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CYBER

CYBER

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Hacking. Hackers. Disinformation campaigns. Encryption. The Cyber. This stuff gets complicated really fast, but Motherboard spends its time embedded in the infosec world so you don't have to. Host Matthew Gault talks every week to Motherboard reporters about the stories they're breaking and to the industry's most famous hackers and researchers about the biggest news in cybersecurity.

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Cyber is a show covering a diverse range of topics. We’ve covered everything from crypto to AI to online cults. If it touches technology or online culture, we’ll talk about it. That’s how you get an episode like today’s, which is both a deep dive into professional wrestling’s latest scandal and a discussion of the latest existential threat: nuclear weapons in space.


Vice features editor Timothy Marchman can do it all. First, Marchman walks us through the newest allegations against WWE boss Vince McMahon. It’s a civil case that may have wider ramifications for how the U.S. handles non-disclosure agreements. Then we get into a bit of Congressional kayfabe: the reports that Russia wants to put nuclear weapons in space.


Co-Defendant in Vince McMahon Sex Trafficking Lawsuit Says He Was a Victim Too


NDAs Vince McMahon Signed Behind WWE's Back May Be Worthless, Say Experts


Despite Denials, WWE Management Knew Wrestler Said She Had Been Raped on Military Base


WWE Wrestler Ashley Massaro Accused Vince McMahon of Sexually Preying on Wrestlers in Previously Unreleased Statement​


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We’ve all gotten phone calls from someone trying to talk to us about our car’s extended warranty, even if we don’t own a car. But has a robot ever called you to try to get the code your bank sends you when you log on? If it hasn’t happened, it might very soon.


It’s the subject of Motherboard staff writer Joseph Cox’s new piece: The Booming Underground Market for Bots That Steal Your 2FA Codes.


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CYBER - Live Eye Pays Remote Workers to Spy
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06/24/21 • 37 min

Imagine you’re at work, it’s a long day and you lean back in your chair only to hear a chime and a disembodied voice.The voice fills the room and it tells you to stop leaning and get back to work.

There’s a sense that someone is always watching and ready to reprimand you for the slightest infraction.


That’s the promise of Live Eye—a CCTV camera system which, for a monthly fee, will monitor a store's security cameras 24/7 and step in if there’s trouble. It sells itself as a safety feature, but as a new report from Motherboard's Todd Feathers’ shows .... It’s anything but safe.


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In which we go deep on ConstitutionDAO, and DAOs in general.

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CYBER - The End of Vice
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02/23/24 • 66 min

VICE may be over, but Cyber is still here at the end of it all. Matthew, Emily, Anna Merlan, Tim Marchman and Mack Lamoureux are here to eulogize the company and explain what the fuck just happened.


Thanks for listening over the years. And don’t worry—we’re not logging off for good. Matthew and Emily will be back sometime soon with a new podcast project. Stay tuned.


Vice’s New Owners Prepare to Slash What’s Left of Its Work Force



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An AI-generated Biden called voters in New Hampshire ahead of the primary and told them to stay home. X locked down the search term “Taylor Swift” after AI-generated nudes of the pop giant flooded the platform. In the wake of both scandals, Congress has struggled with how to fight back against the flood of fake bullshit. Keeping the world from drowning in fakes affects all of us, but some of the cures sound worse than the sickness.


This week on Cyber, Motherboard Senior Editor Janus Rose and Fight for the Future’s Lia Holland come on to talk about the limits of legislation around AI-generated scams and abuse.


Stories discussed in this episode.


Congress Is Trying to Stop AI Nudes and Deepfake Scams Because Celebrities Are Mad


Taylor Swift Is Living Every Woman’s AI Porn Nightmare


‘Palworld’ Is Tearing the Internet Apart


An AI-Generated Content Empire Is Spreading Fake Celebrity Images on Google


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Ten years ago, Big Tech reached a peak. Facebook had wormed its way into the lives of billions of people. The mainstream news covered iPhones releases like they were Taylor Swift concerts. Elon Musk was promising to colonize Mars and fill the streets with self-driving cars. In 2024, the wheels have come off all these dreams. Musk has filled the sky with satellites, but no colonists, and constantly fights people on X. Self-driving cars are killing people. Apple has released a $3,500 VR headset that’s been met with middling reviews. And Facebook’s only recent innovation is eating its own tail to churn out massive profits.


How did it come to this? This week on Cyber, PR provocateur and tech critic Ed Zitron stops by to tell us about everything he saw at the Consumer Electronics Show, the problem with most tech journalism, and why we all turned against Big Tech. He’ll explore these topics more in depth on his new podcast, Better Offline, which launches later this month.


Stories discussed in this episode:


Better Offline


Rabbit AI Introduction Video


Where’s Your Ed At


How Tech Outstayed Its Welcome


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We’ve got a special presentation on the show for you today, an interview with Yuliana Shemetovets, the spokesperson for a group of ethical hackers going to war with Belarusian dictator Alexander Lukashenko. They’re called the Cyber Partisans and they’re responsible for hacks against the Lukashenko regime.


Lukashenko is a die-hard Putin ally who has been in charge of Belarus since 1994. In that time, the country has become more unstable. Protestors have disappeared from the streets and Belarus has allowed Russian troops to move through the country to strike at Ukraine.


The Cyber Partisans have worked behind the scenes to disrupt Lukashenko’s regime. They’ve hacked the Belarusian railway system, which still runs on Windows XP, and obtained phone calls between government officials.


You’ll hear a little untranslated Belarussian in this episode. I only want to highlight one bit that I think is important. When Shemetovets is talking about acquiring phone calls, we’ll play the raw audio of Belarussian government officials talking. What you’re hearing is someone bragging about beating up a protestor.


“I open the...car door, and pull this [woman] by her hair. I kicked her, and told the riot police to..and that bitch started screaming.”


The translated audio has quite a few more explivites in it.


This is an on-camera interview that first aired on VICE News as an episode of SuperUsers. It was produced by Louise McLoughlin and Cal Bateman.


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Apple recently announced a plan to sell customers manuals and parts that will let them fix their own iPhone 12s and 13s. It’s a huge win for the right to repair, but what are the specifics of the plan and what does it mean for the future of the repair movement in America?


This week on Cyber, Matthew Gault and Motherboard editor-in-chief Jason Koebler sat down with heavyweights of the right-to-repair movement to answer that question. This conversation between iFixit CEO Kyle Wiens, Repair.org’s Gay Gordon-Byrne, and U.S. PIRG’s Nathan Proctor covers everything from John Deere tractors to lies Apple tells when it’s lobbying against the right-to-repair.


A non-comprehensive list of the Motherboard reporting mentioned in this episode:


Half the Country Is Now Considering Right to Repair Laws


FTC Formally Adopts Right to Repair Platform


Apple Is Lobbying Against Your Right to Repair iPhones, New York State Records Confirm


Apple Is Telling Lawmakers People Will Hurt Themselves if They Try to Fix iPhones


Why American Farmers Are Hacking Their Tractors With Ukrainian Firmware


John Deere–Backed Lobbying Groups Host Anti-Right to Repair Conference


Department of Commerce Says We Need Fewer Repair Restrictions


Apple Said It Will Stop Breaking Face ID on Independently-Repaired iPhone 13s


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CYBER - Twitch Hacked!
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10/06/21 • 29 min

An anonymous poster on 4Chan published 135 gigabytes of what appears to be internal data stolen from Twitch, including exactly how much money the platform’s biggest streamers make on Twitch.

On Wednesday, the poster published a link to a torrent of 135 GB, calling it "an extremely poggers leak" which allegedly includes source code for all Twitch clients for different operating systems, an unreleased Steam competitor, and internal tools that Twitch's security team uses.


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FAQ

How many episodes does CYBER have?

CYBER currently has 323 episodes available.

What topics does CYBER cover?

The podcast is about News, Tech News, Podcasts and Technology.

What is the most popular episode on CYBER?

The episode title 'Why Congress's Fears of Russian Space Nukes Is Political Theatre' is the most popular.

What is the average episode length on CYBER?

The average episode length on CYBER is 38 minutes.

How often are episodes of CYBER released?

Episodes of CYBER are typically released every 6 days, 23 hours.

When was the first episode of CYBER?

The first episode of CYBER was released on Nov 8, 2018.

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