Episodes

EP	Title	Date	Categories	Entities	Claims
26	IRS The episode examines identity-tax-refund fraud enabled by stolen personal information and weaknesses in the IRS Get Transcript knowledge-based authentication system.	15 November 2018	cybercrime	33	18
27	Chartbreakers Jack Rhysider investigates manipulation of Apple podcast rankings through coordinated subscriptions and downloads using many Apple IDs, tracing the promotion network to …	01 December 2018	research, investigative	35	13
28	Unit 8200 The episode examines Israel’s Unit 8200, its intelligence mission, training model, specialized subunits, relationship to Israel’s military, and influence on Israel’s cybersecurity …	15 December 2018	advanced persistent threat	44	20
29	Stuxnet The episode examines Stuxnet, its sabotage of Iranian centrifuges at Natanz, the malware’s discovery and technical sophistication, and reported attribution to a …	02 January 2019	advanced persistent threat	42	25
30	Shamoon The episode examines the 2012 destructive cyber-attack against Saudi Aramco, the Shamoon wiper, the suspected Iranian connection, and the subsequent rebuilding of …	22 January 2019	advanced persistent threat	35	25
31	Hacker Giraffe The episode covers Hacker Giraffe’s internet-wide exploitation of exposed printers and Chromecast devices, using the activity to raise security awareness and promote …	05 February 2019	black hat, research	47	27
32	The Carder The episode follows the investigation, arrest, and prosecution of Roman Seleznev, a major carding-market operator associated with nCux, Track2, Bulba, and 2pac.cc. …	19 February 2019	cybercrime, carding	43	26
33	RockYou The episode examines the 2009 RockYou data breach, in which approximately 32 million plaintext passwords were exposed, and its lasting impact on …	05 March 2019	cybercrime, research	28	22
34	For Your Eyes Only The episode covers revenge-porn websites, unauthorized access to celebrity iCloud accounts, phishing and brute-force techniques, the Fappening/Celeb Gate leaks, and subsequent legal …	19 March 2019	cybercrime	49	26
35	Carbanak The episode covers ATM attacks, Barnaby Jack’s ATM and medical-device research, and the Carbanak campaign targeting banks through phishing, malware, remote access, …	02 April 2019	cybercrime	56	37
36	Jeremy from Marketing A penetration-testing engagement follows Tinker Secor as he operates undercover inside a company and demonstrates reconnaissance, credential capture, password cracking, social engineering, …	16 April 2019	penetration test, social engineering	55	32
37	LVS The episode describes the February 2014 destructive cyber-attack against Las Vegas Sands, including compromise through Sands Bethlehem, credential theft with Mimikatz, access …	30 April 2019	advanced persistent threat	35	18
38	Dark Caracal The episode examines Operation Manul and the later Dark Caracal investigation into malware, mobile spyware, command-and-control infrastructure, and suspected government-linked cyber-mercenary activity.	14 May 2019	mercenary, advanced persistent threat	46	30
39	3 Alarm Lamp Scooter The episode discusses Daniel Beckwitt’s involvement with Bitcoin, hacker conferences, physical hard-drive destruction research, computer-related offenses, and the construction of secret underground …	28 May 2019	research	31	20
40	No Parking A physical red-team engagement tests a utility conglomerate by combining building intrusion, badge cloning, network dropboxes, social engineering, and network access testing …	11 June 2019	penetration test, social engineering	36	16
41	Just Visiting The episode features physical penetration testers JekHyde and Carl describing a social-engineering engagement in which they used a targeted phishing pretext, visitor …	25 June 2019	penetration test, social engineering	35	29
42	Mini-Stories: Vol 2 Three stories cover a retail penetration test involving physical intrusion and network access, a web-server compromise investigated by a university security engineer, …	09 July 2019	penetration test, social engineering, incident response	32	21
43	PPP The episode covers Defcon badge puzzles and the history of Carnegie Mellon’s Plaid Parliament of Pwning (PPP), including its CTF competitions, reverse-engineering …	23 July 2019	cons	37	25
44	Zain The episode describes Zain Qaiser’s ransomware and malvertising operation, including the use of Angler, Reveton, social engineering, prepaid-card payments, Liberty Reserve money …	06 August 2019	cybercrime	35	17
45	XBox Underground (Part 1) The episode discusses the original Xbox being reverse-engineered, the Team Avalaunch console-hacking scene, Xbox 360 developer kits and PartnerNet, and the evolution …	20 August 2019	cybercrime, black hat	78	36
46	XBox Underground (Part 2) The episode continues the account of XBox Underground’s intrusions into Microsoft, game companies, and developer networks, including the theft and reconstruction of …	03 September 2019	cybercrime, black hat	49	34
47	Project Raven The episode discusses Project Raven, a UAE-linked offensive cyber-operations unit staffed largely by former American intelligence and military personnel, its targeting of …	17 September 2019	mercenary, advanced persistent threat	42	29
48	Operation Socialist The episode examines the alleged GCHQ intrusion into Belgacom, the Quantum Insert technique, and the Regin malware framework, while discussing the uncertainty …	01 October 2019	advanced persistent threat	49	33
49	Elliot The episode features Robert Baptiste, known online as Elliot Alderson, and his discovery of security weaknesses in Android applications, Firebase databases, Aadhaar-related …	15 October 2019	research, bug hunter	36	28
50	Operation Glowing Symphony The episode describes the creation and execution of Operation Glowing Symphony, a US military cyber-operation conducted by JTF-ARES against ISIS media infrastructure.	29 October 2019	advanced persistent threat	34	16