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Bite Sized Cyber Crime

Bite Sized Cyber Crime

Hosted by Chloe Thonus

Episodes

100

Latest episode

Aug 2026

Language

EN

About the show

A podcast with short episodes that discuss cyber crime cases, security problems, and infamous malware. I make my episodes quick and easy to understand so you get the story without the filler and too much technical jargon. Links to all my sources on my pastebin https://pastebin.com/u/BiteSizedCyberCrime

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August 17, 2026Episode 2256 min

You Can Apply to Hack Foreign Adversaries Under the US Government

Is the US establishing their first APT group to address foreign cyber threats? Possibly. Private sector firms can now apply to be essentially cyber privateers. Sources: https://pastebin.com/VFihFaxH

August 10, 2026Episode 2247 min

Why Half of AI Generated Patches Fail

A recent study of publicly accessible AI models found that patches generated by them fail about half the time, often introducing new vulnerabilities or leaving paths for exploitation open. Sources: https://pastebin.com/WAq4vT55

August 3, 2026Episode 2238 min

Minnesota Water Plants Under Attack

Water is a critical infrastructure, and lately multiple water plants across the US are under attack, starting in Minnesota. So far drinking water is safe, but it does bring into question the security of our basic utilities. Sources: https://pastebin.com/avMEu9zq

July 27, 2026Episode 2228 min

Vatican App Exposes Data of all Users

Vatican app ClickToPray has had an unpatched IDOR sitting in its website that could allow for scraping the data of every single user. Sources: https://pastebin.com/SiYDAR40

July 20, 2026Episode 2217 min

Old Techniques Return to Trick Modern AI Email Filters

AI email filters may be worse at detecting old tricks than traditional spam filters as old tactics are being used against old agents to allow in malicious or spam emails. Sources: https://pastebin.com/Pm7fqAjY

July 13, 2026Episode 2207 min

Illbloom: When Randomness Doesn't Truly Exist

Randomness is not as random as it seems, and this can cause problems, especially when your money relies on it. Some crypto wallets generated predictable random passphrases that can be used to access accounts and steal funds. Sources: https://pastebin.com/rBsjQY6W

July 6, 2026Episode 2199 min

JadePuffer: The First AI Hacker

The skill ceiling to become a real ransomware threat actor may have been lowered considerably, as JadePuffer performed an attack as an AI agent with no human intervention, being able to reason its way through problems encountered when deploying ransomware to a target. Sources: https://pastebin.com/XQFj8LAi

June 29, 2026Episode 2186 min

Fake Shopify Receipts Part of Callback Phishing Scam

Shopify has a dashboard that integrates all your web order activity, but this has allowed for a new type of phishing scheme much sneakier than emails. Fake receipts with fake support phone numbers have been popping up in many Shop dashboards. Sources: https://pastebin.com/4HwTfty6

June 22, 2026Episode 2176 min

Klue Abused to Steal Salesforce Data

Klue allows you to get the upperhand on your competitors by using their public data and your internal information to create quick sales talking points, however it may have also leaked your private data via a legacy account that was never deleted. Sources: https://pastebin.com/3jM6RFYB

June 15, 2026Episode 2168 min

The Messy Release of Anthropic's Fable 5

Fable 5 was based on Mythos, a model so dangerous it could not be released to the general public. But that release did not exactly go smoothly, was complains from customers that is too expensive and restrictive and later an order to shut it down. Sources: https://pastebin.com/xVAah5bd

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