Cyber Crime Junkies

Cyber Crime Junkies. Host David Mauro.
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Dec 20, 2025 • 34min

Ransomware Real Life Stories Effect On People. PART 1

Robert Cioffi, CEO of a leading NY MSP and discusses ransomware real life stories effect on people, ransomware shocking toll on people from a real life victim perspective, and the ransomware impact on real life small business. We discuss ransomware what it feels like to be a victim and the ransomware impact on real life individuals. A compelling emotional story of how his company was attacked by REVIL in the infamous KASEYA breach, his depicted of what it feels like to watch ransomware live. The Kaseya breach effected over 1500 businesses in the US. He shares an eyewitness account and tells the story of the emotional journey of trauma, triage, rebuilding and persistence through a remarkable recovery. THIS IS PART 1 of 2. Highlights: 💡ransomware real life stories effect on people 💡ransomware what being a victim feels like 💡ransomware impact on real life individuals 💡ransomware impact on real life small business 💡ransomware impact on small business 💡ransomware impact on small companies in real life 💡watch ransomware live 💡emotions when watching ransomware live 💡ransomware impact on individuals VIDEO Episode Link: PART 1👩‍💻 https://youtu.be/fYH1uzjvsuYVIDEO EP PART 2: https://youtu.be/2K95SlyRwUIThanks for watching! -David, Mark, Kylie and Team @CCJQuestion? Text our Studio direct.Growth without Interruption. Get peace of mind. Stay Competitive-Get NetGain. Contact NetGain today at 844-777-6278 or reach out online at www.NETGAINIT.com   Support the show🔥New Exclusive Offers for our Listeners! 🔥 1. Remove Your Data Online Today! Try OPTERY Risk Free. Sign up here https://get.optery.com/DMauro-CyberCrimeJunkies 2. Or Turn it over to the Pros at DELETE ME and get 20% Off! Remove your data with 24/7 data broker monitoring. 🔥Sign up here and Get 20% off DELETE ME 3. 🔥Experience The Best AI Translation, Audio Reader & Voice Cloning! Try Eleven Labs Today risk free: https://try.elevenlabs.io/gla58o32c6hq Dive Deeper: 🔗 Website: https://cybercrimejunkies.com 📰 Chaos Newsletter: https://open.substack.com/pub/chaosbrief ✅ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/daviddmauro/ 📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cybercrimejunkies/ ===========================================================
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Dec 17, 2025 • 33min

FBI Most Wanted. Ruja Ignatova. Story of OneCoin.

This is the True Cyber Crime Story of Ruja Ignatova A/K/A The Crypto Queen, on the FBI’s Top 10 MOST WANTED. She is wanted and remains at large. It's alleged to be the single largest Crypto currency Ponzi scheme in history. Three main players, Ruja Ignatova (The Crypto Queen), her brother Konstantin and Sebastian Greenwood (the public face of ONECOIN and ONELIFE) wreaked havoc on the world amassing over $4 Billion dollars for a crypto currency that never even existed.They sold out Wembly Stadium while fire shot to the sky and Alicia Keyes’ song “This girl is on fire” radiated into the balconies.Our mission is to keep you, your family and your organization's brand safe. Nothing technical or boring. Through humor and real-life stories we make sense of Cybersecurity.Question? Text our Studio direct.Growth without Interruption. Get peace of mind. Stay Competitive-Get NetGain. Contact NetGain today at 844-777-6278 or reach out online at www.NETGAINIT.com   Support the show🔥New Exclusive Offers for our Listeners! 🔥 1. Remove Your Data Online Today! Try OPTERY Risk Free. Sign up here https://get.optery.com/DMauro-CyberCrimeJunkies 2. Or Turn it over to the Pros at DELETE ME and get 20% Off! Remove your data with 24/7 data broker monitoring. 🔥Sign up here and Get 20% off DELETE ME 3. 🔥Experience The Best AI Translation, Audio Reader & Voice Cloning! Try Eleven Labs Today risk free: https://try.elevenlabs.io/gla58o32c6hq Dive Deeper: 🔗 Website: https://cybercrimejunkies.com 📰 Chaos Newsletter: https://open.substack.com/pub/chaosbrief ✅ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/daviddmauro/ 📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cybercrimejunkies/ ===========================================================
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Dec 12, 2025 • 15min

AI Hackers Are Now COMPLETELY UNSTOPPABLE

Today we’re talking about AI-powered cybercrime—a phrase that sounds like a marketing stunt but is, unfortunately, very real. Cybercriminals basically got a software update, and now they’re running their operations with more automation, more scale, and — let’s just say it — better customer service than half the vendors in your tech stack.Question? Text our Studio direct.Support the show🔥New Exclusive Offers for our Listeners! 🔥 1. Remove Your Data Online Today! Try OPTERY Risk Free. Sign up here https://get.optery.com/DMauro-CyberCrimeJunkies 2. Or Turn it over to the Pros at DELETE ME and get 20% Off! Remove your data with 24/7 data broker monitoring. 🔥Sign up here and Get 20% off DELETE ME 3. 🔥Experience The Best AI Translation, Audio Reader & Voice Cloning! Try Eleven Labs Today risk free: https://try.elevenlabs.io/gla58o32c6hq Dive Deeper: 🔗 Website: https://cybercrimejunkies.com 📰 Chaos Newsletter: https://open.substack.com/pub/chaosbrief ✅ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/daviddmauro/ 📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cybercrimejunkies/ ===========================================================
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Dec 10, 2025 • 42min

TV Wars and Espionage.

From Rupert Murdoch's global entertainment ambition to a dead hacker found hanging from a tree in a park in Germany, this true cyber crime story spans over a decade in the cut-throat Satellite TV wars, involving colorful characters, pirates, big business, technology advances and failures and those who entered the darker side to try and get what they wanted.This is the true cyber crime story of TV Wars and Espionage. Pirates, a Dead Hacker.  A Shocking Crime.Question? Text our Studio direct.Growth without Interruption. Get peace of mind. Stay Competitive-Get NetGain. Contact NetGain today at 844-777-6278 or reach out online at www.NETGAINIT.com   Support the show🔥New Exclusive Offers for our Listeners! 🔥 1. Remove Your Data Online Today! Try OPTERY Risk Free. Sign up here https://get.optery.com/DMauro-CyberCrimeJunkies 2. Or Turn it over to the Pros at DELETE ME and get 20% Off! Remove your data with 24/7 data broker monitoring. 🔥Sign up here and Get 20% off DELETE ME 3. 🔥Experience The Best AI Translation, Audio Reader & Voice Cloning! Try Eleven Labs Today risk free: https://try.elevenlabs.io/gla58o32c6hq Dive Deeper: 🔗 Website: https://cybercrimejunkies.com 📰 Chaos Newsletter: https://open.substack.com/pub/chaosbrief ✅ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/daviddmauro/ 📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cybercrimejunkies/ ===========================================================
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Dec 7, 2025 • 59min

Safeguarding Your Privacy: How to Delete Your Data

David Mauro interviews Merry Marwig, a data privacy advocate, and Jeff Jockisch, founder of Obscure IQ, about how data brokers work and how to delete your data by discussing the intersection of privacy and personal data. They discuss the role of data brokers, the lack of transparency in data collection, and the potential risks of AI and deepfake technology. Question? Text our Studio direct.Growth without Interruption. Get peace of mind. Stay Competitive-Get NetGain. Contact NetGain today at 844-777-6278 or reach out online at www.NETGAINIT.com   Support the show🔥New Exclusive Offers for our Listeners! 🔥 1. Remove Your Data Online Today! Try OPTERY Risk Free. Sign up here https://get.optery.com/DMauro-CyberCrimeJunkies 2. Or Turn it over to the Pros at DELETE ME and get 20% Off! Remove your data with 24/7 data broker monitoring. 🔥Sign up here and Get 20% off DELETE ME 3. 🔥Experience The Best AI Translation, Audio Reader & Voice Cloning! Try Eleven Labs Today risk free: https://try.elevenlabs.io/gla58o32c6hq Dive Deeper: 🔗 Website: https://cybercrimejunkies.com 📰 Chaos Newsletter: https://open.substack.com/pub/chaosbrief ✅ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/daviddmauro/ 📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cybercrimejunkies/ ===========================================================
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Dec 4, 2025 • 30min

The Undetected. Espionage and Spies.(Part 2)

Inside Espionage What Every American Should Know. Inside Truth Behind Data Breaches. There is a bigger story behind some breaches:1.   the Anthem Breach, 2.   The Equifax breach, 3.   the breach of the OPM (Office of Personnel Management) for the US govt, and 4.   Marriott International. The Impact of Chinese Espionage on US Businesses and Innovation Inside Espionage: What Every American Should Know Question? Text our Studio direct.Growth without Interruption. Get peace of mind. Stay Competitive-Get NetGain. Contact NetGain today at 844-777-6278 or reach out online at www.NETGAINIT.com   Support the show🔥New Exclusive Offers for our Listeners! 🔥 1. Remove Your Data Online Today! Try OPTERY Risk Free. Sign up here https://get.optery.com/DMauro-CyberCrimeJunkies 2. Or Turn it over to the Pros at DELETE ME and get 20% Off! Remove your data with 24/7 data broker monitoring. 🔥Sign up here and Get 20% off DELETE ME 3. 🔥Experience The Best AI Translation, Audio Reader & Voice Cloning! Try Eleven Labs Today risk free: https://try.elevenlabs.io/gla58o32c6hq Dive Deeper: 🔗 Website: https://cybercrimejunkies.com 📰 Chaos Newsletter: https://open.substack.com/pub/chaosbrief ✅ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/daviddmauro/ 📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cybercrimejunkies/ ===========================================================
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Dec 3, 2025 • 31min

The Undetected. Espionage and Spies.(Part 1)

There is a bigger story behind some breaches:1.   the Anthem Breach, 2.   The Equifax breach, 3.   the breach of the OPM (Office of Personnel Management) for the US govt, and 4.   Marriott International. The Threat of Chinese Espionage to American National Security Inside Espionage: What Every American Should Know Question? Text our Studio direct.Growth without Interruption. Get peace of mind. Stay Competitive-Get NetGain. Contact NetGain today at 844-777-6278 or reach out online at www.NETGAINIT.com   Support the show🔥New Exclusive Offers for our Listeners! 🔥 1. Remove Your Data Online Today! Try OPTERY Risk Free. Sign up here https://get.optery.com/DMauro-CyberCrimeJunkies 2. Or Turn it over to the Pros at DELETE ME and get 20% Off! Remove your data with 24/7 data broker monitoring. 🔥Sign up here and Get 20% off DELETE ME 3. 🔥Experience The Best AI Translation, Audio Reader & Voice Cloning! Try Eleven Labs Today risk free: https://try.elevenlabs.io/gla58o32c6hq Dive Deeper: 🔗 Website: https://cybercrimejunkies.com 📰 Chaos Newsletter: https://open.substack.com/pub/chaosbrief ✅ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/daviddmauro/ 📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cybercrimejunkies/ ===========================================================
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Dec 2, 2025 • 2min

This Supreme Court Case Could Kill Your Internet

The Supreme Court is hearing a billion-dollar piracy case that could literally change how the entire internet works. Sony says Cox Communications should be liable for customers illegally downloading music — including 10,017 songs in dispute.Cox argues: “We didn’t do it.” Leaked email: “F the DMCA!!!” Yeah… this case is pure chaos.Question? Text our Studio direct.Support the show🔥New Exclusive Offers for our Listeners! 🔥 1. Remove Your Data Online Today! Try OPTERY Risk Free. Sign up here https://get.optery.com/DMauro-CyberCrimeJunkies 2. Or Turn it over to the Pros at DELETE ME and get 20% Off! Remove your data with 24/7 data broker monitoring. 🔥Sign up here and Get 20% off DELETE ME 3. 🔥Experience The Best AI Translation, Audio Reader & Voice Cloning! Try Eleven Labs Today risk free: https://try.elevenlabs.io/gla58o32c6hq Dive Deeper: 🔗 Website: https://cybercrimejunkies.com 📰 Chaos Newsletter: https://open.substack.com/pub/chaosbrief ✅ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/daviddmauro/ 📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cybercrimejunkies/ ===========================================================
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Dec 1, 2025 • 1h 9min

AI Exposed. Latest Social Engineering Business Cyber Risk.

Experts Nick Mullen and Nick Oles discuss artificial intelligence and the impact of ai on business cyber risk. They share their personal stories of how they got into the field and highlight the importance of understanding the analogies between physical and cybersecurity controls. Nick Oles is author of How to Catch a Phish  nick@thenetdefender.com  https://thenetdefender.com/ Nick Mullen is a CISSP, CCSP, PMP and Principal, at Sanguine Security Solutions. Chapters 2:20 The Evolution of Deepfake Technology10:03 Breaking into Cyber for other fields. Origin Stories.33:16 Training Employees to Recognize and Respond to Deepfake Attacks42:11 Preventing Cyber Attacks: Key Practices46:45 Training Employees to Detect Phishing Emails53:24 Understanding the Human Attack Surface  Key Topics: impact of ai on business cyber risk, how ai powered social engineering affects you, social impact of artificial intelligence, social engineering risks from new ai, how ai is changing cyber crime tactics, how ai is changing phishing tactics, how to measure new ai cyber risk, how ai increases cyber risk, how to measure new ai increased cyber risk, risks from ai deep fake explained, ai deep fake risks explained, dangers of synthetic media, Artificial Intelligence And Risk In Cyber Security,Question? Text our Studio direct.Growth without Interruption. Get peace of mind. Stay Competitive-Get NetGain. Contact NetGain today at 844-777-6278 or reach out online at www.NETGAINIT.com   Support the show🔥New Exclusive Offers for our Listeners! 🔥 1. Remove Your Data Online Today! Try OPTERY Risk Free. Sign up here https://get.optery.com/DMauro-CyberCrimeJunkies 2. Or Turn it over to the Pros at DELETE ME and get 20% Off! Remove your data with 24/7 data broker monitoring. 🔥Sign up here and Get 20% off DELETE ME 3. 🔥Experience The Best AI Translation, Audio Reader & Voice Cloning! Try Eleven Labs Today risk free: https://try.elevenlabs.io/gla58o32c6hq Dive Deeper: 🔗 Website: https://cybercrimejunkies.com 📰 Chaos Newsletter: https://open.substack.com/pub/chaosbrief ✅ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/daviddmauro/ 📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cybercrimejunkies/ ===========================================================
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Nov 29, 2025 • 47min

CHAOS: AI Jailbreaks, Cloud Meltdowns & The Fish-Tank Casino Hack That Shocked the World

In this shocking monthly cyber update, the Cyber Crime Junkies (David, Dr. Sergio E. Sanchez, and Zack Moscow) expose the craziest, must-know stories in tech and security.What's Inside This Episode:The AI Threat is Real: Dr. Sergio reveals how Chinese threat actors manipulated Anthropic's Claude AI system to stage cyber attacks against nearly 30 companies globally. Learn how powerful Large Language Models (LLMs) are leveling the field for malicious coders.The Casino Fish Tank Hack (True Story!): David tells the unbelievable story of how hackers breached a casino's main network by exploiting a smart thermostat inside an exotic fish tank, accessing high-roller financials. This proves critical network segmentation is non-negotiable.The New Scam: ClickFix: David breaks down the terrifying new ClickFix attack, where hackers trick you into literally copying and pasting malicious code into your own computer. Learn the golden rule to protect yourself from this massive, 500% spike in attacks.The Cloudflare Outage: Zack discusses the massive Cloudflare outage that took down major services like ChatGPT, revealing how a seemingly minor configuration error caused massive ripple effects across the entire internet.The iPhone Scam Laundry: Dr. Sergio shares a wild anecdote from his time at Apple about a global scammer laundering stolen or damaged iPhones for new ones, using a loophole caused by a business decision.🚨 Participate & Vote! Help us name this segment! Vote for your favorite name or submit your own idea by texting the code 201-4652 to 904-867-4466.Host's Favorite: Hackers Gone Wild Monthly Edition Other Options: What the What?, True Cyber Stories, Breaches Hacks and WTF Moments, Zero Day Stories, The Dark Net Download.👍 Don't forget to like and subscribe! Help us get monetized and start engaging with us Question? Text our Studio direct.Growth without Interruption. Get peace of mind. Stay Competitive-Get NetGain. Contact NetGain today at 844-777-6278 or reach out online at www.NETGAINIT.com   Support the show🔥New Exclusive Offers for our Listeners! 🔥 1. Remove Your Data Online Today! Try OPTERY Risk Free. Sign up here https://get.optery.com/DMauro-CyberCrimeJunkies 2. Or Turn it over to the Pros at DELETE ME and get 20% Off! Remove your data with 24/7 data broker monitoring. 🔥Sign up here and Get 20% off DELETE ME 3. 🔥Experience The Best AI Translation, Audio Reader & Voice Cloning! Try Eleven Labs Today risk free: https://try.elevenlabs.io/gla58o32c6hq Dive Deeper: 🔗 Website: https://cybercrimejunkies.com 📰 Chaos Newsletter: https://open.substack.com/pub/chaosbrief ✅ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/daviddmauro/ 📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cybercrimejunkies/ ===========================================================

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