Darknet Diaries-- Nerdcore music is music for nerds. In this episode we hear from some of the musicians who make Nerdcore music.This episode features guests ytcracker, Ohm-I, and Dual Core.Content warning: This episode has explicit lyrics.MusicFor a playlist of music used in this episode visit darknetdiaries.com/episode/78.SponsorsSupport for this show comes from IT Pro TV. Get 65 hours of … Continue reading 78: Nerdcore

Darknet Diaries-- In February 2018, during the Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang South Korea, a cyber attack struck, wiping out a lot of the Olympic’s digital infrastructure. Teams rushed to get things back up, but it was bad. Malware had repeatedly wiped the domain controllers rendering a lot of the network unusable. Who would do such … Continue reading 77: Olympic Destroyer

Darknet Diaries-- This is the story about how someone hacked into JP Morgan Chase, one of the biggest financial institutions in the world. It’s obvious why someone would want to break into a bank right? Well the people who hacked into this bank, did not do it for obvious reasons. The hackers are best described … Continue reading 76: Knaves Out

Darknet Diaries-- From 2009 to 2013 the communication channels the CIA uses to contact assets in foreign countries was compromised. This had terrifying consequences.Guests this episodes are Jenna McLaughlin and Zach Dorfman.SponsorsThis episode was sponsored by IT Pro TV. Get 65 hours of free training by visiting ITPro.tv/darknet. And use promo code DARKNET25.This episode was sponsored by Thinkst Canary. Their … Continue reading 75: Compromised Comms

Darknet Diaries-- Poker is a competitive game. Unlike other casino games, poker is player vs player. Criminal hackers have understood this for a while and sometimes hack the other players to get an edge. And that small edge can result in millions of dollars in winnings.This episode contains a story from Mikko Hypponen of F-Secure. We also interview … Continue reading 74: Mikko

Darknet Diaries-- It is recommend to listen to episodes 53 “Shadow Brokers”, 71 “FDFF”, and 72 “Bangladesh Bank Heist” before listening to this one.In May 2017 the world fell victim to a major ransomware attack known as WannaCry. One of the victims was UK’s national health service. Security researchers scrambled to try to figure out how to stop it … Continue reading 73: WannaCry