You download, install, and run some software, and you get what you asked for, only with a little something extra. How can you tell whether the something extra is purely for ad fraud, or for something more sinister?

This story comes from Max Margolis⁠.

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Want to get technical? Read some public reporting:

• Trend Micro
• Fortinet
• BitDefender
• CATO Networks
• Bleeping Computer

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Music by various artists from ⁠Pixabay

It's all fun and games until a researcher identifies a backdoor with ransomware capability, global victims, and hacked systems all around the world. Now if only someone would listen.

This story comes from the host of the show, Jai Minton.

Want to get technical? Read the Reverse Engineering write-up here

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Music from Uppbeat:

• Alert
• Cold Fire
• Distance

Music and SFX by various artists from Pixabay

Breaches happen every single day, and behind every breach is a story.

These are the stories from those involved.

It's the stories of those who found, or responded to a breach, or even those who were impacted.

Join us as we shine a light on what really happens behind the scenes during a hack, and all the events that follow.

I'm Jai Minton, and this is Breach Log.

• Have you got a story you want to share? Let me know: breachlogpodcast [@] gmail.com