Masked Actors
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Defender: Leaving the Cyber Underworld Behind
Defender: Leaving the Cyber Underworld Behind
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True crime meets cybercrime. Discover the people behind the keyboard.
From Ransomware-as-a-Service (RaaS) gangs to global financial crime syndicates, the rise of sophisticated cyber threats is reshaping the world. These aren’t lone hackers — they’re organized groups running multi-million dollar operations in the shadows.
In the Masked Actors podcast, cyber threat expert and former soldier turned hacker Gary Ruddell joins forces with Nick Palmer, a seasoned financial crime fighter, to investigate the top 10 most dangerous cybercriminal groups of 2025 — drawn from Group-IB’s High-Tech Crime Trends Report.
Each episode explores the tactics, motivations, and impact of major cybercrime groups, uncovering their role in the latest cybercrime, RaaS, and financial crime trends. You’ll learn how these actors exploit vulnerabilities, fuel geopolitical tension, and affect businesses and consumers alike.
Tune in to Masked Actors — and stay one step ahead of cybercrime.
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- Defender: Leaving the Cyber Underworld Behind · 38 min · Sezon 2 Odcinek 9Send us Fan Mail The public often sees cybercrime through the lens of attacks, arrests and headlines. Far less visible are the online communities that sit behind them. For many…
- The Wire: ShinyHunters - Hackers Hunting Hackers · 17 min · Sezon 2 Odcinek 8Send us Fan Mail ShinyHunters has left an alleged trail stretching from university campuses, and major healthcare providers, to government agencies. It even turned on its peers…
- MuddyWater: Expanding an Espionage Operation · 43 min · Sezon 2 Odcinek 7Send us Fan Mail Successful espionage usually relies on patience. Nation-state actors quietly infiltrate targets, maintain access for years, and gather intelligence without…
- Defenders: Two Front Lines - Fraud From the Case File and the Comments Section · 1 godz. 11 min · Sezon 2 Odcinek 6Send us Fan Mail Most people experience fraud as a single event. A suspicious text message, a fake investment opportunity, or a phone call from someone pretending to be their…
- GoldFactory: Rethinking Digital Identity in the Age of Biometric Theft · 55 min · Sezon 2 Odcinek 5Send us Fan Mail For years, stronger authentication was seen as the answer to online fraud. As passwords became easier to steal, organisations turned to stronger forms of…
- TX-NFC: Ghost Tap — can your bank catch fraud from a card that never left your pocket? · 58 min · Sezon 2 Odcinek 4Send us Fan Mail Contactless payments have become such a routine part of everyday life that we rarely think twice about how they are secured. For decades, every contactless…
- Defenders: The life of a threat researcher · 59 min · Sezon 2 Odcinek 3Send us Fan Mail Threat researchers work deep in the digital underground, mapping adversaries, exposing tactics, and turning fragments of intelligence into protection that…
- Scattered Spider: Could one phone call bring down your whole organization? · 1 godz. 0 min · Sezon 2 Odcinek 2Send us Fan Mail Can you recognise every employee in your organisation? Most companies cannot — and attackers know it. A routine IT request comes in from a senior leader locked…
- Defenders: What does it take to orchestrate international takedowns across borders? · 43 min · Sezon 2 Odcinek 1Send us Fan Mail Cybercrime operates at a scale most people never see. A single incident can cost hundreds of millions of pounds, disrupt businesses overnight, or devastate…
- Team TNT: Could you be unknowingly mining for crypto? · 37 min · Sezon 1 Odcinek 10Send us Fan Mail Cryptocurrency promised huge potential for investors. But it’s cybercriminals who are reaping the benefits. From multimillion-dollar ransomware payouts to…
- Boolka: The evolution of a cybercriminal enterprise · 26 min · Sezon 1 Odcinek 9Send us Fan Mail If evolution has taught humanity anything, it’s that adaptation is key to survival. As prey develop camouflage techniques, predators get faster, sturdier, and…
- Brain Cipher: What happens when national infrastructure comes under strike? · 26 min · Sezon 1 Odcinek 8Send us Fan Mail Indonesia, June 2024 - 210 critical government agencies were crippled in one fell swoop. Immigration services were in disarray; customs officers locked out of…
- Ajina: Can you really trust that app? · 32 min · Sezon 1 Odcinek 7Send us Fan Mail Cyber criminals are masters at exploiting human vulnerability and trust. In Uzbek folklore, there's a creature known for causing chaos, preying on humans…
- MuddyWater & OilRig: The cyber espionage playbook · 24 min · Sezon 1 Odcinek 6Send us Fan Mail As digital infrastructure becomes the backbone of global economies, cyber espionage has quietly evolved into one of the most powerful tools in modern statecraft…
- Joystick to Jailbreak: Exploring the Youth Cybercrime Pandemic · 1 godz. 13 min · Sezon 1 Odcinek 5Send us Fan Mail Forget everything you think you know about hackers. Today’s cybercriminals aren’t lurking in shadowy basements - they’re teenagers mastering cheat codes on…
- RansomHub: From RaaS Kingpin to Cartel Mystery · 40 min · Sezon 1 Odcinek 4Send us Fan Mail When RansomHub, one of the most prolific ransomware groups, vanished overnight back in April, it sent shockwaves through the cybercriminal underworld. With over…
- DragonForce: The Cyber Cartel Helping Hackers Hit the High Street · 30 min · Sezon 1 Odcinek 3Send us Fan Mail Empty shelves, lost customers, and hundreds of millions of pounds in lost profit are just some of the outcomes that retailers have faced in the wake of recent…
- Lazarus: Is your best IT worker really a North Korean hacker? · 37 min · Sezon 1 Odcinek 2Send us Fan Mail In December 2014, Sony Pictures announced they were cancelling the release of Seth Rogan’s newest venture The Interview due to a large-scale cyberattack. And in…
- GoldFactory: The cybercriminals who want to steal your face · 24 min · Sezon 1 Odcinek 1Send us Fan Mail If a cybercriminal steals your password, you can change it. But what happens if they steal your face? Former soldier turned hacker, Gary Ruddell and financial…
- Cybercriminals Exposed: Welcome to Masked Actors · 1 min · Sezon 1Send us Fan Mail Welcome to Masked Actors — a true crime-inspired podcast from Group-IB that brings you face to face with the people orchestrating some of the most sophisticated…
