The Escobar Phone and Imaginary Flamethrowers
We unpack how a Swedish entrepreneur used Pablo Escobar’s name to sell fake phones, flamethrowers, and crypto — and how a viral scam built on influencer hype finally came crashing down. That and other...
2 Aug 202552min
The McDonald’s Hiring Robot Hack
We start with the AI hiring chatbot used by McDonald’s, and the vulnerability hiding beneath the conversation. What looked like some janky job application exchanges led two security researchers, Ia...
16 Jul 20251h 12min
BONUS: July Chatty Chat
Just for fun: an actual no script, no plan, hot mic blather-athon. If you crave a nice structured story with lots of research, give the ep we dropped a few days ago about the Texas Lottery Courier App...
4 Jul 20251h 22min
The Texas Lottery Courier App Scandal
A London syndicate used a phone app to buy nearly every combination in the Texas Lottery—and walked away with a $95 million jackpot. In this episode, we dig into how that happened, what it reveals abo...
29 Jun 20251h 19min
Danabot: The Malware Operation That infected Itself
In this episode: the inside story of Danabot, the malware-as-a-service platform that thrived in the shadows for nearly a decade—until a critical mistake exposed its creators. Just last week, U.S. pros...
16 Jun 20251h 28min
Throwback: The Malware Historian
Today malware is all nation state actors and organized crime, but in the beginning it was more about making a statement. Dan is a malware historian. He finds old hardware and viruses, runs them, and s...
2 Jun 202545min
Hotline Hacked Vol. 13
Schools out for summer. Another collection of computer confessions and strange tales of technology. Hacked is brought to you by Push Security. Check them out at Pushsecurity.com Learn more about ...
29 Mai 202557min
The Lorebook Cult
Content warning: This episode contains descriptions of exploitation, self-harm, and abuse. Listener discretion is advised. A network called 764 has turned abuse into currency. It spread through Disc...
16 Mai 202551min
