AOL Underground

By Steve Stonebraker

Interviews with users, hackers, and staff of America Online (AOL), covering the 90’s/Early 2000’s.... more

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The podcast currently has 40 episodes available.

AOL Underground episodes:

July 28, 2022Surf Kahuna (part 2) - More on AOL virus guy, Steve and Ryan nerd out on ransomware and Advanced Persistent Threats
Surf Kahuna (Ryan Chapman) finishes his origin story and what he learned from it. Then Steve and Ryan talk espionage, multiple Advanced Persistent Threats, retro gaming, password spraying, ransomware, and what has helped Ryan be successful in Infosec.
Guest: Surf Kahuna/Mac Diablo (Ryan Chapman)
Host: Steve Stonebraker
CoverArt: Created by Broast (https://broast.org), original idea by LampGold.
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Ryan Chapman
Follow Ryan on Twitter - @rj_chap
Ryan's Blog - https://incidentresponse.training/
Author of SANS FOR528 "Ransomware for Incident Responders" - for528.com/course
Instructor of SANS FOR610: Reverse-Engineering Malware: Malware Analysis Tools and Techniques - https://www.sans.org/cyber-security-courses/reverse-engineering-malware-malware-analysis-tools-techniques/
Part of the @CactusCon crew - https://www.cactuscon.com/
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AOL Underground Podcast
Follow us on twitter - ⁠⁠@AOLUnderground⁠⁠ ⁠⁠@brakertech⁠⁠
Reddit - ⁠https://www.reddit.com/r/AOLUnderground/⁠
Merch - ⁠⁠https://www.redbubble.com/people/AOL-Underground/shop⁠⁠
Donate - ⁠⁠https://www.buymeacoffee.com/AOLUnderground⁠⁠
Contact the Host -⁠⁠ https://aolunderground.com/contact-host/⁠⁠
Reconnect with old AOLers -
⁠https://discord.gg/p3ol⁠

⁠⁠https://aolunderground.com/community/
...more
1h 15min
July 25, 2022Surf Kahuna (part 1) - Origin story of a Digital Forensic Incident Responder (DFIR)
Surf Kahuna (Ryan Chapman) shares his origin story about a series of events that occurred on AOL that rocked his world and led him down the path of digital forensics.

Guest: Surf Kahuna/Mac Diablo (Ryan Chapman)
Host: Steve Stonebraker
CoverArt: Created by Broast (https://broast.org), original idea by LampGold.
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Ryan Chapman
Follow Ryan on Twitter - @rj_chap
Ryan's Blog - https://incidentresponse.training/
Author of SANS FOR528 "Ransomware for Incident Responders" - for528.com/course
Instructor of SANS FOR610: Reverse-Engineering Malware: Malware Analysis Tools and Techniques - https://www.sans.org/cyber-security-courses/reverse-engineering-malware-malware-analysis-tools-techniques/
Part of the @CactusCon crew
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AOL Underground Podcast
Follow us on twitter - ⁠⁠@AOLUnderground⁠⁠ ⁠⁠@brakertech⁠⁠
Reddit - ⁠https://www.reddit.com/r/AOLUnderground/⁠
Merch - ⁠⁠https://www.redbubble.com/people/AOL-Underground/shop⁠⁠
Donate - ⁠⁠https://www.buymeacoffee.com/AOLUnderground⁠⁠
Contact the Host -⁠⁠ https://aolunderground.com/contact-host/⁠⁠
Reconnect with old AOLers -
⁠https://discord.gg/p3ol⁠

⁠⁠https://aolunderground.com/community/
...more
59min
July 22, 2022hiwind - Developer for life, author of hiwind.bas
hiwind starting programming at a very early age, became addicted to it, and somehow found a way to keep programming and being on AOL without ever having a computer of his own until his first job. His passion is palpable! Be sure to check out https://www.hiwind.me/ and click his on his greetz!

Guest: hiwind
Host: Steve Stonebraker
CoverArt: Created by Broast (https://broast.org), original idea by LampGold.
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Follow hiwind on Twitter - https://twitter.com/hiwindiest
hiwind's retro website - https://www.hiwind.me/
--
AOL Underground Podcast
Follow us on twitter - ⁠⁠@AOLUnderground⁠⁠ ⁠⁠@brakertech⁠⁠
Reddit - ⁠https://www.reddit.com/r/AOLUnderground/⁠
Merch - ⁠⁠https://www.redbubble.com/people/AOL-Underground/shop⁠⁠
Donate - ⁠⁠https://www.buymeacoffee.com/AOLUnderground⁠⁠
Contact the Host -⁠⁠ https://aolunderground.com/contact-host/⁠⁠
Reconnect with old AOLers -
⁠https://discord.gg/p3ol⁠

⁠⁠https://aolunderground.com/community/
...more
1h 13min
July 20, 2022keeb - Name collectors, keeb.bas, spamming, chat coms, docker origin story
Chat with @keeb about his keeb.bas file, his first phishing website, creating chat coms in any text field, high school programming, and his career in business development. This lead to working at Docker, Rancher Labs, at Kentik
Guest: keeb
Host: Steve Stonebraker
CoverArt: Created by Broast (https://broast.org), original idea by LampGold.
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Follow keeb on Twitter - https://twitter.com/nickstinemates
keeb's website - https://keeb.dev/
Kentik - https://kentik.com
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AOL Underground Podcast
Follow us on twitter - ⁠⁠@AOLUnderground⁠⁠ ⁠⁠@brakertech⁠⁠
Reddit - ⁠https://www.reddit.com/r/AOLUnderground/⁠
Merch - ⁠⁠https://www.redbubble.com/people/AOL-Underground/shop⁠⁠
Donate - ⁠⁠https://www.buymeacoffee.com/AOLUnderground⁠⁠
Contact the Host -⁠⁠ https://aolunderground.com/contact-host/⁠⁠
Reconnect with old AOLers -
⁠https://discord.gg/p3ol⁠

⁠⁠https://aolunderground.com/community/
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Episode chapters
00:00:00 Intro
00:01:02 First time got on AOL
00:02:46 How did you find the scene?
00:03:24 First programs used
00:05:54 Laggers
00:06:29 Collaboration
00:08:10 dos32.bas and OCX files
00:09:24 Open source programming
00:10:06 Keeb.bas
00:11:37 Looking back at old code
00:12:48 Spamming and Operator Accounts
00:14:37 Did you release any of your programs?
00:15:22 Keebs Cookies
00:20:26 Spamming
00:21:59 First phishing website
00:23:55 Creating website with AOL UI
00:29:10 Chat com in any text editor
00:29:59 College Credit VB Programming Class
00:33:41 Background on Extra Classes
00:35:42 High School Programming
00:35:54 Post AOL
00:38:03 Career in Business Development
00:39:00 Working at Docker
00:43:01 Docker Origin Story
00:44:28 First Version of Docker
00:45:13 Kubernetes
00:46:18 Openstack
00:49:43 Rancher Labs
00:50:20 Kentik
00:56:02 Synthetic Testing
01:01:17 Apple Password 128 characters
01:03:57 Goodbye
...more
1h 6min
June 26, 2022z0ne - Chatroom Laggers, Arrested, Spamming, Nerdcore, opsec44
z0ne is our first return guest! Topics: Room laggers (cloners), room takeovers, Getting arrested. Spamming for signups, Spin-off accounts, chat room monitoring MP3 players, cracking, AIM warning, Nerdcore, child exploitation material takedowns, torrenting, operational security (opsec44) - bug bounty bartering
Guests: z0ne
Host: Steve Stonebraker
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AOL Underground Podcast
Follow us on twitter - ⁠⁠@AOLUnderground⁠⁠ ⁠⁠@brakertech⁠⁠
Reddit - ⁠https://www.reddit.com/r/AOLUnderground/⁠
Merch - ⁠⁠https://www.redbubble.com/people/AOL-Underground/shop⁠⁠
Donate - ⁠⁠https://www.buymeacoffee.com/AOLUnderground⁠⁠
Contact the Host -⁠⁠ https://aolunderground.com/contact-host/⁠⁠
Reconnect with old AOLers -
⁠https://discord.gg/p3ol⁠

⁠⁠https://aolunderground.com/community/
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Other
Check out my wife's Etsy shop - ⁠https://www.etsy.com/shop/Snowbraker
...more
51min
June 25, 2022PoSsE4uS (part2) - The Dark Knight
We cover the future of ReAOL, using different versions of the AOL client, how you can help the project, thank you list (to people that helped with the project), and depression.
Guest: PoSsE4uS
Host: Steve Stonebraker
Show Notes: https://aolunderground.com/episode-extras/posse4us/
Shout out: @pad for notifying the masses about the ReAOL project
Use ReAOL: https://discord.gg/reaol
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Mental Health Resources:
Canada - https://bit.ly/3OC2nWw
USA - https://bit.ly/3bgGdKW
UK - https://bit.ly/3bsBJ4a
--
AOL Underground Podcast
Follow us on twitter - ⁠⁠@AOLUnderground⁠⁠ ⁠⁠@brakertech⁠⁠
Reddit - ⁠https://www.reddit.com/r/AOLUnderground/⁠
Merch - ⁠⁠https://www.redbubble.com/people/AOL-Underground/shop⁠⁠
Donate - ⁠⁠https://www.buymeacoffee.com/AOLUnderground⁠⁠
Contact the Host -⁠⁠ https://aolunderground.com/contact-host/⁠⁠
Reconnect with old AOLers -
⁠https://discord.gg/p3ol⁠

⁠⁠https://aolunderground.com/community/
...more
24min
June 20, 2022tagz and shellz - Getting swatted, planting trojans, and the death of AOL
Chat with tagz and shellz about being a noob, getting Sub7’d, the death of AOL, rap battles, deltrees, a credit card trojan, exploits, swatting, and silence the blind hacker
Guests: tagz and shellz
Host: Steve Stonebraker
--
AOL Underground Podcast
Follow us on twitter - ⁠⁠@AOLUnderground⁠⁠ ⁠⁠@brakertech⁠⁠
Reddit - ⁠https://www.reddit.com/r/AOLUnderground/⁠
Merch - ⁠⁠https://www.redbubble.com/people/AOL-Underground/shop⁠⁠
Donate - ⁠⁠https://www.buymeacoffee.com/AOLUnderground⁠⁠
Contact the Host -⁠⁠ https://aolunderground.com/contact-host/⁠⁠
Reconnect with old AOLers -
⁠https://discord.gg/p3ol⁠

⁠⁠https://aolunderground.com/community/
--
Other
Check out my wife's Etsy shop - ⁠https://www.etsy.com/shop/Snowbraker
...more
1h 24min
June 18, 2022PoSsE4uS (part1) - ReAOL Begins
PoSsE4uS reveals his origin story and the genesis of the ReAOL project
Guest: PoSsE4uS
Host: Steve Stonebraker
Show Notes: https://aolunderground.com/episode-extras/posse4us/
Shout out: @pad for notifying the masses about the ReAOL project
Use ReAOL: https://discord.gg/reaol
---
Mental Health Resources:
Canada - https://bit.ly/3OC2nWw
USA - https://bit.ly/3bgGdKW
UK - https://bit.ly/3bsBJ4a
--
AOL Underground Podcast
Follow us on twitter - ⁠⁠@AOLUnderground⁠⁠ ⁠⁠@brakertech⁠⁠
Reddit - ⁠https://www.reddit.com/r/AOLUnderground/⁠
Merch - ⁠⁠https://www.redbubble.com/people/AOL-Underground/shop⁠⁠
Donate - ⁠⁠https://www.buymeacoffee.com/AOLUnderground⁠⁠
Contact the Host -⁠⁠ https://aolunderground.com/contact-host/⁠⁠
Reconnect with old AOLers -
⁠https://discord.gg/p3ol⁠

⁠⁠https://aolunderground.com/community/
...more
33min
June 10, 2022cam0 (part3) - Twitter Account Takeovers
cam0 explains how he took over Burger King and Jeep's twitter accounts
Show Notes: https://aolunderground.com/episode-extras/cam0/
Guest: cam0
Host: Steve Stonebraker
Audio and Sound: Podcast edited and mastered by Charlie Clark, https://www.fiverr.com/chuckaudio
--
AOL Underground Podcast
Follow us on twitter - ⁠⁠@AOLUnderground⁠⁠ ⁠⁠@brakertech⁠⁠
Reddit - ⁠https://www.reddit.com/r/AOLUnderground/⁠
Merch - ⁠⁠https://www.redbubble.com/people/AOL-Underground/shop⁠⁠
Donate - ⁠⁠https://www.buymeacoffee.com/AOLUnderground⁠⁠
Contact the Host -⁠⁠ https://aolunderground.com/contact-host/⁠⁠
Reconnect with old AOLers -
⁠https://discord.gg/p3ol⁠

⁠⁠https://aolunderground.com/community/
...more
39min
June 10, 2022cam0 (part2) - Paris Hilton hack, Prison, Police Dept hack
cam0 talks about how he hacked Paris Hilton's T-Mobile Sidekick, prison, and hacking the police department
Show Notes: https://aolunderground.com/episode-extras/cam0/
Guest: cam0
Host: Steve Stonebraker
Audio and Sound: Podcast edited and mastered by Charlie Clark, https://www.fiverr.com/chuckaudio
--
AOL Underground Podcast
Follow us on twitter - ⁠⁠@AOLUnderground⁠⁠ ⁠⁠@brakertech⁠⁠
Reddit - ⁠https://www.reddit.com/r/AOLUnderground/⁠
Merch - ⁠⁠https://www.redbubble.com/people/AOL-Underground/shop⁠⁠
Donate - ⁠⁠https://www.buymeacoffee.com/AOLUnderground⁠⁠
Contact the Host -⁠⁠ https://aolunderground.com/contact-host/⁠⁠
Reconnect with old AOLers -
⁠https://discord.gg/p3ol⁠

⁠⁠https://aolunderground.com/community/
...more
58min

FAQs about AOL Underground:

How many episodes does AOL Underground have?

The podcast currently has 40 episodes available.