Malicious Life

Malicious Life

Tales of cybersecurity. The wildest hacks you can ever imagine, told by people who were actually there. Dig into a history you never knew existed.

  • 29 minutes 10 seconds
    Operation Snow White, Part 1

    In 1963, the FDA raided the headquaters of a budding new and esoteric religion - The Church of Scientology. In response to this and similar incidents to come, the church's founder - an eccentric science fiction author named L. Ron Hubbard - would go on to lead the single largest known government infiltration operation in United States history



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    1 October 2024, 2:46 pm
  • 26 minutes 18 seconds
    Caught in the Crossfire: Infighting and Treason in Russia’s Cyber World

    On Dec. 5, 2016, two senior Russian Intelligence officers and two civilians were arrested and accused of treason. A few weeks later, when Western journalists were finally able to speak with the men’s lawyers, they learned that the case was based on events that were, oddly enough, already widely known. This made the arrests even more peculiar.

    As more details emerged over time, the picture became clearer, offering Westerners a rare glimpse into the typically secretive world of Russian intelligence.





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    17 September 2024, 12:35 pm
  • 29 minutes 15 seconds
    SNAP Fraud: Getting Rich by Stealing from the Poor

    SNAP - better known as food stamps - goes back to the Great Depression. ,The physical stamps were replaced with EBT cards in the 1990s, but since these cards are without the secure EMV chip techonolgy, enterprising crimilas found ways to drain funds meant for low-income families.



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    3 September 2024, 1:50 pm
  • 31 minutes 29 seconds
    The Hollywood Con Queen, Part 2

    Nicole Kotsianas, an investigator with K2 Intelligence, made it her personal mission to hunt down the Hollywood Con Queen, who crulley tormented her victioms and shattered their dreams. Nicole's efforts bore unexpected fruits, when she discovered that the Con Queen was actually... a man.



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    20 August 2024, 2:45 pm
  • 34 minutes 17 seconds
    The Hollywood Con Queen, Part 1

    In 2015, two aspiring script writers flew to Indonesia to meet with executives of a large Chinese film corporation. It was a trap: the Hollywood Con Queen not only coned them out of tens of thousands of dollars, she also cruelly ruined their friendship. Two years later, a corporate investigator working for a big shot Hollywood producer, made a discovery that put her on the trail of this master of deciet.



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    7 August 2024, 7:26 am
  • 30 minutes 2 seconds
    The Doomed Queen’s Secret Ciphers

    In the pre-internet era, encryption was a matter of life and death, and the motives behind these ciphers were varied and complex. Discover how George Lasry, a modern codebreaker, uncovered the secrets of Mary, Queen of Scots, hidden in the French National Library for over 400 years. This episode delves into the painstaking process and the historical impact of decoding these ancient messages, revealing the hidden motives and desperate actions of a doomed queen.



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    23 July 2024, 7:07 pm
  • 27 minutes 48 seconds
    Why Did People Write Viruses In The 80s & 90s?

    Why did people write malware in the pre-internet days? Back then, there was no way to make money by writing malware. So why write them in the first place? The lack of a financial motivation meant that virus authors had a plethora of other motives - and this diverse mix of motives had, as we shall hear, an interesting effect on the design and style of viruses created at that period.




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    9 July 2024, 1:49 pm
  • 34 minutes 34 seconds
    Section 230: The Law that Makes Social Media Great, and Terrible

    Section 230 is the pivotal law that has enabled the rise of social media -while sparking heated debates over its implications. In this episode, we're charting the history of Section 230, from early landmark legal battles, to modern controversies, and exploring its complexities and the proposed changes that could redefine online speech and platform responsibility.



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    25 June 2024, 10:05 am
  • 37 minutes 50 seconds
    What Happened at Uber?

    In 2016, Joe Sullivan, former CISO of Facebook, was at the peak of his career. As Uber's new CISO, he and his team had just successfully prevented data from a recent breach from leaking to the internet. But less than a year later, Sullivan was unexpectedly fired from Uber, and three years later, the US Department of Justice announced criminal charges against him.

    So, what happened at Uber?



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    11 June 2024, 9:34 am
  • 28 minutes 58 seconds
    The Nigerian Prince

    In this episode of ML, we're exploring the history of the well-known Nigerian Prince scam, also known as 419 or advanced fee scam, from its roots in a Parisian prison during the French Revolution, to the economic and social reason why this particular scam became so popular with African youth. Also, will AI make such scams more dangerous - or, counter intuitively, go against the interests of scammers? 



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    28 May 2024, 7:14 am
  • 33 minutes 38 seconds
    Unmasking Secrets: The Rise of Open-Source Intelligence

    Dive into the world of open-source intelligence (OSINT) in this episode, where we uncover how ordinary citizens use publicly available data to unravel some of the most complex global mysteries. From tracking conflicts in real-time to exposing the truth behind high-profile incidents like the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17, discover how OSINT is revolutionizing the field of investigative journalism and transforming how we perceive and verify information.




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    14 May 2024, 8:15 am
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