All Episodes
True crime stories, cybersecurity, and AI — organized by topic below, or browse everything newest first.
Ransomware Players and Stories · Social Engineering · AI Trends and Stories · Compliance News, HIPAA and CMMC · How To Stay Safe Online
Segment: Hack or Hype
A recurring bit where guests call out real threats versus overhyped headlines — watch for it across recent episodes.
Ransomware Players and Stories
Real ransomware attacks, what recovery actually looks like, and how to reduce your risk before it happens to you.
Huntress Security Insider Reveals Leadership Secrets
Ransomware Negotiations EXPOSED: Inside Cyber Hostage Deals with Kurtis Minder
Jon DiMaggio on Whether Ransomware Gangs Are Actually Slowing Down
Cambodia's Billion Dollar Scam | An FBI Agent's Jaw Dropping Peek Inside!
The Psychology Behind Why Smart People Still Click
He Hacked AT&T as a Kid. The FBI Wanted 500 Years
AI Trends and Stories
What AI actually changes about cyber risk — for attackers, defenders, and everyday business decisions.
When AWS and Azure Crashed, Half a Billion Vanished Overnight
Ransomware Negotiations EXPOSED: Inside Cyber Hostage Deals with Kurtis Minder
Brett Johnson, Once the Original Internet Godfather, on Entitlement and Accountability
Antoinette King on What Digital Citizenship Actually Means Now
From Evil AI to Obedience | What To Know Today
Is AI The Ultimate TRUTH Machine?
Compliance News, HIPAA and CMMC
CMMC, HIPAA, NIST, and the compliance requirements reshaping small business contracts and healthcare data rules.
CMMC: The 4 Letters Quietly Ending Small Business Contracts
Shadow AI in Hospitals: The Compliance Time Bomb Nobody Reports
Nate Butler Went From IT Helpdesk to GRC. This Is the Turn
Former DIA Spy Shawnee Delaney on Recruiting Insiders for a Living
Your Zero Trust Approach Has a Blind Trust Problem?
Unveiling the MOST DANGEROUS AI Risks at Work!
How To Stay Safe Online
Practical cybersecurity guidance built for small and mid-sized businesses without a dedicated security team.
Huntress Security Insider Reveals Leadership Secrets
Dan Elliott on the Actual Odds of Your Business Getting Hacked
CMMC: The 4 Letters Quietly Ending Small Business Contracts
Why Hackers Love When You Deploy Agentic AI
Nate Butler Went From IT Helpdesk to GRC. This Is the Turn
Robert Cioffi on Ransomware's Real Toll on Real People, Part 2
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All Episodes, Newest First
- Hannah Sutor on the Identity and Brand Risks Businesses Miss
- From Caribbean Teenager to CrowdStrike CTO: One Leader's Climb
- Jamey Davidson on Avoiding the Lawsuit That Follows a Breach
- Titania Jordan on the Parenting Mistakes Nobody Talks About Online
- When AWS and Azure Crashed, Half a Billion Vanished Overnight
- Lynn Dohm on the Bias Still Holding Women Back in Cybersecurity
- Huntress Security Insider Reveals Leadership Secrets
- Ransomware Negotiations EXPOSED: Inside Cyber Hostage Deals with Kurtis Minder
- Jon DiMaggio on Whether Ransomware Gangs Are Actually Slowing Down
- Brett Johnson, Once the Original Internet Godfather, on Entitlement and Accountability
- 23andMe Paid $30 Million After Selling Data You Never Knew About
- Dan Elliott on the Actual Odds of Your Business Getting Hacked
- Cambodia's Billion Dollar Scam | An FBI Agent's Jaw Dropping Peek Inside!
- Antoinette King on What Digital Citizenship Actually Means Now
- From Evil AI to Obedience | What To Know Today
- Gamers Are Hiring Swatting Services Now. This Is How That Works
- The Tony Stark Address Hack: Mishaal Khan Fooling Credit Bureaus With OSINT
- Is AI The Ultimate TRUTH Machine?
- Tavi Gallego on Building a Crypto Exchange With Actual Accountability
- Anthem & Equifax Breaches: What's Actually Happening? (Part 2)
- Anthem & Equifax Breaches: What's Actually Happening? (Part 1)
- Has AI Destroyed Creativity? Join the Debate
- The Psychology Behind Why Smart People Still Click
- She Worked the Boston Bombing. Then Learned to Read Criminal Minds
- CMMC: The 4 Letters Quietly Ending Small Business Contracts
- Cybercrime Doesn't Win Because It's Smart. It Wins Because You're Tired
- What's Actually For Sale on the Dark Web. We Went and Looked
- How to use AI at Work (and Not Get FIRED)
- He Hacked AT&T as a Kid. The FBI Wanted 500 Years
- Shadow AI in Hospitals: The Compliance Time Bomb Nobody Reports
- The FBI Mole Who Sold America to Russia for 20 Years
- Meta's Hidden Data Grab and the AI That Clones Your Voice: Chaos Panel
- Why Hackers Love When You Deploy Agentic AI
- One Badge Turned a Trusted Employee Into Your Biggest Threat
- The Data Broker Playbook, and How to Erase Yourself From It
- Luxblox Founder Mike Acerra on Where AI Takes Humanity Next
- The Body Makes Trillions of Decisions Without You. So Does AI
- The News Covers the Breach. Nobody Covers the Person It Broke
- Nate Butler Went From IT Helpdesk to GRC. This Is the Turn
- Dr. Sergio Sanchez Deepfaked a Voice Live. It Worked in Seconds
- Former Secret Service Interrogator Brad Beeler on How Confessions Really Happen
- Clemson's CISO on the Day an Ethical Hacker Changed His Career
- Robert Cioffi on Ransomware's Real Toll on Real People, Part 2
- Robert Cioffi on Ransomware's Real Toll on Real People, Part 1
- The Vatican Taught a Friar to Answer an iPhone. Then AI Broke Everything
- Former DIA Spy Shawnee Delaney on Recruiting Insiders for a Living
- He Guarded Presidents for 14 Years. Before That, He Taught High School
- The 15 Year Old They Called Baby Al Capone
- Jon DiMaggio Spent Years Undercover Inside LockBit's Ransomware Gang
- Five Cybersecurity Predictions Nobody Wants to Hear Yet
- AI Exposed. Latest Social Engineering Business Cyber Risk.
- Biggest Cyber Insurance Mistakes To Avoid
- FBI Most Wanted. Ruja Ignatova. Story of OneCoin.
- How Business Can Transfer Cyber Risk
- Moving Target. Trilogy Released.
- How To Not Become a Victim of Cyber Crime.
- Dark Sword Zero Day Leaked Millions of iPhones At Risk TODAY!
- The Aftermath. Navigating Reputations and Protecting Your Brand Image
- Jury Can't Decide Meta's Fate What Happens Next #MetaTrial #Legal
- The UNSTOPPABLE AI Hackers Are Here!
- The MOST INSANE Things That's Happened in Cyber Space This Month!
- Your Zero Trust Approach Has a Blind Trust Problem?
- Blind Trust | A Hacker's Exploitation
- BIGGEST Spy in US History Exposed as Master of Spies Lies and Cybercrime?
- LOCKBIT Cyber Crime Takedown EXPOSED NOW!
- Ransomware Attack | Who Are You Going to Call?
- Was Mark Zuckerberg's Testimony a Lie? Meta Secrets EXPOSED
- Unlocking Unity: The Power of Civil Discourse and Protecting Online Privacy in America
- True Crime: IT Husband Caught for Death of Wife | Learns Internet is Not Invisible
- CHAOS: AI Jailbreaks, Cloud Meltdowns & The Fish-Tank Casino Hack That Shocked the World
- LIVE: They’re Stealing You with AI 😳 | AI Risks to Identity & How to Fight Back
- Death in Crypto Land. Ultimate Exit Scam.
- Breaking: Meta Trial Update.
- META on TRIAL for Teen Harm. Secrets Exposed. What To Know.
- Horror Stories Of When Data Back-ups Fail
- People Are Marrying AI Now (And Your Business Should Be Worried)
- TikTok New Terms You NEED To KNOW | Ret. FBI Agent Explains
- Cybersecurity Secrets Schools Never Teach
- How Hackers Think.🔥Chris Roberts🔥Latest AI Risks for Business
- Your Boss's Voice is an AI Clone Now | Latest Social Engineering Risks Exposed
- 🔥Marketing Warfare: How A New Framework is IGNITING Small Business Growth
- How AI Agents MOLTBOOK and OPENCLAW Steal Your Data
- NIKE ROBBED! Not What You Think
- Romance Scams, Space Breaches, and a Nike Heist Nobody Saw Coming | CHAOS Panel
- Nike's Worst Nightmare Just Happened
- Hackers stole The HEART of Nike. | A Nightmare!
- AI Changed Social Engineering. New Verification Rules to Know TODAY!
- Unveiling the MOST DANGEROUS AI Risks at Work!
- Modern Ways to Improve Presentation Skills with Nausheen Chen.
- Are YOU the Next Victim? STOP Leaving Your Life EXPOSED.
- Secrets Found In The Dark Web
- The Threat WITHIN | Psychological Cybersecurity
- Don't Get Tricked. Don't Skip These Two Steps. That's It
- Ayelet Biger on Fraud Prevention From the Victim's Side First
- Robert Cioffi on the Emotional Toll Ransomware Left Behind
- Aaron Painter, Ex Microsoft Exec, on Why Deepfakes Break ID Verification
- Rupert Murdoch's Satellite TV War Ended With a Hacker Found Hanging
- Sony vs. Cox: The Supreme Court Case That Could Reshape the Internet
- She Was on the Cover of Forbes. Then the Indictment Came
- What a Data Breach Response Actually Looks Like, Not the Hollywood Version
- Yasir Ali on the SaaS Risk Most Companies Never Audit
- Titania Jordan Returns: What's Changed for Parents Since Last Time
- Jon DiMaggio Went Undercover Inside LockBit. This Is What He Found
- Uber's Rise, Its Scandals, and the Trust It Broke Along the Way
- Keeping Kids Safe Online Now That AI Is Part of the Threat
- Breaking Cyber Crime News: When Ransomware Turns Deadly
- The Big Lies Cybersecurity Tells Itself About Compliance
- Bryan Seely on Hacking Big Tech, and Why It Was Funnier Than You'd Think
- New Topic Playlists Are Live on the Channel
- John Hammond on the Ransomware Gangs Nobody's Watching Yet
- Shadow AI Is Already Inside Your Company. Ransomware Gangs Know It
- John McLaughlin on Keeping a Data Breach Out of the Headlines
- Joe Casanova on Why You Should Own Your Own Identity Online
- Four Truths About How the FBI Actually Fights Cyber Crime
- How Hackers Are Actually Using AI Against Small Business Today
- Lamborghini Carjackers Traced Back to a $243 Million Crypto Heist
- They Thought They Found Love. It Was a Trafficking Operation
- A Jailed Ransomware Hacker Explains How the Supply Chain Attack Really Worked
- Maril Vernon Went From No Tech Background to Top Ranked Hacker
- TJ Houston on What Employers Actually Want in a Cybersecurity Hire
- Dr. Lydia Kostopoulos on Imagination as the Last Advantage AI Can't Take
- What Actually Makes a Leader Great in a Constantly Changing Industry
- Joseph Hudson on the Career Land Mines Nobody Warns You About
- Amy Cappellanti-Wolf, CHRO at Dayforce, on Where AI Fits in HR Strategy
- The Leadership Blind Spot Killing Healthcare IT Right Now
- Who Hackers Actually Target Most. It's Not Who You Think
- Matthew Rosenquist on the Cultural Gap Between Security and Leadership
- Dr. Sergio Sanchez on AI Cloning Doctors' Voices in Real Time
- DeWayne Hart on Why Culture Beats Policy in Cybersecurity
- Retired FBI Agent Scott Augenbaum on His Four Truths Framework
- Former NATO Specialist Nadja El Fertasi on Emotional Intelligence as Defense
- Deepfake Job Applicants Are Already Inside Remote Hiring
- Richard Hollis on What London Gets Right That the US Doesn't
- Adam Benwell on the New Ways Social Engineering Gets Stopped
- Ransomware's Rise and What It's Actually Costing Healthcare
- How Deepfake Videos Are Actually Made, Step by Step
- Bill Kleyman on Using AI Safely Instead of Banning It
- The Healthcare Breaches That Actually Killed Patients
- What Actually Motivates a Ransomware Gang to Pick You
- A 19 Year Old Breached 60 Million Student Records
- Braxton Molton on Why You're Never Too Small to Get Hacked
- Inside the Georgia Hospital Where Ransomware Turned Into a Warzone
- Mishaal Khan, Author of The Phantom CISO, on Owning Your Digital Footprint
- The Williams Woods Story: What Happens After Your Identity Is Stolen
- The FBI's New Warning About Fake HR Login Pages
- What to Actually Watch For in an AI Generated Fake Video
- Elizabeth Houser on What Cyber Risk Actually Means for Leaders
- Ron Sharon on Small Business Cybercrime From Someone Who's Lived It
- Dr. Feleks Kravetz on the Cyber Traps Hiding Inside Your Own Home
- Joseph Brunsman on When a Data Breach Becomes Personal Liability
- The FBI Does Not DM You on Telegram. Full Stop
- The Fake Google Subpoena That Passes Every Security Check
- Intel's Federal CTO Steve Orrin on Zero Trust for Small Business
- George Just Negotiates With Ransomware Gangs for a Living
- Josh Mason, Military Veteran, on Starting a Cybersecurity Career Today
- Ron Woerner on Where Zero Trust Actually Breaks Down
- Oracle's Two Breaches Both Started With an Outdated Server
- John Hammond Hunts Hackers for a Living. This Is What That Looks Like
- Matt Toussain on Why the Hackers Might Be the Good Guys
- Chris Hadnagy on the Actual Science Behind Hacking Humans
- The PowerSchool Breach Exposed Millions of Students and Teachers
- The Shocking Rise and Fall of 23andMe. Exposed.
- How Investigators Actually Caught Elizabeth Holmes
- Charlie Javice Faked 4 Million Student Accounts. It Worked Until It Didn't
- A Real Hacker Walks Through How the Sony Hack Actually Happened
- Ayelet Biger's Second Warning: The Fraud Attempts Getting Past Everyone
- Wizer Founder Gabriel Friedlander on Security Culture in 20,000 Companies
- The 15 Year Old Who Took Down Yahoo, eBay, and CNN in a Week
- Is Gerald Cotten Actually Dead? The Question Nobody Answered
- How to Actually Keep Up With Cybercrime News Without Drowning in It
- The $5 Million Bounty Still Out for the Crypto Queen
- Gideon Hazam on Solving Website Spoofing From Outside the Industry
- Rob Black on Actually Putting a Number on Your Cyber Risk
- Matt Smallman on Why Call Centers Are a Security Risk Nobody Audits
- Quantum Computing Could Break Encryption. This Is the Timeline
- Lester Chng on Running War Games Before Hackers Do It For You
- Dan Elliott Returns: How Risk Appetite Actually Shapes Security Budgets
- What a NOC and SOC Actually Do, Explained Without the Acronyms
- Arik Solomon, Ex-EY Cybersecurity CTO, on AI's Double Edge
- Philippe Humeau Built a Waze for Cybersecurity Threats
- The New Ways AI Is Being Weaponized for Social Engineering
- 1-800-GOT-JUNK Founder Brian Scudamore on Building Culture From Nothing
- Chris Loehr on What to Actually Do the Moment a Breach Hits
- How Emerging Tech Quietly Changed Food, Medicine, and Crime
- Cody Kretsinger Went From Hacking Sony to Teaching Security
- Small Businesses Are Asleep at the Wheel on Cybersecurity
- The TikTok Ban Countdown: What Actually Changed
- A Live Briefing on the Threats Actually Facing You Online
- Inside the Shadow Crew, the Gang Brett Johnson Actually Ran
- Neuvik CEO Ryan Leirvik on Why Most Companies Can't Measure Their Own Risk
- Darren Mott Went From Teacher to FBI Agent Fighting Cybercrime
- Why Mira Murati Actually Left OpenAI
- Deepfakes vs Detection: Who's Actually Winning Right Now
- Why Media Relations Decides How a Breach Story Ends
- Ron Eddings on Why Cybersecurity Needs Better Stories, Not More Stats
- CPA Paul Perry on Making Compliance Audits Actually Useful
- The New Laws Forcing Social Media to Protect Kids
- Intel's CTO Steve Orrin on Who's Actually Responsible for AI Ethics
- The Perfect Employee Was a North Korean Spy
- One Ransomware Attack Froze the Entire Auto Industry
- Scott Augenbaum on What the FBI's Original Cyber Division Actually Did
- Cyber Flash Points Is Back for Season 5
- Sam Buckenmaier on What Leadership Actually Means in Cybersecurity Today
- The Psychology That Makes Smart People Fall for Scams
- Chris Voss Goes Inside the Negotiation Model From Never Split the Difference, Part 2
- The Story Behind Never Split the Difference, Part 1
- The Day the Lights Went Out at Sony Pictures, 2014
- Can You Still Trust What You See on Video?
- How To Stay Updated In Cyber Security and Business
- Chris Gardner on Actually Planning for Ransomware Before It Hits
- New Update. Check out what's coming.
- Uber's Former Security Chief Was Put on Trial for the Breach
- Merry Marwig Returns: Innovative Approaches to Data Privacy
- What Actually Took Facebook Down, and Why Exit Scams Work the Same Way
- Merry Marwig on Actually Reducing Risk in How You Manage Privacy
- Chris Hadnagy's Team Hunts Online Predators on the Dark Web
- Jon DiMaggio's Ransomware Diaries, Volume 4
- Paul Eckloff on What AI Actually Changes About National Security
- Chris Roberts Part 2: The Hacks He Hasn't Talked About Publicly
- Brett Johnson on the AI Scams Even He Didn't See Coming
- Chris Roberts Now Secures the World's Fastest Supersonic Jet
- Christopher Hadnagy on the Science Behind Stopping Social Engineering
- Update-Cyber Crime Announcement
- Mariana Padilla and Craig Ellrod on Buying Cyber Tools the Right Way
- Omar Masri on Making Small Businesses Actually Hack Proof
- The MOVEit Breach Timeline: How It Started and Who's Running It
- The FBI Took Down BlackCat. Then BlackCat Un-Seized Its Own Site
- Unveiling the Most Anticipated Season 4. Best is Coming!
- Jon DiMaggio's Undercover Dark Web Investigation, Part Two
- Tim Flynn on the Security Risks Hiding Inside Athlete NIL Deals
- The Secret Service Called Him the Original Cyber Crime Godfather
- Travis DeForge and Christian Scott on What a Security Assessment Actually Finds
- Robert Cioffi on Surviving the Kaseya Breach That Hit 1,500 Businesses
- Chris Roberts on the Hackers Who Now Guard Supersonic Jets
- Chris Loehr on Being the First Responder to a Data Breach
- Playlist. 31 Explosive Episodes Coming.
- Thomas Helfrich on Using AI to Actually Improve Engagement
- Start Your Engines: October 31-Day-Challenge. Come Learn, and Share!
- Pat McGarry on 25 Years of Common Sense Cybersecurity
- Jon DiMaggio's Ransomware Diaries, Volume 3: The Fall of LockBit
- The MOVEit Class Action Suits Nobody's Tracking
- Stacey Champagne on Leading Insider Threat Protection as a Woman in Security
- Eric Taylor's Team Goes Behind the Scenes of a Ransomware Negotiation
- Healthcare Breaches Started Piling Up the Moment the Clock Struck Midnight
- Behind Scenes When Ransomware Strikes
- Heather Monahan on the Workplace Villains Nobody Warns You About
- Sam Buckenmaier, Recruiter, on What Actually Gets You Hired in Security
- Who Actually Caused the Sony Pictures Data Breach
- Your Identity Is Already for Sale on the Dark Web Today
- The Newest Tactics Ransomware Gangs Are Actually Using
- Johnny Crowder Built a Mental Health App After Surviving His Own Crisis
- The FBI's Latest Warning About Synthetic Media
- Toys R Us Part 2: How the Empire Actually Collapsed
- Toys R Us Part 1: How Charles Lazarus Built the Empire
- Huxley Barbee on the Blind Spots Even Security Leaders Miss
- Tom Totten on Selling Companies for Millions Without Losing the Culture
- Newest Ways To Educate In Security
- AI Changing Security Awareness Training
- Exclusive Brett Johnson Interview.
- Human Story Behind Ransomware. Exclusive. Jon DiMaggio.
- Deidre Diamond, Founder of CyberSN, on Actually Breaking Into Security
- Quick Update. Coming Soon. Breaking Cyber Crime Stories We Need to Know.
- Undercover In a Cyber Crime Gang. Shocking LOCKBIT Reveal.
- Redemption. New Insight from the Cybercrime Godfather, Brett Johnson. PART 2 (of 2)
- Redemption. New Insight from the Cybercrime Godfather, Brett Johnson. PART 1 (1 of 2)
- Dawn Kristy on Building Operational Resilience Before You Need It
- Break in. Offensive Security. Hacker Phil Wylie.
- How AI will Effect Cyber Security. New insights from Cyber Security Think Tank.
- Security Jobs Industrial Control Systems. Dragos' Josh Fullmer
- TIKTOK Ban. Social Media National Security
- What We Can Learn From Linus Youtuber Hack
- What's New and Next. Join us LIVE and Upcoming Episodes.
- Newest Approaches In Security Careers. ESPORTS CTFs and New Career Fairs.
- Impact Of New Us Security Strategy on AI. Task Force Insight.
- How a Think Tank Benefits Cybersecurity. Invitation to Join a top Think Tank.
- Coming Next on our Cyber Crime Podcast. What to know.
- Phillip Wylie, Author of The Pentester Blueprint, on the Hacker Mind
- How to Build Security Culture Security
- How to Communicate Effectively Internally in Business
- What is a Cybersecurity Mindset. New Ways To Think About it.
- Business Benefits for Having Security Assessments Done
- Leveraging LinkedIn for Your Personal Brand (Series Pt. 2) Mike Miller/David Meece
- LEVERAGING LINKEDIN FOR YOUR PERSONAL BRAND PROMO
- Leveraging LinkedIn for Your Personal Brand (Series Pt. 1) TARA GOOCH
- Gary Ruddell, Former Military Intelligence, on Lessons From Inside Ransomware
- Breaking Down Top Cybersecurity News. Exclusive FBI Perspective.
- Latest Cyber Crime Stories. Top News & Insight.
- How To Spot Fraud in Business. Expert Galina Guidry.
- Best ways to protect business from cyber crime. What To Know.
- The Elizabeth Holmes Story, Told as a True Crime Case
- Expert Chris Romano on Security Education
- Legal liability for business owners for data breaches. Expert Matt Lee
- New Strategies for handling stress in the workplace. JAY ABBASI.
- Inside the Ukraine War. Cybersecurity Perspective
- Insider Threats with Top Global CISO Nick Ryan
- How To Stop Horror Stories for Elderly and Children Online.
- Inside The Mind of A Notorious Hacker. Meet Expert Chris Roberts. PART 1
- What its like to be a victim of cyber crime. True Story.
- Find an Exciting New Career. Women In Tech Perspective.
- Exclusive Update: Frightening Attack on Health System
- Dani Woolf on What Tech Buyers Actually Tell Her, Not Marketers
- The Biggest Breach In History. What You Need to Know.
- WE WORK. The Rise & Fall. A True Cyber Crime Story.
- What You Need to Know About The 4 Truths about Security with FBI Expert Scott Augenbaum
- How To Create Limitless Learning with Award Winning Inventor Mike Acerra
- What To Know About New Social Engineering & Career Guidance with Expert Ron Sharon
- Mike Miller on What Employers Actually Want From a Security Hire
- Security Tips we all want to know. John Young
- MySpace Was the Biggest Social Network Alive. Then It Wasn't
- The Pilot Episode: Why This Show Exists at All
- Blood Culture: The Science Fraud at the Center of Theranos
- Elizabeth Holmes Walked Back Into Court With Her Parents Again
Social Engineering
Phishing, pretexting, voice cloning, and the human manipulation tactics behind most breaches.
Gamers Are Hiring Swatting Services Now. This Is How That Works
July 18, 2026
The Tony Stark Address Hack: Mishaal Khan Fooling Credit Bureaus With OSINT
July 16, 2026
The Psychology Behind Why Smart People Still Click
July 08, 2026
He Hacked AT&T as a Kid. The FBI Wanted 500 Years
June 25, 2026
Shadow AI in Hospitals: The Compliance Time Bomb Nobody Reports
June 24, 2026
The Data Broker Playbook, and How to Erase Yourself From It
June 12, 2026