

Cyber Crime Junkies
Cyber Crime Junkies. Host David Mauro.
Entertaining & Sarcastic Podcast about dramatic stories on cyber and AI, which actually help people and organizations protect themselves online and stop cybercrime.Find all content at www.CyberCrimeJunkies.com and videos on YouTube & Rumble @CyberCrimeJunkiesPodcastDive deeper with our newsletter on LinkedIn and Substack. THE CHAOS BRIEF.
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Nov 7, 2025 • 37min
What Are The BIGGEST Cyber Security Risks In SaaS Platforms?
What Are The BIGGEST Cyber Security Risks In SaaS Platforms? How safe are software-as-a-service platforms? Yasir Ali is the Founder and CEO of Polymer, explores hidden cyber security risks in software as a service platforms and innovative ways to reduce risks in software messaging apps. Polymer is a data loss prevention platform for Software-as-a-service platforms. It leverages AI which automates the protection of sensitive information across SaaS apps like, Salesforce, Google Drive, Slack, Microsoft Teams, and Zoom. We all use these platforms. Did you know there are little known dangers of software as a service platforms?There are many risks. Some intentional and some created. We explore them today. This is the Story of Start-up CEO and founder Yasir Ali and how he is debunking common cyber security myths about software. TOPICS: hidden cyber security risks in software as a service platforms, innovative ways to reduce risks in software messaging apps, how safe are software as a service platforms, little known dangers of software as a service platforms,new ways to reduce risks in software as a service platforms,TakeawaysAI adoption in SaaS platforms is increasing, and there is a need for AI governance and regulations to address data security concerns.Deepfake technology poses risks to organizations, and Polymer is exploring ways to mitigate these risks.Zero trust architecture and data protection measures are crucial for ensuring the security of sensitive information in SaaS platforms.Chapters01:12 Genesis of Polymer04:11 Data Protection and Control05:37 Risks of Oversharing in SaaS Platforms07:07 Functionality of Polymer08:05 Real-Time RedactionQuestion? 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/ ===========================================================

Nov 6, 2025 • 46min
Digital Dependence EXPOSED--A Billion Dollar MELTDOWN & AI SECRETS
When Amazon AWS and Microsoft Azure crashed, half a billion dollars vanished overnight. In this episode, David Mauro, Dr. Sergio Sanchez, and Zack Moscow uncover the ethics surrounding AI and the need for tech awareness, highlighting the importance of digital detox in maintaining a healthy balance.We break down: 💥 The $550M AWS outage & how it spread chaos 🧩 Why our phones prove digital dependence is real 🤖 Amazon’s leaked plan to cut 600,000 jobs via automation ⚔️ How AI could redefine modern warfare & national security👉 Subscribe to Cyber Crime Junkies for real stories at the intersection of technology, cybercrime, and survival.Chapters00:00 – Intro: When the Cloud Crashed 02:00 – AWS & Azure Outages Explained05:00-The Impact of Major Service Outages 08:22 – Home vs Work: The Blurred Cyber Lines 14:48 – Automation and the Future of Jobs 18:00 – Amazon’s 600,000 Job Cuts Leak 22:37 – Rise of Artificial Super-Intelligence (ASI) 25:56 – AI as the Next Global Arms Race 28:01 – Cyber Warfare & National Security Risks 31:00 – The Stuxnet Lesson: Cyber Weapons Are Real 34:23 – TikTok, Data Privacy, and Digital Espionage 37:56 – Final Thoughts: The Human Firewall#CyberSecurity #AI #CyberCrimeJunkies #CloudOutage #Automation #DigitalDependence #NationalSecurity #CyberAwareness #AIArmsRaceQuestion? 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/ ===========================================================

Nov 4, 2025 • 45min
Understanding Ransomware Gangs: Key Information
David Mauro interviews Jon DiMaggio, a well-respected cybercrime investigator, delving into Understanding Ransomware Gangs: Key Information. Including the operations of LockBit, once the Top ransomware gang and now a Cyber Crime Gang Exposed. We discuss the Ransomware Take Down of #Lockbit, and how Jon’s research led to cyber criminals exposed on #cybercrimejunkies.#lockbit #ransomware #cybercrimeQuestion? 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/ ===========================================================

Nov 2, 2025 • 27min
CYBERCRIME: How Will You FIGHT BACK?
New Episode🔥This one explores why news outlets focus on the aftermath of a data breach but rarely on the lives impacted. We discuss cybersecurity in the age of AI dangers and its impact on individuals. It's time we address what is cybercrime, the resulting cyber threats, and data protection including identity theft. Download your Take-Home Resources of Best Practices (No cost) here: https://offers.netgainit.com/psi-resources KEY TAKE AWAYS🎯Data breaches have a profound emotional and financial impact on individuals. 🎯Cybercrime is now a major global economy, surpassing even the drug trade. 🎯Small and mid-sized businesses are more frequently targeted than larger corporations. 🎯Cybersecurity is not just a workplace issue; it affects our personal lives too. 🎯Freezing credit is a simple yet effective way to protect against identity theft. 🎯Awareness and proactive measures can significantly reduce the risk of cybercrime. 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/ ===========================================================

Nov 1, 2025 • 60min
What Powers a Leader LIKE Crowdstrike CTO to Climb to the TOP?
What Powers a Leader LIKE Crowdstrike CTO to Climb to the TOP?At 17, he left his Caribbean home and came to the US. After initial struggles she landed a job and after inserting his way into a tech issue, the trajectory of his career changed and he now sits as the Chief Field CTO for the Americas at Crowdstrike. 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/ ===========================================================

Oct 30, 2025 • 59min
Parenting Today with Social Media
Titania Jordan, best-selling author and TV personality (Today Show, GMA etc) and CMO of Bark, joins us to discuss Parenting Today With Social Media. Key Topics: parenting today with social media, social media companies and parenting today, parenting today with tech addiction, holding social media companies accountable today, how social media harms tech addiction, how social media companies effect parenting, parenting today with tech addiction and social media, parenting today with tech addiction, how social media companies harm parenting, the role and responsibilities social media companies have, what responsibilities social media companies have, what responsibilities should social media companies have.Video Episode: Don't Miss the Video! https://youtu.be/8x2kBUFt2GAAudio Podcast (available everywhere): https://cybercrimejunkies.buzzsprout.comWant more true cyber crime? More interviews with global leaders? Unique insight into emerging trends, news, and other shocking stories? Check out Https://cybercrimejunkies.com Please consider subscribing to our YouTube Channel for ALL Video episodes. It's FREE. It helps us help others. Our YouTube Channel @Cybercrimejunkiespodcast https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNrU8kX3b4M8ZiQ-GW7Z1yg 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/ ===========================================================

Oct 29, 2025 • 34min
Is Ransomware Dead? What Cyber Criminals Are Saying.
Is Ransomware Dead? Jon DiMaggio, Author of The Art of Cyber Warfare and Chief Security Researcher at Analyst 1, joins us, in this second of a two-part discussion. Here we discuss: how cyber crime is shifting gears exclusive look inside their shocking new tacticsinsight from the mouths of top cyber crime gang leaders. We bring you Inside the Corporate-Style Operations of Cyber Criminals.· Don't miss the Video episodes!· Our YouTube Channel @Cybercrimejunkiespodcast· Contact us direct! Find the Podcast, extra content, extras and more at https://cybercrimejunkies.com.· Don't Miss VIGILANCE. The Newsletter. Translating cyber into understandable business language. 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/ ===========================================================

Oct 27, 2025 • 1h 38min
Cybersecurity Secrets Schools Never Teach
New Episode🔥We explore the often overlooked connection between a significant data breach and mental health, focusing on the resulting anxiety and cyber security concerns. We discuss how data security impacts identity theft and the rising rates of cyber attack. It's time we address the emotional fallout from these incidents.Learn Cybersecurity Secrets Schools Never Teach. See how to unleash the best cybersecurity strategy to defeat hackers now and protect your digital fortress from cyber threats. Chapters00:00 Introduction to Cybercrime Awareness02:18 The Personal Impact of Data Breaches04:54 The Evolution of Cybercrime07:49 Digital Transformation and Vulnerabilities10:34 The Role of Personal Lives in Cybersecurity13:31 Understanding the Cybercrime Ecosystem16:14 Protecting Yourself from Cyber Threats18:46 The Importance of Freezing Credit21:28 The Reality of Phishing and Social Engineering24:34 The Rise of Deepfakes and AI in Cybercrime27:01 Best Practices for Cybersecurity29:31 Conclusion and Final Thoughts33:40 The Future of Cybercrime: Trends and Predictions 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/ ===========================================================

Oct 26, 2025 • 27min
Undercover Investigation. Top Cyber Crime Ransomware Gang EXPOSED. LOCKBIT
A story like a crime thriller--all true. Legendary Security Researcher and Author, Jon DiMaggio, of Analyst1, joins us to discuss his undercover investigation and exposure of the inner working of one of the top cyber crime gangs on the planet: LOCKBIT. Jon DiMaggio’s latest blockbuster report Ransomware Diaries VOL 3: https://analyst1.com/ransomware-diaries-volume-3-lockbits-secrets/. 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/ ===========================================================

Oct 24, 2025 • 49min
US Secret Service in Action. Exclusive.
Paul Eckloff was a US Secret Service Agent for 23 years. 14 of which were spent protecting the US Presidents. Before that? Paul was a High School Teacher. Today? Paul is one of the top cybersecurity, privacy and data experts in the world and a leader with Lexis/Nexis Risk Solutions. 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/ ===========================================================


