Security Tools Podcast
1) UK Retail Under Siege
Several high-profile UK retailers have suffered serious cyberattacks that have disrupted operations for weeks and, in some cases, exposed sensitive customer data. The social engineering techniques us...Show More
2) The Oracle Breach Debate
đź“Ś We apologize for the technical issues experienced while filming this episode. Now onto the episode details: Oracle recently faced a major security scare after a hacker claimed to have stolen 6 mil...Show More
3) $1.5B ByBit Crypto Heist
The Bybit crypto exchange was hacked for a record-breaking $1.5 billion theft of Ether cryptocurrency – perhaps the largest scale theft of all time. The FBI has linked the attack to TraderTraitor, a s...Show More
4) DeepSeek Disruption
DeepSeek, the Chinese AI startup dominating news feeds, has experienced exponential growth while wiping almost $1 trillion off the U.S. stock market. However, the model's rise has now been overshadowe...Show More
5) U.S. Treasury Breach
On this episode of State of Cybercrime, Matt and David cover the most recent Chinese state-sponsored APT attack by Silk Typhoon on the U.S. Treasury Department. They discuss how the attackers used a r...Show More
6) Salt Typhoon Telecom Attack
In this episode, Matt and David delve into the evolving story of Salt Typhoon, a Chinese state-sponsored group, and their use of the innovative 'GhostSpider' backdoor to infiltrate telecommunication s...Show More
7) Midnight Blizzard
Russia's APT29, a.k.a "Midnight Blizzard," is arguably one of the world's most notorious threat actors. You might recall their involvement in the 2019 SolarWinds attack where they operated under the a...Show More
8) ChatGPT Memory Manipulation + Salt Typhoon
Hosts Matt Radolec and David Gibson explain how cybercriminals are manipulating AI models like ChatGPT to plant false memories and steal data, along with other cybercrime-related stories like Salt Typ...Show More
9) The Return of Lazarus
The North Korean Lazarus group is running multiple high-risk campaigns: one exploiting Windows and another installing malware through fraudulent blockchain job offers. State of Cybercrime hosts Matt ...Show More
10) Proofpoint Spoofing
Matt Radolec and David Gibson discuss how an unknown attacker recently exploited a vulnerability in Proofpoint’s email routing system, allowing them to bypass security measures and send millions of sp...Show More