Collaborate Disseminate
In 2005, when Albert Gonzalez was hacking his way into the networks of many retail chains in the US (listen to Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3), credit cards were still very insecure: magnetic stripes and signed receipts did little to stop smart hacker… Continue reading Malicious Life Podcast: The State of Credit Card Security
In this third installment of the series (Part 1, Part 2), we come back to the story in early 2007 when a Secret Service agent operating out of San Diego takes a flight halfway across the world. He’s going to meet with Europe’s most prolific stole… Continue reading Malicious Life Podcast: The Life and Exploits of Albert Gonzales Part 3
In this second installment of the series (listen to Albert Gonzales Part 1 here), Gonzales is working with the Secret Service and apparently doing an outstanding job. He was such a good employee, in fact, that they had him doing seminars for staff… Continue reading Malicious Life Podcast: The Life and Exploits of Albert Gonzales Part 2
THOTCON is not your ordinary, run-of-the-mill security conference, and it’s obvious from the moment you browse their website. How did a local, small-scale event in Chicago grow to become a major cybersecurity conference? What is its connection to … Continue reading Malicious Life Podcast: History of the THOTCON Hacking Conference
For more than a decade, China orchestrated a sophisticated espionage campaign against Nortel Networks, using Huawei, Chinese civilians working in Canada, and even organized crime gangs to steal important technical and operational information. When… Continue reading Malicious Life Podcast: China’s Unrestricted Cyberwarfare Part 3
On Friday, May 7th, 2021, Colonial Pipeline suffered a cyberattack that forced the company to shut down its operations. As a result, gasoline outages were reported across the U.S. East Coast.
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Chris Wysopal (aka WeldPond), cybersecurity pioneer and one of L0pht’s founding members, talks about the group’s 1998 testimony in the Senate, how they used shaming to force corporations to secure their software, and the (not so fortunate) consequ… Continue reading Malicious Life Podcast: Shutting Down the Internet in 30 Minutes
In the early days, the L0pht crew tinkered with technology they already had laying around or could find dumpster-diving. But things change, of course. By the end of the ‘90s many of the L0pht hackers had quit their day jobs and incorporated under … Continue reading Malicious Life Podcast: The Story of LØpht Heavy Industries, Part 2
‘L0pht’, or ‘L0pht Heavy Industries’ was one of the most influential hacker collectives of the ’90s: its members were even invited to testify in front of the Congress on the current state of Internet security.
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‘L0pht’, or ‘L0pht Heavy Industries’ was one of the most influential hacker collectives of the ’90s: its members were even invited to testify in front of the Congress on the current state of Internet security.
The post Malicious Life Podcast: The … Continue reading Malicious Life Podcast: The Story of L0pht Heavy Industries, Part 1