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John McAfee (Part 2)
After stepping away from his antivirus empire in 1994, John McAfee's life spiraled into a web of intrigue, controversy, and adventure. Part 2 dives into his astonishing transformat...
March 17, 2025 / 25:19 / S2E4
John McAfee (Part 1)
John McAfee faced the Brain virus and built the world’s first commercial antivirus from his tiny California home, sparking a cybersecurity revolution. From a troubled childhood to ...
March 3, 2025 / 20:20 / S2E3
Gordon Moore
Gordon Moore, the co-founder of Intel and the mind behind Moore’s Law—the prediction that has shaped the pace of technological advancement for decades. From his early fascination w...
February 17, 2025 / 8:12 / S2E2
Linus Torvalds
Linus Torvalds, the creator of the Linux kernel. From his early coding days on a VIC-20 to launching an open-source revolution, Linus’s journey is packed with innovation, bold deci...
February 3, 2025 / 14:21 / S2E1
Stuxnet
The world changed forever in 2010. Stuxnet revolutionized the way nations waged war in cyberspace, and there was no turning back. At Iran’s nuclear facility, centrifuges were myste...
December 30, 2024 / 10:43 / S1E10
Conficker
The infamous Conficker worm, a piece of malware that shook the cybersecurity world in 2008. Conficker exploited a vulnerability in Windows systems (MS08-067) to spread rapidly acro...
December 16, 2024 / 16:49 / S1E9
Agent.BTZ
In this episode, we dive into the Agent.BTZ cyber incident—a sophisticated worm that penetrated U.S. military networks through a simple USB drive. Traced to Russian cyber espionage...
December 2, 2024 / 14:25 / S1E8
Zeus (Money Mules)
Let's dive deep into the shadowy world of money mules—unwitting intermediaries in online scams and cybercrime. From stolen banking credentials to elaborate parcel reshipping scheme...
November 18, 2024 / 13:04 / S1E7
Poison Ivy
In college, I once showed my class the reality of Remote Access Trojans (RATs) with a live demo—showing how easily someone could take over a computer with the right tool. Years lat...
November 4, 2024 / 11:37 / S1E6
Mydoom
In this episode, we dive into the chaotic rise of the Mydoom worm, one of the fastest-spreading computer worms ever recorded. From its origins in Russia to its DDoS attacks on SCO ...
October 21, 2024 / 16:04 / S1E5
Fizzer
In 2003, the Fizzer worm took advantage of the growing peer-to-peer file-sharing trend, spreading across Kazaa and beyond. What seemed like a harmless music download on Limewire co...
October 7, 2024 / 13:54 / S1E4
SQL Slammer
In this episode of In the Shell, we dive into one of the most notorious cyber incidents of the early 2000s—the SQL Slammer worm. Join me as we explore how this tiny 376-byte worm c...
September 23, 2024 / 11:04 / S1E3
Code Red
In this episode of In the Shell, we dive into the story of the Code Red worm, one of the most notorious cyberattacks in history. We explore how it all began with a vulnerability in...
September 9, 2024 / 13:51 / S1E2
ILOVEYOU
On May 4th, 2000, an email with the subject “ILOVEYOU” spread like wildfire across the internet. What seemed like a harmless message turned into one of the most notorious worms in ...
August 26, 2024 / 10:42 / S1E1
