Claims

Qualified triples from the transcripts. Origin, speaker, and evidence stay attached. These are not independently verified facts.

Daniel Kelley USES MITRE CVE program

Daniel reported vulnerabilities through MITRE's CVE program and sought publication of CVE identifiers after vendors patched the issues.

Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 117 Details

“One place he liked reporting bugs to was MITRE’s CVE program”

Jack Rhysider · offsets 45823–45883

Daniel Kelley USES Skype Resolver

Daniel used the Skype Resolver to obtain another player's IP address before DDoSing him.

Explicit Confidence 99% · Daniel Kelley EP 117 Details

“So, I had a booter and Skype Resolver, and I decided to test this theory”

Daniel Kelley · offsets 7181–7253

Daniel Kelley USES VPN

Daniel used a VPN for another extortion operation and reused its Bitcoin address in the TalkTalk case, allowing investigators to link the offenses.

Explicit Confidence 99% · Daniel Kelley EP 117 Details

“I had hacked and blackmailed another company without using Tor; I only used a VPN”

Daniel Kelley · offsets 40846–40927

Skype Resolver USES Skype

The Skype Resolver used a Skype username and attempted to call the user to obtain their IP address.

Explicit Confidence 98% · Jack Rhysider EP 117 Details

“they created a little tool called the Skype Resolver, and with this little tool, all you had to do is enter someone’s Skype username”

Jack Rhysider · offsets 6766–6898

Daniel Kelley USES responsible disclosure

Daniel reports that he spent two years responsibly disclosing vulnerabilities rather than exploiting or extorting companies.

Explicit Confidence 99% · Daniel Kelley EP 117 Details

“I started engaging in responsible disclosure”

Daniel Kelley · offsets 45057–45101

Daniel Kelley USES Google dorking

Daniel learned and used Google dorking to find potentially vulnerable websites.

Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 117 Details

“This is where he learned about Google dorking”

Jack Rhysider · offsets 8538–8583

Gmail cookie-validation vulnerability AFFECTS Gmail

The cookie-validation vulnerability affected Gmail’s password-recovery process.

Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 118 Details

“One day, he found a bug in Gmail which let him reset anyone’s password”

Jack Rhysider · offsets 38029–38099

GMX session manipulation vulnerability AFFECTS GMX

The session-manipulation vulnerability affected GMX’s account-reset process.

Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 118 Details

“This was a pretty serious vulnerability on GMX”

Jack Rhysider · offsets 12383–12429

Verizon account-number disclosure vulnerability AFFECTS Verizon

The account-number disclosure vulnerability affected Verizon’s bill-payment website.

Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 118 Details

“Joseph found a page on Verizon’s website which lets you put in someone’s phone number to pay their bill”

Jack Rhysider · offsets 48400–48503

Augur ASSOCIATED_WITH Ethereum

Joseph describes Augur as an Ethereum-based altcoin and an ERC-20 token on the Ethereum blockchain.

Explicit Confidence 98% · Joseph Harris EP 118 Details

“Augur, which was the first ERC-20 token to be featured on the Ethereum blockchain”

Joseph Harris · offsets 32505–32586

Joseph Harris ASSOCIATED_WITH Lizard Squad

Joseph says he knew people in Lizard Squad and was contacted by one of its members for help accessing accounts.

Explicit Confidence 94% · Joseph Harris EP 118 Details

“I knew some people that I’m not sure if you’ve heard of them; Lizard Squad”

Joseph Harris · offsets 15784–15858

Joseph Harris EXPLOITS Verizon account-number disclosure vulnerability

Joseph used a Verizon website flaw that disclosed account numbers to obtain the information needed to take over accounts.

Explicit Confidence 99% · Joseph Harris EP 118 Details

“I find a JavaScript variable that has the account number just completely disclosed right there”

Joseph Harris · offsets 47691–47785

Joseph Harris EXPLOITS Gmail cookie-validation vulnerability

Joseph used fake cookies to make Gmail believe he had previously logged into a victim’s account, enabling password resets.

Explicit Confidence 99% · Joseph Harris EP 118 Details

“I was able to get it so it would appear that way for any account”

Joseph Harris · offsets 38659–38723

Joseph Harris EXPLOITS GMX session manipulation vulnerability

Joseph used the GMX session-manipulation vulnerability to take over GMX accounts.

Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 118 Details

“he’d use this vulnerability, get into that person’s e-mail account”

Jack Rhysider · offsets 12865–12931

Jack Rhysider REFERENCES Episode 112: Dirty Coms

Jack recommends Episode 112, “Dirty Coms,” as background on SIM-swapping.

Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 118 Details

“I did Episode 112. It’s called Dirty Coms”

Jack Rhysider · offsets 3064–3106

Joseph Harris TARGETS Crowd Machine

Joseph shifted from targeting individual crypto holders to targeting Crowd Machine, a company holding cryptocurrency.

Explicit Confidence 98% · Jack Rhysider EP 118 Details

“Instead of targeting people with crypto, why not target companies that have crypto?”

Jack Rhysider · offsets 64961–65044

Joseph Harris USES social engineering

Joseph says he began by socially engineering email providers and account owners.

Explicit Confidence 99% · Joseph Harris EP 118 Details

“I started kind of as a social engineer”

Joseph Harris · offsets 5162–5200

Joseph Harris USES Monero

Joseph used Monero to launder stolen cryptocurrency and obscure its origin.

Explicit Confidence 99% · Joseph Harris EP 118 Details

“I’d change the crypto to Monero”

Joseph Harris · offsets 58325–58356

Joseph Harris USES SIM swapping

Joseph learned and used SIM-swapping to take over phones and reset email passwords.

Explicit Confidence 99% · Joseph Harris EP 118 Details

“I started dabbling with it”

Joseph Harris · offsets 36630–36656

“I’m getting a text directly to that phone in my hand”

Joseph Harris · offsets 45289–45341

Joseph Harris USES Google Drive

Joseph accessed Google Drive accounts to search for cryptocurrency wallet backups, seed phrases, and private keys.

Explicit Confidence 98% · Jack Rhysider EP 118 Details

“he would find ways into this and start looking around for interesting stuff there”

Jack Rhysider · offsets 42300–42381

Joseph Harris USES LocalBitcoins

Joseph used LocalBitcoins to exchange stolen Bitcoin for PayPal funds.

Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 118 Details

“The way he would get the Bitcoin into his PayPal wallet was using LocalBitcoins”

Jack Rhysider · offsets 14409–14488

Joseph Harris USES social engineering

Joseph used victims’ names and addresses to persuade email providers to reset passwords.

Explicit Confidence 99% · Joseph Harris EP 118 Details

“all you need to know is someone’s name and address and you can completely take over their AOL account”

Joseph Harris · offsets 6507–6608

Joseph Harris USES Account takeover

Joseph took over victims’ email and gaming accounts in order to sell them.

Explicit Confidence 98% · Joseph Harris EP 118 Details

“take the accounts and then sell them for money”

Joseph Harris · offsets 5358–5404

Joseph Harris USES MetaMask

Joseph used MetaMask to load a recovered passphrase and access a Crowd Machine wallet.

Explicit Confidence 99% · Joseph Harris EP 118 Details

“I put that new numeric passphrase in MetaMask, it loads up the wallet”

Joseph Harris · offsets 69298–69367

Joseph Harris USES Credential stuffing and password mutation

Joseph searched breach data for passwords and tried common variants and site-specific mutations.

Explicit Confidence 99% · Joseph Harris EP 118 Details

“I’m copying these passwords, I’m trying them with variants”

Joseph Harris · offsets 28789–28847