Darknet Diaries

Episodes

EP 152: Stacc Attack

Jarett Dunn, AKA StaccOverflow, stole millions of dollars from a website called Pump Fun, and he wanted to do it in the most dramatic and theatrical way he could.

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EP 151: Chris Rock

Chris Rock is known for being a security researcher. But he's also a black hat incident responder. He tells us about a job he did in the middle east.

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EP 150: mobman 2

In Episode 20 of Darknet Diaries, we heard from Greg aka mobman who said he created the sub7 malware. Something doesn't sit right with a lot of people about that episode. It's time to revisit that episode and get to the bottom of things.

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EP 149: Mini-Stories: Vol 3

In this episode we hear EvilMog tell us a story about when he had to troubleshoot networks in Afghanistan. We also get Joe to tell us a penetration test story.

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EP 148: Dubsnatch

Ever wondered how far a fan would go to get a sneak peek of their favorite artist’s unreleased tracks? In this episode, we uncover the audacious story of some teens bent on getting their hands on the newest dubstep music before anyone else.

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EP 147: Tornado

In this episode, Geoff White tells us what happened to Axie Infinity and Tornado cash. It’s a digital heist of epic proportions that changed everything.

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EP 146: ANOM

In this episode, Joseph Cox tells us the story of ANOM. A secure phone made by criminals, for criminals.

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EP 144: Rachel

Rachel Tobac is a social engineer. In this episode we hear how she got started doing this and a few stories of how she hacked people and places using her voice and charm.

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EP 143: Jim Hates Scams

Jim Browning has dedicated himself to combatting scammers, taking a proactive stance by infiltrating their computer systems. Through his efforts, he not only disrupts these fraudulent operations but also shares his findings publicly on YouTube, sh...

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EP 142: Axact

Axact sells fake diplomas and degrees. What could go wrong with this business plan?

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EP 141: The Pig Butcher

The #1 crime which results in the biggest financial loss is BEC fraud. The #2 crime is pig butchering. Ronnie Tokazowski walks us through this wild world.

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EP 140: Revenge Bytes

Madison's nude photos were posted online. Her twin sister Christine came to help. This begins a bizarre and uneasy story.

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EP 139: D3f4ult

This is the story of D3f4ult from CWA. He was a hacktivist, upset with the state of the way things were, and wanted to make some changes. Changes were made.

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EP 138: The Mimics of Punjab

This episode is about scammers in the Punjab region. Tarun comes on the show to tell us a story of what happened to him. Naomi Brockwell makes an appearance to speak about digital privacy.

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EP 137: Predator

A new type of mercenary spyware came on the radar called Predator. It'll infect a mobile phone, and then suck up all the data from it. Contacts, text messages, location, and more. This malware is being sold to intelligence agencies around the world.

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EP 136: Team Xecuter

Team Xecuter was a group involved with making and selling modchips for video game systems. They often made mods that allowed the video game system to rip games or play pirated games. It was a crowd favorite in the modding scene. Until it all fell ...

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EP 135: The D.R. Incident

Omar Avilez worked in the CSIRT of the Dominican Republic when a major cyber security incident erupted. Omar walks us through what happened and the incident response procedures that he went through.

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EP 134: Deviant

Deviant Ollam is a physical penetration specialist. That means he's paid to break into buildings to see if the building is secure or not. He has done this for a long time and has a lot of tricks up his sleeve to get into buildings. In this episode...

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EP 131: Welcome To Video

Andy Greenberg brings us a gut wrenching story of how criminal investigators used bitcoin tracing techniques to try to find out who was at the center of a child sexual abuse darkweb website.

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EP 130: Jason's Pen Test

Jason Haddix has done hundreds of penetration tests in his career. He comes on the show today to tell us a few stories of things he's done.

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EP 129: Gollumfun (Part 2)

Brett Johnson, AKA Gollumfun was involved with the websites Counterfeit Library and Shadow Crew. He tells his story of what happened there and some of the crimes he committed.

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EP 128: Gollumfun (Part 1)

Brett Johnson, AKA Gollumfun was involved with the websites Counterfeit Library and Shadow Crew. He tells his story of what happened there and some of the crimes he committed.

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EP 127: Maddie

Maddie Stone is a security researcher for Google’s Project Zero. In this episode we hear what it’s like battling zero day vulnerabilities.

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EP 126: REvil

REvil is the name of a ransomware service as well as a group of criminals inflicting ransomware onto the world. Hear how this ransomware shook the world.

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EP 125: Jeremiah

Jeremiah Roe is a seasoned penetration tester. In this episode he tells us about a time when he had to break into a building to prove it wasn't as secure as the company thought.

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EP 124: Synthetic Remittance

What do you get when you combine social engineering, email, crime, finance, and the money stream flowing through big tech? Evaldas Rimašauskas comes to mind. He combined all these to make his big move. A whale of a move.

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EP 123: Newswires

Investing in the stock market can be very profitable. Especially if you can see into the future. This is a story of how a group of traders and hackers got together to figure out a way to see into the future and make a lot of money from that.

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