The Brett Johnson Show

Over 50% of all internet traffic? Bots. Bots can also be over 90% of traffic on any website you visit. Most Bots? They are good--they make your online experience better. But Bots can be Bad when used for Crime.

Worried about Zero Day Attacks or Unknown Vulnerabilities? Brett Johnson is not. During his 20 year reign as a cybercrook, Brett had access to 2 Zero Day attacks. Only one produced profit. If you are waiting on a Zero Day top Profit? You will starve to death. Brett Johnson, Former US Most Wanted Cybercriminal discusses the real problem.

The definition of the darkweb has changed over the years. Brett Johnson built and ran the precursor of todays darkweb and darkweb markets. Then the TOR browser came. Today? Discord, Wickr, Telegram, and more. 

For Cybercrime to succeed? 3 Things have to take place. Criminals must gather Data. Criminals must commit a crime. And then, Criminals must cash out that crime. The problem is one single criminal cannot do all three things. Brett Johnson discusses.

Lot of former criminals out there wanting to find work in cyber. And a whole lot of them have reached out to Brett Johnson to ask his advice. The Truth? It ain't easy. 

Social Engineering reigns among new cybercriminals. One of the more nifty types of fraud? Advanced Replacement. That's where you have something, claim it doesnt work, and the manufacturer send you a new one before you send the broken one back. Sounds like an open door for fraud! Cha-Ching! 

Trust matters. In order for a scammer to defraud you or your company he must establish a degree of Trust with that potential victim. But it goes deeper than that. Criminals have to Trust one another in order to be successful. Brett Johnson discusses Trust in Cybercrime environments.

2 million views. Widely called the best episode of the Lex Fridman Show. Former US Most Wanted Cybercriminal and Original Internet Godfather, Brett Johnson discusses his appearance on the Lex Fridman Show.

Those pesky Russians. Vlad "The Impaler" Putin waging war on Ukraine. Solarwinds. Notpetya. Overall bad Mojo from the country John McCain referred to as a gas station. Truth is? Russia is highly advanced in cyber-warfare. No one is better. 

Why would you click on that link? Why would you send money to someone you don't even know? Who would ever believe giftcards? 

We tend to blame the victims of crime for the crimes which are perpetrated upon them. Mass media does it. Family and friends do it. And many of the 7500+ Security Companies do it. If we ever hope to successfully combat crime we must stop blaming victims. Former US Most Wanted Cybercriminal Brett Johnson discusses.