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  • One of the World’s Most Wanted Hackers Speaks

    The last time Phineas Fisher agreed to an interview with Motherboard, they made us recreate the whole thing with a puppet. 

    This time around, Phineas Fisher—one of the world’s most wanted hackers—wanted to make a statement on CYBER to deny he’s an agent of the Kremlin.


    Phineas Fisher is the hacker’s hacker that nobody knows. In fact, nobody even knows if they are just one person, or several people. All we know is Phineas Fisher has hacked, embarrassed, and exposed some of the world’s most powerful spyware companies that have connections to the FBI, the DEA, and dozens of other law enforcement and spy agencies all around the world. 

    And Phineas Fisher has completely gotten away with it. 


    Throughout these exploits, Motherboard'sLorenzo Francheschi-Bicchierai has been one of the few reporters to make contact with the hacker several times. Recently, Phineas Fisher got in touch with him again, but this time to deny a recent allegation that he’s Russian intelligence operation made in Joseph Menn’s new book on hacktivism.


    On this week’s CYBER, Lorenzo sits down with host Ben Makuch to take you through the murky history of Phineas Fisher’s hacks, then the infamous hacktivist speaks.

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    17 min
  • World Of Hip-Hop Show July 2019

    Denz - World Of Hip-Hop Show July 2019


    Track Listing:

    1. Off The Turf - Planet Asia - Initials on My Jewelry

    2. No Guest List - Big Tone & House Shoes Feat.Quelle Chris - Big Shoes

    3. Headlines - DJ Premier Feat.Westside Gunn, Conway & Benny - Headlines

    4. Token of My Affection - Nems - Gorilla Monsoon

    5. YCP - Jay ARE Feat.Tiffany Paige - Youth Culture Power

    6. Can't Stay Away - Inspectah Deck - Chamber No.9

    7. Crowns for Kings - Benny The Butcher Feat.Black Thought - The Plugs I Met

    8. Box Talk - Salaam Remi & Joell Ortiz - Box Talk

    9. Education - Freddie Gibbs & Madlib Feat.Yasiin Bey & Black Thought - Bandana

    10. What Profits A Man - Sunz Of Man - The Rebirth

    11. Stillwell Baby - Your Old Droog - Transportation

    12. Crown Holder - Skyzoo - In Celebration of Us

    13. Benjamin Button - Reks - The Greatest X

    14. A Summer Night At The Symphony - The Good People - Family - The Summer EP

    15. Strange Smiles - Flee Lord - Later Is Now

    16. Bautista - Westside Gunn - Flygod Is An Awesome God

    17. For Who - Photograph Your Aura Feat.Cazeaux O.S.L.O - Snoopy Cap

    18. Purple - ANoyd & Statik Selektah - Yuck!

    19. Mittrom - Mach-Hommy Feat.Earl Sweatshirt - Wap Konn Jòj!


    Mixed By Denz For Nuwaveradio


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    1 hr
  • How Palantir's Spy Tool for Cops Works

    A Silicon Valley company with a history of CIA funding, a suite of highly sought after intelligence software tools, and a gallivanting billionaire founder with connections to the Trump Administration is set to become one of the biggest IPOs in recent memory.


    Yet many outside of the infosec world don’t even know its name or that it even exists—a sharp difference Palantir doesn’t share with other similar-sized startups based out of the Silicon Valley.


    But Palantir’s surveillance software, which essentially siphons up monumental amounts of data on the public using state, police, and federal databases can map interpersonal relationships between people and provide that info to the fingertips of police and spies in a matter of seconds.


    Among the list of past and current Palantir clients are the NSA, CIA, Department of Homeland Security and Immigrations and Customs Enforcement—which directly uses its technology to fuel its controversial raids on undocument workers. 


    Motherboard reporter Caroline Haskins obtained a copy of one of the company’s top-secret police manuals describing how to use its software. The revelation gave privacy-concerned onlookers a rare insight into just how invasive Palantir technology can be.


    On this week’s CYBER, Caroline sits down with host Ben Makuch to map out what Palantir is and how this company influences the very technological landscape of the modern world. 

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    20 min
  • Inside Jigsaw, Google's 'Internet Justice League'
    For years, Google’s internet freedom moonshot Jigsaw has gotten glowing attention for its ambitious projects. But current and former employees, along with leaked documents and internal messages, reveal a grim reality behind the scenes. Motherboard's Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai tells us about his months-long investigation into Jigsaw and its "toxic" workplace culture.

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    22 min
  • Is Your Password Secure? Probably Not
    For decades, experts have known that a simple alphanumeric password isn't enough to secure our identities online, but nothing has changed. In this episode, we’re talking to Wendy Nather, a veteran of the infosec world who knows a thing or two about identity and authentication.

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    20 min
  • The Zuckerberg Deepfake Heard Around the World
    Last week a video of Mark Zuckerberg emerged online. The video showed Facebook's CEO speaking to the camera in his office, but what he was saying didn’t seem right. This deepfake of Mark Zuckerberg was perhaps the biggest troll of Facebook in recent memory, but will it change anything?

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    27 min
  • Wu-Tang Clan Mix

    Denz - Wu-Tang Clan Mix


    Track Listing:

    1. Protect Ya Neck

    2. Glaciers Of Ice

    3. Liquid Swords

    4. Da Mystery Of Chessboxin'

    5. Bring The Pain

    6. Wu-Gambinos

    7. R.E.C. Room

    8. Ice Cream

    9. The Abduction

    10. The Worst

    11. Criminology

    12. America

    13. Semi-Automatic: Full Rap Metal Jacket

    14. 4th Chamber

    15. Shadowboxin'

    16. I Love You So

    17. Duel Of The Iron Mic

    18. Severe Punishment

    19. Brooklyn Zoo Remix

    20. Shimmy Shimmy Ya

    21. C.R.E.A.M.

    22. Bells Of War

    23. Can It Be All So Simple

    24. Hell's Wind Staff/Killah Hills 10304

    25. Reunited

    26. Method Man

    27. Triumph

    28. Cold World

    29. '96 Recreation (Demo)


    Mixed By Denz For Nuwaveradio


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    2 hr 1 min
  • What Happens When a US Border Protection Contractor Gets Hacked?
    On this week’s episode of CYBER, Joseph Cox and Motherboard EIC Jason Koebler discuss the breach of a Customs and Border Protection contractor that exposed pictures of drivers in Pennsylvania, and the implications for the future of data retention. This story comes on the cusp of groundbreaking attempts by the CBP to use facial recognition software along the border and collecting visitors social media information.

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    26 min
  • The Politician Fighting The Spyware Industry
    On this week’s CYBER host Ben Makuch sat down with Dutch politician Marietje Schaake to discuss the future of cyberweapons, how governmental regulation on spyware should mirror the conventional arms industry, and how Brexit might make Britain a haven for commercial surveillance companies.

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    25 min

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Hacking. Hackers. Disinformation campaigns. Encryption. The Cyber. This stuff gets complicated really fast, but Motherboard spends its time embedded in the infosec world so you don't have to.…