and cyber crime. The masterful criminal hackers who dwell on the dark side show us just how vulnerable we all are.

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 Ep 24: Operation Bayonet | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 39:24

Darknet markets are online black markets. They are highly illegal, and dangerous to run. Hear exactly how dangerous it was for Alphabay and Hansa dark markets.

 Ep 23: Vladimir Levin | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 28:21

When banks started coming online, they almost immediately started being targeted by hackers. Vladimir Levin was one of the first ever known hacker to try to rob a bank. He succeeded a little, and failed a lot. Vladimir would go down in the history books as one of the most notorious hackers of all time because of his attempted online bank robberies.

 Ep 22: Mini-Stories: Vol 1 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 40:14

Three stories in one! In this episode we hear about a penetration test from Mubix that he'll never forget, a incident response from Robert M. Lee which completely stunned him, and a social engineering mission from Snow.Podcast recommendation: Moonshot.

 Ep 21: Black Duck Eggs | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 29:26

Ira Winkler's specialty is assembling elite teams of special forces and intelligence officers to go after companies. Ira shares a story about a time he and his team broke into a global 5 company. A company so large that theft of intellictual property could result in billions of dollars of damage. Ira's consulting company: Secure Mentum.His books: Spies Among Us, Advanced Persistent Security, Through the Eyes of the Enemy.

 Ep 20: mobman | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 44:49

Chances are, if you were downloading shady programs in the early 2000's, you were infected with malware he wrote called SubSeven. Hacking changed mobman's life. Hear how it happened by listening to this episode.Image for this episode created by dr4w1ngluc4s. Check out his Instagram to see some amazing artwork! Check out the podcasts Van Sounds and True Crime Island

 Ep 19: Aurora | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 29:24

In 2009, around Christmas time, something terrible was lurking in the network at Google. Google is the most popular website on the Internet. It’s so popular many people just think Google is the Internet. Google hires many of the most talented minds and has been online since the 90s. Hacking into Google is no easy task. There’s a team of security engineers who test and check all the configurations on the site before they go live. And Google has teams of security analysts and technicians watching the network 24/7 for attacks, intrusions, and suspicious activity. Security plays a very vital role at Google, and everything has to have the best protections. But this attack slipped past all that. Hackers had found their way into the network. They compromised numerous systems, burrowed their way into Google’s servers, and were trying to get to data they shouldn’t be allowed to have. Google detected this activity. And realized pretty quickly they were dealing with an attack more sophisticated than anything they’ve ever seen.Podcast recommendation: Twenty Thousand Hertz

 Ep 18: Jackpot | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 22:04

A man addicted to gambling finds a bug in a video poker machine that lets him win excessive amounts of money.

 Ep 17: Finn | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 45:13

A 14-year-old kid who finds himself bored in class decides to hack someone's twitter account and ends up with more than he bargained for.

 Ep 16: Eijah | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 35:43

In 2007, a hacker named Eijah got fed up with the way DRM prevented him from being able to play the content he paid for. He decided to fight back against the AACS and find a way to circumvent the DRM. By the time Eijah was done, his life wasn't the same.

 Ep 15: Ill Tills | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 33:19

A major retailer was hacked. Their point of sales machines were riddled with malware. Listen to hear how digital forensics and incident responders handled the situation. What malware was found? Where was it found? How was it stopped? And most importantly, how much data was leaked?

 Ep 14: #OpJustina | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 25:21

In 2013 a hospital was accused of conducting a medical kidnapping against a young girl name Justina. This enraged many people across the country, including members of anonymous. A DDOS attack was waged against the hospital.

 Ep 14: #OpJustina | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 25:21

In 2013 a hospital was accused of conducting a medical kidnapping against a young girl name Justina. This enraged many people across the country, including members of anonymous. A DDOS attack was waged against the hospital.

 Ep 13: Carna Botnet | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 33:18

In 2012 the Carna Bot was built and unleashed on the world. But it didn't have any intentions on doing anything malicious. It was built just to help us all understand the Internet better. This botnet used the oldest security vulnerable in the book. And the data that came out of it was amazing.

 Ep 12: Crypto Wars | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 28:31

In the 1990's the Internet started to take shape. But the US goverment had strict laws regulating what type of cryptography is allowed to be used online. A few brave people stood up to the government in the name of civil rights and won the right to use strong encryption. Listen to their battle and what they had to do through to accomplish this.

 Ep 11: Strictly Confidential | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 20:08

What happens when an innovative tech company, that's trying to develop the next big thing, detects a hacker in their network? We hear the story from a digital forensics investigator which has a surprising result.

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