Masked Actors
Podcast Series

This episode unpacks the motivations driving young hackers, the pathway from gaming to cybercrime, and the urgent need to rethink how we recruit and inspire the next generation of cybersecurity defenders.

In this episode, we explore how RansomHub’s affiliate-friendly model disrupted the RaaS market, why its tactics proved so effective, and where its members may have gone.

In this episode, we unpack how DragonForce evolved into a ransomware cartel, franchising their malware to affiliates like Scattered Spider, whose sophisticated social engineering tactics have significantly disrupted UK retail.

North Korea’s most notorious APT group is evolving fast and staying invisible. They’ve breached banks, hospitals, governments, and crypto exchanges and they’re still active.

Meet GoldFactory — an elusive, Chinese-speaking cybercrime group operating in Asia. They’re behind GoldPickaxe, the first-ever iOS banking Trojan, and they’re using deepfakes to bypass biometric security.