Darknet Diaries
Episodes
167: Threatlocker
23 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A manufacturer gets hit with ransomware. A hospital too. Learn how Threatlocker stops these types of attacks. This episode is brought to you by Threat...
165: Tanya
04 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Tanya Janca is a globally recognized AppSec (application security) expert and founder of We Hack Purple. In this episode, she shares wild stories from...
164: Oak Cliff Swipers
07 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
He started small, swiping cards, buying gift cards, and cashing out. It spiraled into a full‑blown criminal enterprise. Dozens of co‑conspirators,...
163: Ola
02 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In 2019, Ola Bini, a Swedish programmer and privacy advocate, was arrested in Ecuador for being a Russian hacker.Find Ola on X: https://x.com/olabini....
162: Hieu
05 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
All Hieu Minh Ngo wanted was to make money online. But when he stumbled into the dark web, he found more than just opportunity, he found a global dark...
161: mg
15 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we talk with mg (https://x.com/MG), the brilliant (and notorious) hacker and hardware engineer behind the OMG Cable. A seemingly ordin...
160: Greg
01 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Greg Linares (AKA Laughing Mantis) joins us to tell us about how he became the youngest hacker to be arrested in Arizona.Follow Greg on Twitter: https...
159: Vastaamo
03 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Joe Tidy investigates what may be the cruelest and most disturbing cyber attack in history. A breach so invasive it blurred the line between digital c...
158: MalwareTech
06 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
MalwareTech was an anonymous security researcher, until he accidentally stopped WannaCry, one of the largest ransomware attacks in history. That singl...
157: Grifter
01 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Grifter is a longtime hacker, DEF CON organizer, and respected voice in the infosec community. From his early days exploring networks to helping shape...
156: Kill List
18 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The dark web is full of mystery. Some of it’s just made up though. Chris Monteiro wanted to see what was real and fake and discovered a hitman for h...
155: Kingpin
04 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we delve into the multifaceted career of Joe Grand, also known as “Kingpin.” A renowned hardware hacker and computer engineer, Jo...
166: Maxie
12 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Maxie Reynolds loves an adventure, especially the kind where she’s breaking into buildings (legally). In this episode, she shares stories from her t...
154: Hijacked Line
04 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 s...
153: Bike Index
07 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
152: Stacc Attack
03 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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 w...
151: Chris Rock
05 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Chris Rock is known for being a security researcher. But he’s also a black hat incident responder. He tells us about a job he did in the middle east...
150: mobman 2
01 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 20 of Darknet Diaries, we heard from Greg aka “mobman” who said he created the sub7 malware. Something didn’t sit right with a lot of...
149: Mini-Stories: Vol 3
03 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we hear EvilMog (https://x.com/Evil_Mog) tell us a story about when he had to troubleshoot networks in Afghanistan. We also get Joe (h...
148: Dubsnatch
06 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Ever wondered how far a fan would go to get a sneak peek of their favorite artist’s unreleased tracks? In this episode, we uncover the audacious sto...
147: Tornado
02 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Geoff White (https://x.com/geoffwhite247) tells us what happened to Axie Infinity and Tornado cash. It’s a digital heist of epic pr...
146: ANOM
04 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Joseph Cox (https://x.com/josephfcox) tells us the story of anom. A secure phone made by criminals, for criminals.This story comes fr...
145: Shannen
07 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Shannen Rossmiller wanted to fight terrorism. So she went online and did.Read more about her from her book “The Unexpected Patriot: How an Ordinary ...
144: Rachel
02 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Rachel Tobac is a social engineer. In this episode we hear how she got started doing this and a few stories of how she hacked people and places using ...
143: Jim Hates Scams
05 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Jim Browning has dedicated himself to combatting scammers, taking a proactive stance by infiltrating their computer systems. Through his efforts, he n...
142: Axact
06 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Axact sells fake diplomas and degrees. What could go wrong with this business plan?SponsorsSupport for this episode comes from NetSuite. NetSuite give...
141: The Pig Butcher
02 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The #1 crime which results in the biggest financial loss is BEC fraud. The #2 crime is pig butchering. Ronnie Tokazowski https://twitter.com/iHeartMal...
140: Revenge Bytes
05 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Madison's nude photos were posted online. Her twin sister Christine came to help. This begins a bizarre and uneasy story.
139: D3f4ult
07 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This is the story of D3f4ult (twitter.com/_d3f4ult) from CWA. He was a hacktivist, upset with the state of the way things were, and wanted to make som...
138: The Mimics of Punjab
03 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This episode is about scammers in the Punjab region. Tarun (twitter.com/taruns21) comes on the show to tell us a story of what happened to him. Naomi ...
137: Predator
05 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
A new type of mercenary spyware came on the radar called Predator. It’ll infect a mobile phone, and then suck up all the data from it. Contacts, tex...
136: Team Xecuter
01 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Team Xecuter was a group involved with making and selling modchips for video game systems. They often made mods that allowed the video game system to ...
135: The D.R. Incident
04 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Omar Avilez worked in the CSIRT of the Dominican Republic when a major cyber security incident erupted. Omar walks us through what happened and the in...
134: Deviant
06 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Deviant Ollam is a physical penetration specialist. That means he’s paid to break into buildings to see if the building is secure or not. He has don...
133: I'm the Real Connor
02 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
One day Connor Tumbleson got an email saying his identity has been stolen. And this was one of the strangest days he’s ever had.SponsorsSupport for ...
132: Sam the Vendor
04 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Sam Bent, a.k.a. DoingFedTime, brings us a story of what it was like being a darknet market vendor.Learn more about Sam at https://www.doingfedtime.co...
131: Welcome to Video
27 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Andy Greenberg (https://twitter.com/a_greenberg) brings us a gut wrenching story of how criminal investigators used bitcoin tracing techniques to try ...
130: Jason's Pen Test
13 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Join us as we sit down with Jason Haddix (https://twitter.com/Jhaddix), a renowned penetration tester who has made a name for himself by uncovering vu...
129: Gollumfun (Part 2)
29 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Brett Johnson, AKA Gollumfun (twitter.com/GOllumfun) was involved with the websites Counterfeit Library and Shadow Crew. He tells his story of what ha...
128: Gollumfun (Part 1)
15 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Brett Johnson, AKA Gollumfun (twitter.com/GOllumfun) was involved with the websites Counterfeit Library and Shadow Crew. He tells his story of what ha...
127: Maddie
01 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Maddie Stone is a security researcher for Google’s Project Zero. In this episode we hear what it’s like battling zero day vulnerabilities.Sponsors...
126: REvil
18 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
REvil is the name of a ransomware service as well as a group of criminals inflicting ransomware onto the world. Hear how this ransomware shook the wor...
125: Jeremiah
04 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Jeremiah Roe is a seasoned penetration tester. In this episode he tells us about a time when he had to break into a building to prove it wasn’t as s...
124: Synthetic Remittance
20 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
What do you get when you combine social engineering, email, crime, finance, and the money stream flowing through big tech? Evaldas Rimašauskas comes ...
123: Newswires
06 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Investing in the stock market can be very profitable. Especially if you can see into the future. This is a story of how a group of traders and hackers...
122: Lisa
23 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we hear some insider threat stories from Lisa Forte.SponsorsSupport for this show comes from Axonius. Securing assets — whether mana...
121: Ed
26 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we hear some penetration test stories from Ed Skoudis (twitter.com/edskoudis). We also catch up with Beau Woods (twitter.com/beauwoods...
120: Voulnet
28 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This is the story about when Mohammed Aldoub, AKA Voulnet, (twitter.com/Voulnet) found a vulnerability on Virus Total and Tweeted about it.SponsorsSup...
119: Hot Wallets
14 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we interview journalist Geoff White to discuss some of the recent crypto currency heists that have been happening. Geoff has been trac...
118: Hot Swaps
31 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This is the story of Joseph Harris (https://twitter.com/akad0c). When he was a young teen he got involved with stealing video game accounts and sellin...
117: Daniel the Paladin
17 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Daniel Kelley (https://twitter.com/danielmakelley) was equal parts mischievousness and clever when it came to computers. Until the day his mischief ov...
116: Mad Dog
03 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Jim Lawler, aka “Mad Dog”, was a CIA case officer for 25 years. In this episode we hear some of the stories he has and things he did while working...
115: Player Cheater Developer Spy
19 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Some video game players buy cheats to win. Let’s take a look at this game cheating industry to see who the players are.SponsorsSupport for this show...
114: HD
05 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
HD Moore (https://twitter.com/hdmoore) invented a hacking tool called Metasploit. He crammed it with tons of exploits and payloads that can be used to...
113: Adam
22 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Adam got a job doing IT work at a learning academy. He liked it and was happy there and feeling part of the team. But a strange series of events took ...
112: Dirty Coms
08 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This episode we talk with a guy named “Drew” who gives us a rare peek into what some of the young hackers are up to today. From listening to Drew,...
111: ZeuS
22 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
ZeuS is a banking trojan. Designed to steal money from online bank user’s accounts. This trojan became so big, that it resulted in one of the bigges...
110: Spam Botnets
08 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This episode tells the stories of some of the worlds biggest spamming botnets. We’ll talk about the botnets Rustock, Waledac, and Cutwail. We’ll d...
109: TeaMp0isoN
25 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
TeaMp0isoN was a hacking group that was founded by TriCk and MLT (twitter.com/0dayWizard). They were responsible for some high profile hacks. But in t...
108: Marq
11 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This is the story of Marq (twitter.com/dev_null321). Which involves passwords, the dark web, and police.SponsorsSupport for this podcast comes from Cy...
107: Alethe
21 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Alethe is a social engineer. Professionally she tries to trick people to give her passwords and access that she shouldn’t have. But her journey to t...
106: @Tennessee
07 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
How much online abuse are you willing to take before you decide to let your abuser have what they want? Unfortunately, this is a decision that many pe...
105: Secret Cells
23 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Joseph Cox (https://twitter.com/josephfcox), Senior Staff Writer at Motherboard (https://www.vice.com/en/topic/motherboard), joins us to talk about th...
104: Arya
09 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Arya Ebrahami has had quite a personal relationship with darknet marketplaces. In this episode you’ll hear about his adventures on tor. Arya’s cur...
103: Cloud Hopper
26 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Fabio Viggiani is an incident responder. In this episode he talks about the story when one of his clients were breached.SponsorsSupport for this show,...
102: Money Maker
12 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Frank Bourassa had an idea. He was going to make money. Literally. Listen to the story of a master counterfeiter.
101: Lotería
28 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In 2014 the Puerto Rico Lottery was mysteriously losing money. Listen to this never before told story about what happened and who did it.SponsorsSuppo...
100: NSO
31 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The NSO Group creates a spyware called Pegasus which gives someone access to the data on a mobile phone. They sell this spyware to government agencies...
99: The Spy
17 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Igor works as a private investigator in NYC. He’s often sitting in cars keeping a distant eye on someone with binoculars. Or following someone throu...
98: Zero Day Brokers
03 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Zero day brokers are people who make or sell malware that’s sold to people who will use that malware to exploit people. It’s a strange and mysteri...
97: The Pizza Problem
20 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
What if someone wanted to own your Instagram account? Not just control it, but make it totally theirs. This episode tells the story of how someone tri...
96: The Police Station Incident
06 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Nicole Beckwith wears a lot of hats. She’s a programmer, incident responder, but also a cop and a task force officer with the Secret Service. In th...
95: Jon & Brian's Big Adventure
22 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Jon and Brian are penetration testers who both worked at a place called RedTeam Security. They’re paid to break into buildings and hack into net...
94: Mariposa
08 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Chris Davis has been stopping IT security threats for decades. He’s currently running the company Hyas that he started. In this episode he tells ...
93: Kik
25 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Kik is a wildly popular chat app. Their website says that 1 in 3 American teenagers use Kik. But something dark is brewing on Kik.
92: The Pirate Bay
11 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The Pirate Bay is a website, a search engine, which has an index of torrent files. A lot of copyrighted material is listed on the site, but the site d...
91: webjedi
27 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
What happens when an unauthorized intruder gets into the network of a major bank? Amélie Koran aka webjedi was there for one of these intrusions an...
90: Jenny
13 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Meet Jenny Radcliffe, the People Hacker. She’s a social engineer and physical penetration tester. Which means she gets paid to break into buildings...
89: Cybereason - Molerats in the Cloud
06 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The threat research team at Cybereason uncovered an interesting piece of malware. Studied it and tracked it. Which lead them to believe they were deal...
88: Victor
30 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Victor looks for vulnerabilities on the web and reports them responsibly. This is the story about discloser number 5780.Listen to episodes 86, and 87...
87: Guild of the Grumpy Old Hackers
16 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In 2016 the LinkedIn breach data became available to the public. What the Guild of the Grumpy Old Hackers did with it then is quite the story. Listen ...
86: The LinkedIn Incident
02 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In 2012, LinkedIn was the target of a data breach. A hacker got in and stole millions of user details. Username and password hashes were then sold to ...
85: Cam the Carder
16 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This is the story of Cam Harrison, aka “kilobit” and his rise and fall as a prominent carder.SponsorsSupport for this show comes from IT Pro TV. ...
84: Jet-setters
02 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
How bad is it if you post your boarding pass on Instagram? Our guest, “Alex” decides to figure this out for themself and has quite a story about...
83: NSA Cryptologists
19 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we interview two NSA Cryptologists, Marcus J. Carey and Jeff Man. We hear their story of how they got into the NSA and what they di...
82: Master of Pwn
05 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The Zero Day Initiative runs a hacker contest called Pwn2Own. The contest calls the best hackers in the world to demonstrate they can hack into sof...
81: The Vendor
22 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This is the story of a darknet marketplace vendor we’ll name V. V tells his story of how he first became a buyer, then transitioned into seller.This...
80: The Whistleblower
08 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we hear a story from a social engineer who’s job it is to get people to do things they don’t want to do. Why? For profit.SponsorsS...
79: Dark Basin
24 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
What do you do when you find yourself the target of a massive hacking campaign, and you are getting thousands of phishing emails and someone following...
78: Nerdcore
10 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Nerdcore music is music for nerds. In this episode we hear from some of the musicians who make Nerdcore music.This episode features guests ytcracker,...
77: Olympic Destroyer
27 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In February 2018, during the Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang South Korea, a cyber attack struck, wiping out a lot of the Olympic’s digital infrastruc...
76: Knaves Out
13 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This is the story about how someone hacked into JP Morgan Chase, one of the biggest financial institutions in the world. It’s obvious why someone wo...
75: Compromised Comms
29 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
From 2009 to 2013 the communication channels the CIA uses to contact assets in foreign countries was compromised. This had terrifying consequences.Gue...
74: Mikko
15 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Poker is a competitive game. Unlike other casino games, poker is player vs player. Criminal hackers have understood this for a while and sometimes hac...
73: WannaCry
01 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
It is recommend to listen to episodes 53 “Shadow Brokers”, 71 “FDFF”, and 72 “Bangladesh Bank Heist” before listening to this one.In M...
72: Bangladesh Bank Heist
18 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
A bank robbery with the objective to steal 1 billion dollars. This is the story of the largest bank robbery in history. And it was all done over a com...
71: Information Monopoly
04 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we’re going into the depths of North Korea to conduct one of the greatest hacks of all time. To find a way to inject information in...
70: Ghost Exodus
21 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Ghost Exodus is a hacker. He conducted various illegal activities online. Some of which he documents on YouTube. He’s also a great musician. He got ...
69: Human Hacker
07 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We all know that computers and networks are vulnerable to hacking and malicious actors, but what about us, the humans who interface with these devices...
68: Triton
23 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
A mysterious mechanical failure one fateful night in a Saudi Arabian chemical plant leads a cast of operational technology researchers down a strange ...