Best Digital Espionage Podcasts (2025)

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In The Shadow Of Feeling (Psychopath Documentary) 42:03

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Enter the chilling void of a mind without empathy in this spine-tingling exploration of true psychopathy. Journey through the darkest corners of human psychology as we unravel what happens when the ability to feel emotion simply doesn't exist. Through groundbreaking neuroscience research, criminal case studies, and expert analysis, we expose the te…

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Zero-day reality check: iOS exploits, MAPP in China and the hack-back temptation 2:32:15

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Three Buddy Problem - Episode 59: Apple drops another emergency iOS patch and we unpack what that “may have been exploited” language really means: zero-click chains, why notifications help but forensics don’t, and the uncomfortable truth that Lockdown Mode is increasingly the default for high-risk users. We connect the dots from ImageIO bugs to geo…

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New Zealand's Security Risks 23:21

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Send us a text Description: 🌍 Welcome to this week’s Global Intelligence Weekly Wrap-Up — your trusted source for analysis on espionage, sabotage, terrorism, and foreign interference. Neil Bisson, Director of the Global Intelligence Knowledge Network and retired CSIS intelligence officer, brings over 25 years of frontline intelligence and law enfor…

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The rise and fall of Mr Flashy and the Gucci Gang 23:16

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This week on The Indo Daily we are looking back at some of our best investigative episodes from 2025 so far. Today’s episode was first released on May 6th 2025; The rise and fall of Glen Ward – the gangster known as ‘Mr Flashy’, has played out in less than a decade. Earlier this summer Ward was given a five and a half year sentence while his brothe…

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An Irish Dancing scandal: Fake police reports, fraudulent emails and smear campaigns 19:33

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This week on The Indo Daily we are looking back at some of our best investigative episodes from 2025 so far. Today’s episode was first released on February 20th 2025; Irish dancing may appear to be a world of dazzling costumes, intricate footwork, perfect manicured hair, but when we peel back the curtains on this glamorous sport, we come to learn i…

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Secret messages, codewords and a phone smashed with an axe - The Irishman caught in 'biggest corporate espionage case of the century' 25:15

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This week on The Indo Daily we are looking back at some of our best investigative episodes from 2025 so far. Today’s episode was first released on April 8th 2025; Earlier this year a spy trail of secret messages, codewords and a phone smashed with an axe unfolded in front of the High Court in an extraordinary tale of alleged corporate espionage. Th…

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From the SpyCast Vault: Escaping Tehran with The CIA 30:41

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We'll go back in time to November, 1979 when radical Iranian students seized the US Embassy in Tehran and took dozens of Americans hostage. Six US officials managed to find refuge with Canadian embassy staff, and 11 weeks later, the CIA led a daring operation to sneak them out of Iran disguised as a Hollywood film crew. Mark and CoreLogic were two …

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Sleeping with the Catfish: Discovering the secret life of my partner of 10 years 22:33

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This week on The Indo Daily we are looking back at some of our best investigative episodes from 2025 so far. Today’s episode was first released on April 4th 2025; John Meagher tells the story of “Clara” from Co Cork, who found out that the “boringly normal” man she was planning to marry had been using the image of a black man he had found on a dati…

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John Meagher reveals how he caught the catfish posing as him 52:22

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This week on The Indo Daily we are looking back at some of our best investigative episodes from 2025 so far. Today’s episode was first released on January 31st 2025; It all began in December, when an ex-girlfriend of Irish independent journalist John Meagher sent him screenshots of a fake dating-app profile using a photo of him. This would lead him…

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INSIDE CNA's $40M BITCOIN RANSOM | The Hack That Changed Cybersecurity 49:55

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The CISO Signal | INSIDE CNA's $40M BITCOIN RANSOM | The Hack That Changed Cybersecurity - EP 4 In this episode of The CISO Signal, we go deep inside the cyberattack that shook the financial world. Join us as we unravel the haunting details of the 2021 ransomware attack on CNA Financial, which resulted in a record-breaking $40 million ransom paymen…

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Justice Derailed | Ep 2: The Sleeping Judge 34:50

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This week on The Indo Daily, we are revisiting some of our favourite mini-series we produced in 2025 so far. Today we begin episode 2 of Justice Derailed – The Sallins Train Robbery, which was first released on April 22nd; The Sallins train robbery was one of the most daring and lucrative heists in the history of the Irish State. And for Osgur Brea…

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On AI’s future, security’s failures, and what comes next... 1:57:44

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Three Buddy Problem - Episode 58: The buddies react to the Brandon Dixon episode, digging into what it’s really like to scale products inside a tech giant, navigate politics, and bring features to millions of machines. Plus, an exploration of the AI cybersecurity gold rush, the promise and hype, and the gamble for startups versus the slow-moving ad…

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Trump Risks National Security for Profit. 23:58

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Send us a text Welcome to this week’s Global Intelligence Weekly Wrap-Up — your trusted source for intelligence insight, national security analysis, and commentary that goes beyond the headlines. Retired CSIS Intelligence Officer Neil Bisson brings over 25 years of experience to unpack the week’s most pressing global security issues — from Russian …

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Justice Derailed | Ep 1: Banged up in the Bridewell – The Sallins train robbery scandal 31:12

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This week on The Indo Daily, we are revisiting some of our favourite mini-series we produced in 2025 so far. Today we begin the first of our two-part special, Justice Derailed – The Sallins Train Robbery which was first released on April 21st; On the night of March 30th, 1976, a gang of armed men held a family hostage in rural County Kildare and de…

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Behind Closed Doors | Ep 2: What happens when texts become testimony? 18:42

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This week on The Indo Daily, we are revisiting some of our favourite mini-series we produced in 2025 so far. Today we begin episode 2 of Behind Closed Doors, which was first released on April 24th; How text messages and emails from the tax-defaulting landlord, Christian Carter, became evidence in the court case where he attempted to silence the jou…

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Crypto, cyber & a $1.5B crime 47:59

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How does one crypto transaction spiral into a $1.5 billion cybercrime? The Bybit heist. This wasn’t just the largest crypto theft in history—it was a criminal feat of deception that exposed how even sophisticated systems can be breached when fraud, cybersecurity, and human oversight don’t align. In this episode, we are excited to welcome returning …

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Behind Closed Doors | Ep 1- The disgraced landlord Christian Carter and the newspaper gagging order 21:11

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This week on The Indo Daily, we are revisiting some of our favourite mini-series we produced in 2025 so far. Today we begin the first of our two-part special, Behind Closed Doors which was first released on April 23rd; Outed for failing to pay taxes, Christian Carter didn’t issue a public apology. He didn’t offer an explanation. Instead, he turned …

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Catching an Iranian-American Missile Broker 35:38

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Reza Olangian, a dual US-Iranian citizen, left behind his life in Silicon Valley to spy for Iran in the capital. And by the time DEA special agent Jeffrey James Higgins found out about him in 2011, Olangian was trying to acquire hundreds of surface-to-air missiles. That kicked off an elaborate, multi-country sting operation… and a 25-year prison se…

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Breaking Ballyseedy |Ep2: Morris O’Shea Salazar and The Sinaloa Cartel 28:02

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This week on The Indo Daily, we are revisiting some of our favourite mini-series we produced in 2025 so far. Today we are replaying the second episode of our Breaking Ballyseedy special which was first released on March 4th. How did Kerry man Morris O’Shea Salazar go from boy racer to international drugs kingpin? How are the notorious Sinaloa Carte…

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Breaking Ballyseedy |Ep1: The Downfall of Nathan McDonnell 31:24

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This week on The Indo Daily, we are revisiting some of our favourite mini-series we produced in 2025 so far. First up is Breaking Ballyseedy, first released on March 3rd. How does a former business CEO and president of the Tralee Chamber of Commerce become a convicted criminal, and why was he involved in the biggest seizure of crystal meth in Irish…

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Revisited: The 'Angel of Death' who terrified Dungarvan and captivated the world 26:18

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Back in 1995, Fr Michael Kennedy took to the pulpit in Dungarvan to give his Sunday sermon. That day he warned locals that an “Angel of Death” was in their midst killing vulnerable men. What ensued sparked a global sensation. This episode was originally published in September 2024. Host: Dave Hanratty Guest: Ellen Coyne See omnystudio.com/listener …

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THE UBER BREACH: HOW A 17-YEAR-OLD HACKED A FORTUNE 500 COMPANY | S1 EP3 54:25

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THE UBER BREACH: HOW A 17-YEAR-OLD HACKED A FORTUNE 500 COMPANY A 17-year-old hacker. A simple social engineering tactic. A taunting message posted to Uber’s internal Slack channel. In one of the most audacious breaches in recent memory, a teenager allegedly affiliated with the Lapsus$ group compromised a Fortune 500 company, exposing critical vuln…

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Extra: Latest on the death of Irish fashion entrepreneur Martha Nolan-O’Slatarra 9:06

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When rising Irish fashion designer Martha Nolan-O’Slatarra was found unresponsive on a luxury yacht in Montauk, questions surfaced as fast as the tributes. In this extra episode of the Indo Daily, we trace her journey from Carlow to New York’s fashion scene and look into the investigation of what happened that night on the water. Host: Tabitha Mo…

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Demolition Deadline: Meath family’s 20-year battle to save their home 21:09

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A Meath couple have lost their final fight to stop their house from being demolished. Rose and Chris Murray built their home in Bohermeen, near Navan, Co Meath, in 2007 without planning permission. What followed was a near 20-year legal saga with Meath County Council, as the couple exhausted every avenue to keep their unauthorised home. This week t…

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Live from Black Hat: Brandon Dixon parses the AI security hype 1:30:14

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Three Buddy Problem - Episode 57: Brandon Dixon (PassiveTotal/RiskIQ, Microsoft) leads a deep-dive into the collision of AI and cybersecurity. We tackle Google’s “Big Sleep” project, XBOW’s HackerOne automation hype, the long-running tension between big tech ownership of critical security tools and the community’s need for open access. Plus, the fu…

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How a WhatsApp message told an Irish family that their mother had died by assisted suicide 28:49

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Cavan based woman Maureen Slough travelled to Switzerland, not for a holiday but to die by assisted suicide at the Pegasos Clinic. Her family only learnt of her death via a WhatsApp message. One month later her daughter Megan tells of her shock, grief and why she is still begging for answers about her mother’s death. Host: Kevin Doyle Guests: Meg…

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Dee Devlin: The woman who always stands by Conor McGregor and her role in his multi-million euro empire 18:43

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Conor McGregor predicts she is going to be Ireland’s first lady – but who is Dee Devlin? Once upon a time, they appeared to be the perfect old-school partnership – supporting one another as a rags to riches story unfolded, with four children added to the mix. Dee Devlin has even gotten involved in her fiance’s business empire and has reaped conside…

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Lethal Dissent: Iran’s Spy Games in Turkey 29:56

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Washington and Tehran have a long and complicated history, with tensions that rise, fall and then rise again. Just this summer, we watched the U.S. and Israel strike Iran’s nuclear infrastructure. This month, SpyCast is bringing you a series of special episodes on Iran, looking back and forward, to unveil the country’s intelligence priorities, capa…

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Ep 3: ‘Regan and Magnier are at war and we’re just the peasants caught up in the middle’ 22:55

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Proceedings at Dublin’s High Court have now drawn to a close in the fallout from a handshake deal gone sour. At stake – the centuries old 750-acre Barne Estate in Tipperary, which both Magnier and Regan lay claim to. Befitting of a dramatic trial, the final days saw Maurice Regan take the stand, batting back perceived slights on his character while…

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‘The Irish Rasputin’: The hard-drinking immigrant they couldn’t kill... until they finally did 26:50

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A prohibition speakeasy in 1930s New York set the scene for a diabolical and, as it turned out, astonishingly difficult murder plot. Irish immigrant Michael Malloy thought he’d hit the booze-soaked jackpot, only to fall prey to an attempt on his life. And then another. And another… Host: Fionnán Sheahan Guest: Simon Read See omnystudio.com/listener…

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S1E2 | The SolarWinds Hack: How 18,000 Orgs Were Compromised | w/ Alberto Deto Hassan 38:24

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🎙️ The CISO Signal | S1E2 — The SolarWinds Hack: How 18,000 Orgs Were Compromised One trusted software update. Thousands of victims. A breach that changed the cybersecurity landscape forever. In this episode, we investigate the SolarWinds supply chain attack, a nation-state cyber operation that exposed the deep fragility of the modern software ecos…

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White Widow: Irish born schoolgirl turned Islamic terrorist connected to 7/7 attacks remains at large 20:07

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The so-called ‘White Widow’ is one of the world’s most wanted Islamic terror suspects. Samantha Lewthwaite has been linked to 400 deaths and the 7/7 attacks, and is alleged to remain at large in Somalia. She’s been on the wanted list in multiple countries for 20 years – and she’s from Banbridge, Co Down. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy info…

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Rethinking APT Attribution: Dakota Cary on Chinese Contractors and Espionage-as-a-Service 1:51:42

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Three Buddy Problem - Episode 56: China-focused researcher Dakota Cary joins the buddies to dig into China’s sprawling cyber ecosystem, from the HAFNIUM indictments and MSS tasking pipelines to the murky world of APT contractors and the ransomware hustle. We break down China’s “entrepreneurial” model of intelligence collection, why public visibilit…

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Patrick Kielty and Cat Deeley’s shock split: A nation obsessed with celebrity romance 25:32

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We’re a nation obsessed with knowing. From the parish newsletter to the daily death notices, we like to keep tabs on the comings and goings of life around us. And when it comes to celebrities, especially where fame and romance collide, we just can't look away. Take this week, for example, when TV power couple Patrick Kielty and Cat Deeley announced…

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Extra: Conor McGregor loses appeal in Nikita Hand civil rape case 13:08

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Conor McGregor has lost his challenge against a High Court jury's finding that he raped Nikita Hand in a Dublin penthouse. Ms Hand sued the former MMA fighter for damages for raping her at the Beacon Hotel on December 9, 2018. Last November, a jury of eight women and four men found that McGregor (37) civilly liable for the assault and awarded her a…

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The Rise and Impact of the Mirai Botnet 14:39

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What began as a Minecraft server rivalry among three young hackers escalated into the Mirai botnet, the most powerful DDoS tool in history. Infecting hundreds of thousands of unsecured IoT devices worldwide, Mirai launched record-breaking attacks on major companies and internet infrastructure in 2016. Its creators were caught, but the release of Mi…

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‘It’s like a sick perversion of Squid Game’: Horror in Gaza as tide begins to turn against Netanyahu 28:02

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Shocking imagery from Gaza of extreme hunger has caused a visible shift in media coverage and political perspective. In recent days, Donald Trump, Keir Starmer and Emmanuel Macron have voiced significant opposition towards Israel and its war on Gaza. Nearly two years on from the events of October 7, 2023, is the tide finally turning on Benjamin Net…

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The unsolved death of Joe Deacy, and the ‘vicious’ poison pen letters that followed 18:13

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Almost eight years on, no one has been held accountable for the violent death of 21-year-old Joe Deacy who was found unconscious outside a home in Swinford, Co Mayo before dying the next day. A garda murder investigation has repeatedly failed to charge anybody. But the case has taken a sinister turn, as a man has admitted sending “vile” letters, si…

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Agent 202: New Secrets Emerge on an American Who Spied for Cuba 30:32

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Codenamed "Agent 202," Kendall Myers went undetected as a spy for Cuba for nearly 30 years. He worked at the State Department’s Foreign Service Institute, secretly spying for Cuba out of an earnest love for the island, its people, and their leader Fidel Castro. Myers was caught in 2009, after he retired. State Department Security Specialist and for…

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The trouble with EuroMillions: Dolores McNamara’s €115m win, 20 years on 20:58

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In the summer of 2005, a typical Friday night in the local pub changed the life of Dolores McNamara forever when she learned that the EuroMillions ticket she bought on a whim led to her becoming €115 million richer. But what became of Ireland’s first ever EuroMillions winner? Host: Tabitha Monahan Guest: Ralph Riegel See omnystudio.com/listener for…

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Extra: Trump’s tariff triumph - A bad loss for Ireland and a disaster for the EU 16:44

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Following months of speculation and negotiations, the European Union has finally struck a trade agreement with the US which will see both sides settle for a 15pc baseline tariff rate on EU imports to the US. Although an out-and-out trade war appears to have been averted, the agreement is being described in certain quarters as a “capitulation” by th…

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The Miami Showband Massacre: ‘ They tried to wipe out the entire band.’ 27:12

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In 1960s Ireland, while the Catholic Church still held sway, a new cultural force was rising — the showband scene. Ballrooms filled up night after night across the country, and at its heart was The Miami Showband, who were so beloved they were dubbed ‘The Irish Beatles’. But on July 31, 1975, everything changed. After a gig in Banbridge, Co Down, f…

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'Prison rules didn't really exist' Former Governor of infamous Maze prison on dealing with Michael Stone, Billy Wright and Johnny 'Mad Dog' Adair 33:26

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William McKee is a former governor of the Maze Prison. He was the senior governor in charge of the prison on the 27th December 1997. That was the day that LVF Godfather Billy Wright was murdered inside the prison wall. The INLA assumed responsibility for the killing shortly after. William McKee joins Ciarán Dunbar to talk about what working on the …

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Microsoft Sharepoint security crisis: Faulty patches, Toolshell zero-days 1:55:13

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Three Buddy Problem - Episode 55: A SharePoint zero-day exploit chain from Pwn2Own Berlin becomes a full-blown security crisis with Chinese nation-state actors exploiting vulnerabilities that Microsoft struggled to patch properly, leading to trivial bypasses and a cascade of new CVEs. The timeline is messy, the patches are faulty, and ransomware gr…

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Porn and violence in the 'digital age crackdown': Are children safe online? 23:06

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This week, Ireland’s long-promised safety crackdown on social media platforms came into effect, which aims to shield children from harmful online content. However, despite a nine-month lead-in for the likes of Instagram, Facebook, TikTok and X, it seems there are still major issues to be worked out. Is it possible to create a safe space for childre…

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DEAD IN THE WATER | Maersk, Sandworm, and the $10 Billion Breach 36:09

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The CISO Signal | S1E1: DEAD IN THE WATER | How Sandworm Crippled Maersk — The $10 Billion Breach In this premiere episode of The CISO Signal, we uncover the chilling true cybercrime story of the NotPetya attack — a weaponized piece of malware launched by the Russian state-backed hacking group Sandworm, which brought Maersk, the world’s largest shi…

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Fermanagh shooting: Community in shock after woman and children killed in suspected murder 7:49

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Three members of a family have been murdered in Maguiresbridge. The mother and her two children were shot in their family home – with two of them dying at the scene – another in hospital. Another person – a man – was seriously injured and is currently in hospital in Belfast. The PSNI say a so-called ‘murder-suicide’ is one line of inquiry and that …

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Ep 2: Secret phones, wiped laptops and ‘dirty’ money 26:39

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It's a bitter, messy row with multiple parties involved, and many, many millions on the line. John Magnier – one of Ireland’s wealthiest men and a notoriously private individual – has taken the stand in a high-stakes legal row over an estate that makes Downton Abbey look modest. Land, riches and reputations are all on the line, with recent evidence…

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Ep 1: John Magnier's bitter land row and the €15m handshake deal 26:07

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For nearly 400 years, the Barne Estate in Tipperary has been under the ownership of the Thomson-Moore family, going all the way back to 1654. Today, the future of the 750-acre property is the subject of a trial that has seen a bitter land dispute play out before the High Court. In one of the most colourful Irish court cases in recent memory, John M…

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Agent of Chaos: The Austrian Fugitive Running Russia’s Global Spy Networks 31:24

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Today he’s one of the most wanted men in the world, but before Jan Marsalek fled to Russia, he was the COO of payment-processing firm Wirecard. Officials and investigators say Marsalek used the company to finance Moscow’s covert operations and spy networks in Africa and Europe. In 2020, nearly €2 billion vanished from Wirecard, along with Marsalek.…