Darknet Diaries

By: Jack Rhysider
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  • Explore true stories of the dark side of the Internet with host Jack Rhysider as he takes you on a journey through the chilling world of hacking, data breaches, and cyber crime.

    Jack Rhysider
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  • 154: Hijacked Line
    Feb 4 2025

    Conor Freeman (x.com/conorfrmn) stole money online. Lot’s of it. In this episode we talk with him, and hear how he did it, why he did, and what he spent it on.

    Conor’s website: https://conorfreeman.ie

    Conor’s X: https://x.com/conorfrmn

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    Support for this show comes from Drata. Drata is the trust management platform that uses AI-driven automation to modernize governance, risk, and compliance, helping thousands of businesses stay audit-ready and scale securely. Learn more at drata.com/darknetdiaries.

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    Sources
    • https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/kidnapping-toronto-businessman-cryptocurrency-1.7376679
    • https://www.irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/courts/circuit-court/man-jailed-for-role-in-2-million-cryptocurrency-theft-1.4411641
    • https://www.irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/dun-laoghaire-man-could-face-108-year-us-prison-term-over-alleged-hacking-and-wire-fraud-1.3887715
    • https://www.sundayworld.com/crime/irish-crime/irish-authorities-to-transfer-2m-in-stolen-cryptocurrency-back-to-us-owners-after-cab-probe/40576219.html
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    1 hr and 6 mins
  • 153: Bike Index
    Jan 7 2025

    Have you ever got your bike stolen? In this episode we dive into the world of stolen bikes. Who does it and where do the bikes go? We talk with Bryan from Bike Index who investigates this.

    https://bikeindex.org

    Sponsors

    Support for this show comes from ThreatLocker®. ThreatLocker® is a Zero Trust Endpoint Protection Platform that strengthens your infrastructure from the ground up. With ThreatLocker® Allowlisting and Ringfencing™, you gain a more secure approach to blocking exploits of known and unknown vulnerabilities. ThreatLocker® provides Zero Trust control at the kernel level that enables you to allow everything you need and block everything else, including ransomware! Learn more at www.threatlocker.com.

    This show is sponsored by Flashpoint. As one of the largest private providers of threat intelligence, Flashpoint delivers what security teams need most: clarity. By combining cutting-edge technology with the expertise of world-class analyst teams, their Ignite platform gives organizations instant access to critical data, expertly analyzed insights, and real-time alerts —all in one seamless platform. To access one of the industry’s best threat data and threat intelligence, visit flashpoint.io today.

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    1 hr and 4 mins
  • 152: Stacc Attack
    Dec 3 2024

    Jarett Dunn, AKA StaccOverflow, stole millions of dollars from a website called Pump Fun, and he wanted to do it in the most dramatic and theatrical way he could. His big heist is known as the “Stacc Attack”.

    https://x.com/STACCoverflow

    He has a merch store now freestacc.io.

    Sponsors

    Support for this show comes from Cobalt Strike. Cobalt Strike simulates real-world, advanced cyber attacks to enable red teams to proactively evaluate an organisation’s security readiness and defence response. Their Command and Control framework gives red teamers the ability to customise their engagements and incorporate their own tools and techniques, allowing you to stress-test specific parts of your incident response capabilities. Learn more about Cobalt Strike and get a custom demo at https://cobaltstrike.com/darknet.

    Support for this show comes from Axonius. The Axonius solution correlates asset data from your existing IT and security solutions to provide an always up-to-date inventory of all devices, users, cloud instances, and SaaS apps, so you can easily identify coverage gaps and automate response actions. Axonius gives IT and security teams the confidence to control complexity by mitigating threats, navigating risk, decreasing incidents, and informing business-level strategy — all while eliminating manual, repetitive tasks. Visit axonius.com/darknet to learn more and try it free.

    Support for this show comes from ThreatLocker®. ThreatLocker® is a Zero Trust Endpoint Protection Platform that strengthens your infrastructure from the ground up. With ThreatLocker® Allowlisting and Ringfencing™, you gain a more secure approach to blocking exploits of known and unknown vulnerabilities. ThreatLocker® provides Zero Trust control at the kernel level that enables you to allow everything you need and block everything else, including ransomware! Learn more at www.threatlocker.com.



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So Glad to Find This on Audible

Jack Rhysider is simply the best storyteller I've ever come across. He's super insightful himself, but lends such a great perspective and conveyance of these stories. I'm someone who has been in the hacker community since '93. I've always wanted to hear retellings of some of the stories that were legendary in the community in a clean and well rounded way like Jack manages to pull off in literally every episode. A+ content, Jack.

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I look forward to these

great podcast . topics are relevant and easy to follow without being overly technical.

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Really informative and entertaining check it out

How he gets to interview all these guests is baffling to me. They literally brag about crimes that they've committed and he fact checks all the claims they make.

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episodes in this podcast are worth the time

well produced, great interviews, well researched.. Can't say enough about the high quality... everyone needs to know how the dark net works

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So far my favorite!

I really enjoyed it. I’ve got long drives to work and this makes the time fly by

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nothing better!

is was the best podcast I ever listened to! I wish I could find another this good!!! it got me into python and gave me a real understanding of cyber today.

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My Radio replacement

I have Bing Listened the entire series, driving around the block a few times to finish episodes, downloaded to listen offline on planes, and bad reception areas. If you like technology this may be for you.

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Real News

So many times I've listen to different episodes where I see I'm not the only one going through such similar or exact situations in my life

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Love Darknet Diaries

I am loving every aspect of Darknet Diaries. The stories are interesting and stories that I love to hear about the technology world.

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ASIS brought back Revil to justify offensive cyber

This was a very good podcast. interesting take on Revil. allegedly emphasizing allegedly they were reactivated according to the Australian mainstream media over the Medibank hack, even though Russia shared videos of all the FSB raids on them in order to justify offensive cyber crimes greenlighted by government actors in a new offensive cyber bill. No proof it's Revil source code and new keys on the darknet website. Also interesting Aussie Cossacks walking into Medibank on YouTube and contributing $2 for his share of the randsom was shared by the alleged Revil spinoff new happy blog but was kept out of the MSM because he's camped out in the Russian consulate in Australia. I too like the host of this fine podcast can post conspiracy theories about Revil.

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