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The Tony Stark Address Hack: Mishaal Khan Fooling Credit Bureaus With OSINT
Cyber Crime JunkiesJuly 17, 202600:56:21

The Tony Stark Address Hack: Mishaal Khan Fooling Credit Bureaus With OSINT

A hacker stayed anonymous for years. Mishaal Khan, author of Phantom CISO and creator of Operation Privacy, found him in about an hour using OSINT, open source intelligence, meaning information that's already public and free to find. The case grew into a Department of Justice investigation and a documentar...

70% of Ransomware Attacks Target Your Business | Here's Why
Cyber Crime JunkiesJuly 10, 202600:44:32

70% of Ransomware Attacks Target Your Business | Here's Why

Learn why Cyber criminals hate Huntress, why we use them daily and why they help stop cyber crime in the SMB space. What if the people protecting small businesses had no idea they were already inside? Jeremy Young was employee #19 at Huntress Security. He watched MSPs go from ignoring cybersecurity to bein...

Why Your Employees Are Your Biggest Cybersecurity Risk Right Now
Cyber Crime JunkiesJuly 05, 202600:38:07

Why Your Employees Are Your Biggest Cybersecurity Risk Right Now

My guest today, John Just, Global Educator with Know Be 4, has trained millions of learners across seventy thousand organizations worldwide. Real cybercrime stories. AI threats. Ransomware attacks. Social engineering tactics that are working against you right now. CHAPTERS 00:00 Know Before Platform Overvi...

Your Company is Next: How They're Exploiting AI Right Now
Cyber Crime JunkiesJuly 02, 202600:53:20

Your Company is Next: How They're Exploiting AI Right Now

Real cybercrime stories. AI threats. Ransomware attacks. Social engineering tactics that are working against you right now. Chapters 00:00 Welcome to Cyber Crime Junkies: Meet CEO Mike Acerra and Dr. Sergio Sanchez 02:30 LuxBlocks and Structural Thinking: Why Kids Are the Best Technology 05:00 Wisdom vs In...

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OSINT Unmasked: The Ethical Hacker Who Traced an Anonymous Cybercriminal in One Hour

OSINT Unmasked: The Ethical Hacker Who Traced an Anonymous Cybercriminal in One Hour

An ethical hacker uses open-source intelligence to uncover a years-long anonymous cybercriminal in about an hour—without malware or the dark...

EY Data Breach 2026: What the Filings Confirm, What They Hide, and What To Do Next

EY Data Breach 2026: What the Filings Confirm, What They Hide, and What To Do Next

EY’s 2026 data breach was disclosed through state attorney general filings, revealing unauthorized access to a third-party IT service platfo...

CMMC Just Hit Pause. Your Primes Didn’t Get the Memo.

CMMC Just Hit Pause. Your Primes Didn’t Get the Memo.

The July 13 pause suspends the third-party certification phase and shifts the timeline, but it does not cancel the underlying requirements: ...

The Data Breach Always Ends the Same Way. Until It Doesn't.

The Data Breach Always Ends the Same Way. Until It Doesn't.

This post reframes the typical data breach narrative by following an ordinary employee, Stevie Parker, whose life and career are upended by ...

How One Phone Call Stopped a Million-Dollar Heist

How One Phone Call Stopped a Million-Dollar Heist

A law firm was inches away from losing a million dollars to a patient business email compromise attack until a trained attorney paused to ma...

How to Use Personal AI at Work (And Not Get FIRED)

How to Use Personal AI at Work (And Not Get FIRED)

This post warns that personal AI use at work is fraught with governance risks, illustrated by real cases where deleted chats or ungoverned t...

Inside a $15 Billion Cybercrime Empire

Inside a $15 Billion Cybercrime Empire

A retired FBI cybercrime supervisor goes inside Cambodia’s glamorous-looking scam factories to reveal a $12.5–$75 billion annual empire that...

AI Security | You Approved the AI Tool. Nobody Asked The Right Question.

AI Security | You Approved the AI Tool. Nobody Asked The Right Question.

Anthropic’s Zero Trust for AI Agents highlights how uncontrolled AI usage—Shadow AI—can bypass all controls, data policies, and monitoring i...

True Crime: IT Husband Caught for Death of Wife | Learns Internet is Not Invisible

True Crime: IT Husband Caught for Death of Wife | Learns Internet is Not Invisible

Ever Notice How Some People Will Do Literally Anything to Avoid an Uncomfortable Conversation? They’ll lie. They’ll cheat. They’ll create bu...