Best Brute Force Podcasts (2024)

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brute-force attack (noun) [Word Notes] 6:32

2h ago6:32

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Enjoy this special encore episode. A cryptographic hack that relies on guessing all possible letter combinations of a targeted password until the correct codeword is discovered.By N2K Networks

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brute-force attack (noun) 6:32

2h ago6:32

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Enjoy this special encore episode. A cryptographic hack that relies on guessing all possible letter combinations of a targeted password until the correct codeword is discovered. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy N2K Networks

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How scammers weave deception into everyday life. 47:02

39m ago47:02

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Maria Varmazis host of the N2K daily space show, T-Minus, joins Dave and Joe to share her story on how AI-generated scams have infiltrated the world of crochet and other crafts, selling fake patterns that often result in impossible or frustrating projects. Dave's story is on the rise of "digital arrest" scams in India, where criminals posing as law…

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decryption (noun) [Word Notes] 7:28

8d ago7:28

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Enjoy this special encore of Word Notes. A process of converting encrypted data into something that a human or computer can understand.By N2K Networks

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decryption (noun) 7:28

2h ago7:28

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Enjoy this special encore of Word Notes. A process of converting encrypted data into something that a human or computer can understand. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy N2K Networks

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Navigating dark waters and deceptive currents. 40:36

9d ago40:36

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Maria Varmazis host of the N2K daily space show, T-Minus, joins Dave and Joe to share her story from listener Chloe, who shared a post she found on a social media platformed called "Bluesky," where a company is asking for photos and videos of your children to help AI smarter. Our hosts share some listener follow up on how a scammer impersonated a g…

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denial-of-service attack (noun) [Word Notes] 6:37

14d ago6:37

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Enjoy this encore episode: A cyber attack designed to impair or eliminate access to online services or data.By N2K Networks

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denial-of-service attack (noun) 6:37

9d ago6:37

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Enjoy this encore episode: A cyber attack designed to impair or eliminate access to online services or data. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy N2K Networks

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Phishing for votes. 32:11

17d ago32:11

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Maria Varmazis host of the N2K daily space show, T-Minus, joins Dave to share her story on how recent research by security firm Veriti reveals a phishing campaign targeting Trump’s 2024 supporters, soliciting cryptocurrency donations through fake WinRed-branded domains, with limited transactions and some activity traced to China. Dave and Maria sha…

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AI: The new partner in cybercrime? [OMITB] 38:50

22d ago38:50

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Welcome in! You’ve entered, Only Malware in the Building. Join us each month to sip tea and solve mysteries about today’s most interesting threats. Your host is Selena Larson, Proofpoint intelligence analyst and host of their podcast DISCARDED. Inspired by the residents of a building in New York’s exclusive upper west side, Selena is joined by N2K …

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cold boot attack (noun) [Word Notes] 6:59

22d ago6:59

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Please enjoy this special encore episode of Word Notes. A type of side channel attack in which an attacker with physical access to a computer performs a memory dump of a computer’s Random Access Memory or RAM during the reboot process in order to steal sensitive data.By N2K Networks

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cold boot attack (noun) 6:59

7d ago6:59

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Please enjoy this special encore episode of Word Notes. A type of side channel attack in which an attacker with physical access to a computer performs a memory dump of a computer’s Random Access Memory or RAM during the reboot process in order to steal sensitive data. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…

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This is 300! 47:48

27d ago47:48

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This week we celebrate 300 episodes! Maria Varmazis host of the N2K daily space show, T-Minus, joins Dave and Joe and shares a PSA on the CrowdStrike outage. Her story focuses on the Olympics, as this was the first week the Olympics started, and she shares about a recent fraud campaign that is targeting iPhone users in India, posing as India Post t…

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Encore: cloud computing (noun) [Word Notes] 6:16

23d ago6:16

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On-demand pay-as-you-go Internet delivered compute, storage, infrastructure, and security services that are partially managed by the cloud provider and partially managed by the customer.By N2K Networks

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Encore: cloud computing (noun) 6:16

14d ago6:16

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On-demand pay-as-you-go Internet delivered compute, storage, infrastructure, and security services that are partially managed by the cloud provider and partially managed by the customer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy N2K Networks

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Healthcare hassles and hefty heists. 49:21

19d ago49:21

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This week, Maria Varmazis host of the N2K daily space show, T-Minus, joins Dave and Joe, as they celebrate Maria joining the Hacking Humans podcast every week! Maria's story is from a listener this week who writes in with a story on an IT company that is a third party for a healthcare company, and the dangers that can come from that. Dave and Joe s…

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Encore: APT (noun) [Word Notes] 6:52

1M ago6:52

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An acronym for Advanced Persistent Threat to describe hacker groups or campaigns normally, but not always, associated with nation state cyber espionage and continuous low-level cyber conflict operations.By N2K Networks

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Encore: APT (noun) 6:52

1M ago6:52

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An acronym for Advanced Persistent Threat to describe hacker groups or campaigns normally, but not always, associated with nation state cyber espionage and continuous low-level cyber conflict operations. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy N2K Networks

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Welcome to a new age in digital deception. 37:37

1M ago37:37

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This week, Maria Varmazis host of the N2K daily space show, T-Minus, joins Dave and Joe, as they celebrate Maria joining the Hacking Humans podcast every week! Maria's story is on supplement scams, as there has been a significant surge in health-related supplement scams on social media platforms, utilizing advanced technologies like AI-generated im…

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Encore: backdoor (noun) [Word Notes] 5:54

1M ago5:54

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An undocumented or publicly unknown method to access a computer system undetected or to break a cypher used to encode messages.By N2K Networks

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Encore: backdoor (noun) 5:54

1M ago5:54

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An undocumented or publicly unknown method to access a computer system undetected or to break a cypher used to encode messages. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy N2K Networks

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The costly consequences of communication scams. 31:06

2M ago31:06

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This week Dave shares a story on Business email compromise (BEC) scams, and how they are a major threat, costing $26 billion annually. The story shares how it's crucial for employees to verify suspicious emails through a secondary channel and for companies to foster transparent communication to mitigate such risks. Joe shares two stories with us th…

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Encore: watering hole attack (noun) [Word Notes] 5:30

2M ago5:30

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From the intrusion kill chain model, a technique where the hacker compromises sites commonly visited by members of a targeted community in order to deliver a malicious payload to the intended victim.By N2K Networks

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Encore: watering hole attack (noun) 5:30

2M ago5:30

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From the intrusion kill chain model, a technique where the hacker compromises sites commonly visited by members of a targeted community in order to deliver a malicious payload to the intended victim. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy N2K Networks

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Encore: AI versus AI. 54:28

2M ago54:28

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Blair Cohen from AuthenticID joins Dave to discuss how generative AI and authentication go hand in hand. Joe and Dave share some follow up from listener Robert who discusses an ad for a device that uses ChatGPT to record phone calls on your device. Dave helps his dad out with his computer and shares the tale. Dave also shares a story this week on t…

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Operation Endgame: The ultimate troll patrol. [Only Malware in the Building] 28:34

2M ago28:34

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Welcome in! You’ve entered, Only Malware in the Building. Join us each month to sip tea and solve mysteries about today’s most interesting threats. Your host is Selena Larson, Proofpoint intelligence analyst and host of their podcast DISCARDED. Inspired by the residents of a building in New York’s exclusive upper west side, Selena is joined by N2K …

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Encore: network telescope (noun) [Word Notes] 5:18

2M ago5:18

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Network observation systems designed to monitor globally unreachable but unused Internet address space or the Deep Web in order to study a wide range of interesting Internet phenomena.By N2K Networks

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Encore: network telescope (noun) 5:18

2M ago5:18

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Network observation systems designed to monitor globally unreachable but unused Internet address space or the Deep Web in order to study a wide range of interesting Internet phenomena. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy N2K Networks

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Public pianos and private scams. 39:09

2M ago39:09

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This week Joe and Dave share some interesting follow up from a few episodes ago where Dave shared his love for baby grand pianos and how scammers we're using that to lure people into traps. Listener George wrote in to share about a show on UK Channel 4, called "The Piano," it's a music competition where visitors play a public piano in a train stati…

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Encore: SOC Triad (noun) [Word Notes] 5:21

2M ago5:21

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A best practice for framing cyber intelligence critical information requirements that recommends collecting and consolidating data from three specific sources: endpoint, network and log.By N2K Networks

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Encore: SOC Triad (noun) 5:21

2M ago5:21

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A best practice for framing cyber intelligence critical information requirements that recommends collecting and consolidating data from three specific sources: endpoint, network and log. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy N2K Networks

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From dark shadows to main stage. 56:38

2M ago56:38

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Brandon Kovacs, a Senior Red Team Consultant at Bishop Fox, is talking about how Artificial Intelligence is shaping the future of social engineering. Listener Adina wrote in to share their thoughts on an earlier episode on Google. Dave share's listener Tony's write in for his story this week. Joe and Dave discuss some questions Tony shared about pr…

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Encore: supply chain attacks (noun) [Word Notes] 5:28

2M ago5:28

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Also known as a third-party attack or a value-chain attack, advisory groups gain access to a targeted victims network by first infiltrating a business partner's network that has access to the victim's systems or data.By N2K Networks

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Encore: supply chain attacks (noun) 5:28

2M ago5:28

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Also known as a third-party attack or a value-chain attack, advisory groups gain access to a targeted victims network by first infiltrating a business partner's network that has access to the victim's systems or data. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy N2K Networks

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False flags and fake voices. 40:34

3M ago40:34

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This week we are joined by Maria Varmazis, host of the N2K daily space show, T-Minus. Maria's story covers the escalating efforts of pro-Russian propagandists to tarnish the Paris Summer Olympics and erode Western support for Ukraine, employing bold tactics like using AI to mimic Tom Cruise's voice. Joe and Dave share quite a bit of listener follow…

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Encore: taint analysis (noun) [Word Notes] 4:20

3M ago4:20

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The process of software engineers checking the flow of user input in application code to determine if unanticipated input can affect program execution in malicious ways.By N2K Networks

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Encore: taint analysis (noun) 4:20

3M ago4:20

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The process of software engineers checking the flow of user input in application code to determine if unanticipated input can affect program execution in malicious ways. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy N2K Networks

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Spotting social engineering in the shadows. 1:01:21

3M ago1:01:21

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This week, we are joined by Dr. Chris Pierson CEO at Black Cloak, and he is talking about some of the social engineering attacks his team is tracking. Joe's story follows how Microsoft Threat Intelligence has observed the financially motivated cybercriminal group Storm-1811 misusing the client management tool Quick Assist in social engineering atta…

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The curious case of the missing IcedID. [Only Malware in the Building] 21:58

3M ago21:58

21:58

Welcome in! You’ve entered, Only Malware in the Building. Join us each month to sip tea and solve mysteries about today’s most interesting threats. Your host is Selena Larson, Proofpoint intelligence analyst and host of their podcast DISCARDED. Inspired by the residents of a building in New York’s exclusive upper west side, Selena is joined by N2K …

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Encore: ATM skimming (noun) [Word Notes] 4:57

3M ago4:57

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The process of stealing ATM customer credentials by means of physically and covertly installing one or more devices onto a public ATM machine.By N2K Networks

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Encore: ATM skimming (noun) 4:57

3M ago4:57

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The process of stealing ATM customer credentials by means of physically and covertly installing one or more devices onto a public ATM machine. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy N2K Networks

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The AirBnB booking that wasn’t. 51:18

3M ago51:18

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This week we are joined by Maria Varmazis, host of the N2K daily space show, T-Minus. Maria shares an interesting story from a listener, who writes in on an AirBnB debacle he was dealing with. Joe shares the newly released 2024 Data Breach Investigations Report from Verizon. Dave shares a story From the New York Magazine, written by Ezra Marcus, on…

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Encore: APT side hustle (noun) [Word Notes] 5:29

3M ago5:29

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A nation-state hacking group’s practice of funding its town activities through cybercrime or cyber mercenary work.By N2K Networks

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Encore: APT side hustle (noun) 5:29

3M ago5:29

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A nation-state hacking group’s practice of funding its town activities through cybercrime or cyber mercenary work. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy N2K Networks

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Awareness, behavior, & beyond. 1:04:22

3M ago1:04:22

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This week, we are joined by host of 8th Layer Insights, Perry Carpenter from KnowBe4 and Dr. Jessica Barker from Cygenta to discuss human risk: awareness, behavior and beyond. Joe and Dave share some listener follow up, the first being from Richard, who writes in to share some tips and tricks regarding relationship scams mentioned in a previous sho…

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Encore: endpoint (noun) [Word Notes] 6:05

3M ago6:05

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A device connected to a network that accepts communications from other endpoints like laptops, mobile devices, IoT equipment, routers, switches, and any tool on the security stack.By N2K Networks

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Encore: endpoint (noun) 6:05

3M ago6:05

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A device connected to a network that accepts communications from other endpoints like laptops, mobile devices, IoT equipment, routers, switches, and any tool on the security stack. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy N2K Networks

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Psychology and scams. 43:55

3M ago43:55

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This week we are joined by Maria Varmazis, host of the N2K daily space show, T-Minus. Maria shares an interesting story about how ransomware infections are beginning to change to form a more psychological attack against victims' organizations, as criminals are using personal and aggressive tactics to force them to pay. Dave and Joe share some liste…

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Encore: unified extensible firmware interface (UEFI) (noun) [Word Notes] 5:56

4M ago5:56

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An extension of the traditional Basic Input/Output System or BIOS that, during the boot process, facilitates the communication between the computer’s firmware and the computer’s operating system.By N2K Networks

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Encore: unified extensible firmware interface (UEFI) (noun) 5:56

4M ago5:56

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An extension of the traditional Basic Input/Output System or BIOS that, during the boot process, facilitates the communication between the computer’s firmware and the computer’s operating system. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy N2K Networks

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