Leaky Weekly
by Flare
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About this podcast
There’s so much happening in the world of cybercrime, it’s hard to keep up for anyone, including security practitioners. Dive in with security researcher Nick Ascoli as he covers the most pressing stories on data leaks, cybercrime, and the dark web from the last week or so.
Tune in with short and sweet episodes in about 15 minutes.
Episodes
- React2Shell (CVE-2025-55182), 41% of Infostealer Victims Infected by Video Game Files · 9 min · Season 2 Episode 9On this episode of Leaky Weekly, host and security researcher Nick Ascoli discusses findings from Flare Research including: • React2Shell (CVE-2025-55182) vulnerability and…
- Attack on Identity: Dissecting Microsoft’s 2025 Digital Defense Report · 25 min · Season 2 Episode 8On this episode of Leaky Weekly, host and security researcher Nick Ascoli and Flare’s Identity Security Expert Mike Iaconianni dig into their responses and questions to the…
- NPM Supply Chain Attack, Fake Europol Bounty, and Operation Secure · 8 min · Season 2 Episode 7On this episode of Leaky Weekly, host and security researcher Nick Ascoli covers the NPM supply chain attack, fake Europol bounty, and Operation Secure. Here are the resources on…
- Spilling the Tea on the Tea App and TeaOnHer, and Salesforce Tenant Breaches · 10 min · Season 2 Episode 6On this episode of Leaky Weekly, host and security researcher Nick Ascoli spills the tea on data leaks from Tea and TeaOnHer, as well as attacks on Salesforce tenants. Here are…
- Use a Stealer Log, Go to Prison (Part 2): PowerSchool and Snowflake Tenant Breach Arrests · 11 min · Season 2 Episode 5On this episode of Leaky Weekly, host and security researcher Nick Ascoli gets into stealer logs and arrests in the last few weeks of the threat actors who targeted PowerSchool…
- Use a Stealer Log, Go to Prison (Part 1): IntelBroker and Scattered Spider(?) Arrests · 15 min · Season 2 Episode 4On this episode of Leaky Weekly, host and security researcher Nick Ascoli gets into stealer logs and arrests in the last few weeks of threat actor IntelBroker and threat actors…
- LockBit's Fall and the Rise of Ransomware Chaos 2025 with Tammy Harper · 16 min · Season 2 Episode 3On this episode of Leaky Weekly, Tammy Harper, Senior Threat Intelligence Researcher at Flare joins host and security researcher Nick Ascoli. Tammy explains: • LockBit’s fall…
- To Extort or Not to Extort: Ransomware Group Tactics in 2025 with Tammy Harper · 22 min · Season 2 Episode 2On this episode of Leaky Weekly, Tammy Harper, Senior Threat Intelligence Researcher at Flare joins host and security researcher Nick Ascoli. They talk about shifts in the…
- Committing Cybercrime Gets 5% Easier Each Year?: Ransomware Recap 2024-2025 with Tammy Harper · 12 min · Season 2 Episode 1On this episode of Leaky Weekly, Tammy Harper, Senior Threat Intelligence Researcher at Flare joins host and security researcher Nick Ascoli. They discuss ransomware in 2024, and…
- PowerSchool Hack; Takedowns and Arrests and Leaks, Oh My!; and ITRC Breach Report Findings · 24 min · Season 1 Episode 6On this first episode of Leaky Weekly after our winter break, host and security researcher Nick Ascoli covers recent events in the cybercrime space the PowerSchool hack, Cracked…
- Arrests, RedLine & META Infrastructure Takedown, and MOVEit Leaks · 16 min · Season 1 Episode 5On this latest episode of Leaky Weekly, host and security researcher Nick Ascoli covers recent news in the cybercrime space such as the USDoD arrest, Judische/Waifu (Connor…
- Dark Web Forum Arrests, Columbus Ransomware Attack Updates, and American Background Info Data Leak · 21 min · Season 1 Episode 4On this latest episode of Leaky Weekly, host and security researcher Nick Ascoli covers recent news in the cybercrime space such as the LockBit arrests, an update to the Columbus…
- AWS Takeover Campaign, Ransomware Attack on Columbus, and City of Columbus Sues Ransomware Researcher Whistleblower · 14 min · Season 1 Episode 3In Leaky Weekly’s third episode, host and security researcher Nick Ascoli covers recent news in the cybercrime space including the AWS takeover campaign, ransomware attack on…
- Background Check Organization Breach, a Repossessed Ransomware Blog, Feuding Forums, and Double Arrest of “J.P. Morgan” · 11 min · Season 1 Episode 2In Leaky Weekly’s second episode, host and security researcher Nick Ascoli covers recent news in the cybercrime space such as the National Public Data breach, Dispossesser…
- Pilot: Stealer Log Abuse, Hacktivist Groups, and Unauthorized Access Through Third-Parties · 15 min · Season 1 Episode 1In Leaky Weekly’s first episode, host and security researcher Nick Ascoli covers recent news in the cybercrime space, such as the AT&T breach, Snowflake tenant breaches, the…
