
Malicious Life
Malicious Life by Cybereason tells the unknown stories of the history of cybersecurity, with comments and reflections by real hackers, security experts, journalists, and politicians.
Latest episodes

Jan 24, 2019 • 46min
The Location Data Brokers – A CYBER Podcast Special
CYBER is a new podcast from Motherboard, a very well known and respected technology blog and online magazine.
The episode you’ll hear shortly is about the shady market of data aggregators and brokers who sell smartphone location data to bounty hunters, bail bondsmen, landlords, used car salesmen, and anyone who can afford it. We learn how bounty hunters go right up to the edge of what the law allows and use "neuro linguistic mind manipulation" to get people to give them information.
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Jan 22, 2019 • 50min
The Fall Of Mt. Gox – Part 1
In its prime, Mt. Gox was essentially the place where Bitcoin happened. But for two years, Mt. Gox was imploding from the inside - while soaring to unprecedented success on the outside.
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Jan 8, 2019 • 32min
Black Duck Eggs: Darknet Diaries
This week we're doing an episode swap with the excellent podcast Darknet Diaries. A former NSA agent who has gone off to be a security consultant, tells a story about an assignment that he'll never forget...
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Dec 25, 2018 • 38min
Dave Kennedy: The Psychological Principles of Social Engineering
Today on Malicious Life, tens of thousands of people get robbed. Then a community gets together to ask: should we take our money back, or let the hacker walk with it?
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Dec 13, 2018 • 40min
The Ethereum DAO Hack
Today on Malicious Life, tens of thousands of people get robbed. Then a community gets together to ask: should we take our money back, or let the hacker walk with it?
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Nov 26, 2018 • 28min
The Jerusalem Virus, Part 2
How did the Jerusalem virus trigger the birth of the entire Anti Virus industry in Israel? A high-stakes wager on Live TV, and more.
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Nov 15, 2018 • 24min
The Jerusalem Virus, Part 1
Although scary, the Jerusalem virus, discovered in Israel in 1987, was in fact a rather simple virus. How, then, did the virus trigger the birth of an entire national industry?
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Oct 31, 2018 • 56min
Gene Spafford on the Morris Worm & Cyber-security in the 1980’s
Eugene Spafford (aka Spaf), a professor of computer science at Purdue University, was the first researcher to publish a detailed analysis of the infamous Morris Worm. Gene talks to Ran about this incident, as well as how was security different in the 1980’s.
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Oct 16, 2018 • 41min
China Vs. Github
It’s a weapon that harnessed the strength of millions of computers at once: a cannon so powerful it could break through any wall, take down any website. It is “the Great Cannon”.
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Oct 4, 2018 • 33min
The Ashley Madison Hack, Part 2
On the second installment of our Ashely Madison hack retelling, we look at the fallout of one of the hack, and the people who’ve suffered from it.
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