What podcasts do you listen to?

Darknet Diaries is an excellent, entertaining, and accessible podcast about hacking, internet crime, and penetration testing.

You don't need to be an IT professional to enjoy it. The host usually brings on guests to share their stories. Stories include

• Huge hacks: Large data breaches, millions of dollars stolen, and military objectives completed
• Devastating Vulnerabilities: These can lead to out-of-control viruses like ransomware
• Social Engineering: Manipulating people to give privileged access and information.
• Penetration Testing: Yeah, I never heard of this either, but apparently it's becoming common. Companies hire security professionals to hack or physically break into their businesses.
• Origin Stories: Usually involving video game cheats

Recommend you give at least one episode a try. Here are some of my favorites to get you started:

• 29: Stuxnet
  The story of the US and Israeli cyberattack on the nuclear enrichment facility in Iran.
• 59: The Courthouse
  Two penetration testers share an interesting story about breaking into a courthouse.
• 72: Bangladesh Bank Heist
  The story of the largest bank robbery in history.
• 86: The LinkedIn Incident
  The story of how a hacker stole millions of user details from LinkedIn and sold them.
• 90: Jenny
  Jenny is a social engineer who gets paid to break into buildings to test their security.
• 102: Money Maker
  The story of Frank Bourassa who made a lot of counterfeit money.
• 114: HD
  A common tool mentioned in this podcast is called Metasploit. This episode gives a little background to it.

Ok, that's it.  I'm done.

Darknet Diaries is an excellent, entertaining, and accessible podcast about hacking, internet crime, and penetration testing.

You don't need to be an IT professional to enjoy it. The host usually brings on guests to share their stories. Stories include

• Huge hacks: Large data breaches, millions of dollars stolen, and military objectives completed
• Devastating Vulnerabilities: These can lead to out-of-control viruses like ransomware
• Social Engineering: Manipulating people to give privileged access and information.
• Penetration Testing: Yeah, I never heard of this either, but apparently it's becoming common. Companies hire security professionals to hack or physically break into their businesses.
• Origin Stories: Usually involving video game cheats

Recommend you give at least one episode a try. Here are some of my favorites to get you started:

• 29: Stuxnet
  The story of the US and Israeli cyberattack on the nuclear enrichment facility in Iran.
• 59: The Courthouse
  Two penetration testers share an interesting story about breaking into a courthouse.
• 72: Bangladesh Bank Heist
  The story of the largest bank robbery in history.
• 86: The LinkedIn Incident
  The story of how a hacker stole millions of user details from LinkedIn and sold them.
• 90: Jenny
  Jenny is a social engineer who gets paid to break into buildings to test their security.
• 102: Money Maker
  The story of Frank Bourassa who made a lot of counterfeit money.
• 114: HD
  A common tool mentioned in this podcast is called Metasploit. This episode gives a little background to it.

Ok, that's it.  I'm done.

I listened to a few of these on a trip to Sequoia National Park.  They were so well done.  I loved it.  Especially the ones about Stuxnet and the CCP Hacking Organization.