Episodes

  • 179. Mic Drop: Guardians of the Galaxy are sitting in Colorado Springs

    179. Mic Drop: Guardians of the Galaxy are sitting in Colorado Springs
    Nov 1 2024
    While the world was taking selfies against the colorful backdrop of solar storm auroras this past spring, officials at the Space Watch Center in Colorado Springs were searching for something more nefarious.
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    14 mins
  • 178. Saving Odie: A team of space geeks, a scrappy lunar lander and today’s hackable space race

    178. Saving Odie: A team of space geeks, a scrappy lunar lander and today’s hackable space race
    Oct 29 2024
    NASA has off-loaded much of the space program onto the private sector. Companies are building space suits and moon buggies and lunar landers. We tell the story of a scrappy little lander — and how earthlings had to hack it to save it.
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    26 mins
  • 177. Mic Drop: NSA’s David Luber on Russia, China and the power of partnerships

    177. Mic Drop: NSA’s David Luber on Russia, China and the power of partnerships
    Oct 25 2024
    We talk to the NSA’s Director of Cybersecurity, David Luber, about Ukraine, adversaries in cyberspace, and the importance of partnerships.
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    15 mins
  • 176. Spamouflage: Is China’s best known disinformation gang taking new aim at the US?

    176. Spamouflage: Is China’s best known disinformation gang taking new aim at the US?
    Oct 22 2024
    China’s influence campaigns look different from Russia’s. Instead of Moscow’s firehose of falsehoods, the Chinese tend to change the subject by inundating social media hashtags with content. And, Click Here has learned, their premier disinformation gang appears to be honing its skills on, among others, Florida Senator Marco Rubio. First in 2022, and then again just last month.
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    25 mins
  • 175. Mic Drop: Kraken CSO Nick Percoco’s unusual anti-scamming campaign

    175. Mic Drop: Kraken CSO Nick Percoco’s unusual anti-scamming campaign
    Oct 18 2024
    We talk to Nick Percoco, Kraken’s chief security officer, about joining forces with a popular YouTube scambaiter.
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    11 mins
  • 174. Beyond Ukraine: Russia wages low-grade, hybrid attacks on Europe

    174. Beyond Ukraine: Russia wages low-grade, hybrid attacks on Europe
    Oct 15 2024
    Dozens of small acts of sabotage and arson have flared across Europe as part of Russia’s hybrid battle against the West. This week, we spoke with four experts on Europe and Russia at the Council on Foreign Relations in Washington, DC to try to make sense of the Russian campaign and what the West can do in response.
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    29 mins
  • 173. Mic Drop: Hear ye, Hear ye, the Hacker’s Court is in session

    173. Mic Drop: Hear ye, Hear ye, the Hacker’s Court is in session
    Oct 11 2024
    We re-visit our conversation with Analyst1 senior researcher Jon DiMaggio about how hackers settle their disputes – think People’s Court without all the robes.
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    14 mins
  • 172. Want a crypto education? A new WhatsApp scam is tailor-made just for you.

    172. Want a crypto education? A new WhatsApp scam is tailor-made just for you.
    Oct 8 2024
    When Stephanie joined a WhatsApp group to get advice on cryptocurrency investing, it began a wild ride that included the CEO of a large investment firm, cybercriminals half a world away, and a brush with a rag tag team of computer nerds in Alabama chasing a $5 billion problem.
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    28 mins