Malicious Life

Malicious Life by Cybereason tells the unknown stories of the history of cybersecurity, with comment

Episodes

Total: 265

Sony BMG's Rootkit Fiasco

2023/6/27

"We made a mistake and Sony paid a terrible price.” A terrible price indeed: an arrogant and ill

Ad Fraud, Part 2

2023/6/9

In the last episode of our show, we heard the story of Methbot: an army of hundreds of thousands of

Ad Fraud, Part 1

2023/5/30

Right now, a man named Aleksandr Zhukov is sitting in jail for one of the most financially ruinous s

The numbers can’t be any clearer: a DDoS attack costs less than a hundred dollars, while the price t

We’ve all experienced the creepiness of modern data trafficking, but that kind of daily annoyance is

Disruptions to the world’s internet cables happen more often than you think: Whether it be ship anch

Olympic Destroyer

2023/4/3

In the midst of 35,000 exhilarated spectators eagerly chanting the time-honored countdown to kick of

Oמ May 23rd, 1989, Karl Koch - a 23 years old West German hacker who worked for the KGB -  took a dr

Four decades ago, three quarters would’ve gone a lot further than they do today. With that kind of l

You may have heard of the cyber operations performed by Russia. You definitely heard about the missi

Operation Ivy Bells

2023/2/20

In the early 1970's, US intelligance pointed at the possibility that the Russians have laid an u

What happens when an NFT marketplace goes under, and disappears? You would imagine that the users’ N

Physical artworks in museums are usually well-guarded - but digital artworks are something else enti

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 You Should Be Afraid of SIM SwapsOur Sponsors:* Check out 1Password and use my code MALICIOUS for a

FBI vs. REvil [ML BSide]

2023/1/16

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Cyberbunker, Part 2

2023/1/10

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Cyberbunker, Part 1

2023/1/2

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How Netflix Learned Cloud SecurityOur Sponsors:* Check out 1Password and use my code MALICIOUS for a

Fred Cohen: The Godfather of Computer Viruses [ML B-Side]Our Sponsors:* Check out 1Password and use