244 episodes

Tales of cybersecurity. The wildest hacks you can ever imagine, told by people who were actually there. Hosted by cybersecurity expert and book author, Ran Levi, this is not your average talk-show. These are fascinating, unknown tales, slowly unraveled, deeply researched. Think Hardcore History meets Hackable- and come dig into a history you never knew existed.

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Tales of cybersecurity. The wildest hacks you can ever imagine, told by people who were actually there. Hosted by cybersecurity expert and book author, Ran Levi, this is not your average talk-show. These are fascinating, unknown tales, slowly unraveled, deeply researched. Think Hardcore History meets Hackable- and come dig into a history you never knew existed.

    Can You Bomb a Hacker?

    Can You Bomb a Hacker?

    The 2008 Russo-Georgian War marked a turning point: the first time cyberattacks were used alongside traditional warfare. But what happens when the attackers aren't soldiers, but ordinary citizens? This episode delves into the ethical and legal implications of civilian participation in cyberwarfare, examining real-world examples from Ukraine and beyond.


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    • 30 min
    Kevin Mitnick, Part 2

    Kevin Mitnick, Part 2

    In 1991, Kevin Mitnick was bouncing back from what was probably the lowest point of his life. He began to rebuild his life: he started working out and lost a hundred pounds, and most importantly - he was finally on the path towards ditching his self-destructive obsession of hacking. 
    But just as he was in the process of turning his life around, his brother introduced him to a hacker named Eric Heinz, who told him about a mysterious piece of equipment he came across while breaking into Pacific Bell: SAS, a testing system that allowed its user to listen in on all the calls going through the telephone network. SAS proved to be too great of a temptation for Mitnick, who desperately wanted to wield the power that the testing system could afford him.


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    • 49 min
    Kevin Mitnick, Part 1

    Kevin Mitnick, Part 1

    For Kevin Mitnick - perhaps the greatest social engineer who ever lived - hacking was an obsession: even though it ruined his marriage, landed him in scary correction facilities and almost cost him his sanity in solitary confinement, Mitnick wasn't able to shake the disease that compelled him to keep breaking into more and more communication systems. 


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    • 37 min
    SIM Registration: Security, or Surveillance?

    SIM Registration: Security, or Surveillance?

    Right now, hundreds of thousands of people in the southern African country of Namibia are faced with a choice. At the end of next month, their phone service is going to be shut off permanently: to prevent that from happening, they’ll have to give up their data privacy. As a result, nearly two million Namibian citizens are facing a data privacy problem which may haunt them for years to come - and hundreds of thousands more are set to join them, or else they’ll lose their phone service for good. All of which raises the question: was making everybody register their SIM cards a good idea in the first place?


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    • 31 min
    The Mariposa Botnet

    The Mariposa Botnet

    In 2008, The 12 million PCs strong Mariposa Botnet infected almost half of Furture 100 companey - but the three men who ran it were basiclly script kiddies who didn't even knew how to code.


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    • 44 min
    The Real Story of Citibank’s $10M Hack

    The Real Story of Citibank’s $10M Hack

    Valdimir Levin is often presented as "the first online bank robber," and appeares on many lists of the "Top 10 Greatest Hackers." But a few veteran Russian hackers cliam that Levin's infamous hack had been mangled by the journlists who wrote about it. What's the truth behind the 1994 $10.7 million Citibank hack?...


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    • 32 min

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The narrative history of IT security

As I’m spending lots of time commuting cross Europe, I spend quite some time in my car. To make this travel somewhat productive, I’m subscribed to lots of tech podcasts oriented around web technologies, cloud, testing and security. It was while listening to Paul’s Security Weekly podcast that Malicious Life was introduced as the podcast that covers the history of IT security. Intrigued by this promotion I listened to the first podcast, and the second, and finally subscribed to it on iTunes.

I experience Malicious Life as a series of episodes that you’ll find on Discovery Channel. The subject of each episode is carefully framed and explained so even people with no technical background will be able to follow along. And while being on the road, the podcast has no unexpected sound effects or loud screams so it’s safe to listen to operating a vehicle.

I’m happy to have discovered Malicious Life podcast and I’m grateful it was mentioned at another podcast I already subscribed to.

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