security

Shows

Videos

  • How Anti-ISIS Hacktivists Are Helping the Government

    Ben speaks with anti-ISIS activist and GhostSec operative Sneaker as well as Michael S. Smith II, a counterterrorism advisor to Congress.โ€‹

  • Anonymous vs. ISIS

    Anonymous declares war on ISIS. But when Anonymous members share intel with the government it fractures the hacktivist collective.

  • The Zero Day Market

    “Zero days” are bugs in software that hackers use to break into systems. Some are valued at up to a million dollars, with both buyers and sellers shrouded in secrecy.โ€‹โ€‹

  • Americaโ€™s Elite Hacking Force

    Tailored Access Operations, or TAO, is the NSA’s elite hacking force. TAO employs some of America’s best hackers–so who are their targets?โ€‹โ€‹

  • Hacking the Infrastructure

    As Iran ramps up its offensive cyber operations, American critical infrastructure is increasingly vulnerable to attacks.

  • Stuxnet the Digital Weapon

    Stuxnet was a sophisticated cyber attack on an Iranian nuclear plant that may have changed the nature of warfare forever.

  • Syriaโ€™s Cyber Battlefields

    On the frontlines of one of the world’s bloodiest conflicts, a parallel war is being fought in cyberspace. Is Syria’s cyber battlefield creating a model for the wars of the future?

  • Hacked by China

    From Google to the government, China has hacked many American networks. But thereโ€™s a difference between spying and stealing intellectual property.

  • Cyber Mercenaries

    Authoritarian regimes are using spyware tools bought from private companies in the West. Hacker PhineasFisher targeted these companies to reveal their deals to suppress dissent.

  • Former Sony Employee Discusses Being Hacked

    Former Sony employee Celina Chavanette tells host Ben Makuch about how she found out the security breach of employee data affected her, and what happened afterwards.

  • Who is Anonymous?

    The notorious hacktivist collective Anonymous has targeted everyone from PayPal to the FBI. But a string of arrests have crippled the group. So who is Anonymous now?ย