Apr 16, 202520 minS3
<p >The Digital Desperados Podcast explores infamous cybercriminals and attacks with host Jim Brangenberg, story guide Patrick McMurphy, and SaferNet CEO Brad Hawkins. In this episode, we revisit as they delve into the...
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Digital Desperados
Hosted by Jim Brangenberg · technology · EN
About this Podcast:
Welcome to the Digital Desperados Podcast featuring Dark Tales from the Web with Patrick McMurphy. Patrick brings his Irish story telling origins into the limelight as he highlights the Dark Tales of Digital Desperados from around the globe. Cyber Criminal masterminds who are world renowned. Listen in and be prepared to be amazed and intrigued. This podcast is Brought to you by SaferNet VPN.
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What is Digital Desperados about?
Welcome to the Digital Desperados Podcast featuring Dark Tales from the Web with Patrick McMurphy. Patrick brings his Irish story telling origins into the limelight as he highlights the Dark Tales of Digital Desperados from around the globe. Cyber Criminal masterminds who are world renowned. Listen in and be prepared to be amazed and intrigued.
Who hosts Digital Desperados?
Digital Desperados is hosted by Jim Brangenberg. The show has published 41 episodes to date.
What has Digital Desperados covered recently?
Recent episodes include "Episode #41, Revisit of Episode #15, Beware the Cozy Bear!" (16 April 2025, 20 minutes), "Episode #40, Billionaire, Investor, Disruptor: Peter Thiel" (2 April 2025, 18 minutes), and "Content Details: Episode #39, Ctrl + Alt + Caught: w0rmer's Story" (19 March 2025, 15 minutes).
How often does Digital Desperados publish?
Digital Desperados publishes roughly every two weeks, with episodes averaging 21 minutes across 41 episodes.
How hard is it to get booked on Digital Desperados?
Booking probability for Digital Desperados is 22%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Digital Desperados requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Digital Desperados's contact route on record: verified email.
Who should pitch Digital Desperados?
The strongest fits for Digital Desperados are IT Services & Software Development. Digital Desperados has a technology audience.
About the host
Jim Brangenberg hosts Digital Desperados, a technology podcast with 41 episodes published.
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- Apr 2, 202518 minS3
<p >Billionaire investor Peter Thiel has been many things—PayPal co-founder, Silicon Valley kingmaker, libertarian mastermind, and more. In this episode, the Digital Desperados gang unravel the tangled web of Thiel's...
- Mar 19, 202515 minS3
<p >In this episode of Digital Desperados, dive into the cautionary tale of hacker-turned-ethical-hacker, Higinio Ochoa, aka w0rmer. What starts as harmless curiosity quickly escalates into full-blown cyber activism...
- Mar 5, 202515 minS3
<p >In this episode of Digital Desperados, hosts Jim Brangenberg and Patrick McMurphy dive into the heroic story of Gary Alford, the IRS investigator who cracked the infamous Silk Road case (see episode 20). Unlike the...
- Feb 19, 202521 minS3
<p >In this fascinating episode of Digital Desperados, Patrick McMurphy takes us deep into the wild and chaotic life of John McAfee, the tech genius turned fugitive. Best known for creating McAfee Antivirus, John's...
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- Feb 5, 202521 minS3
<p >In this episode of Digital Desperados, host Jim Brangenberg is joined by Patrick McMurphy and SaferNet CEO Brad Hawkins to uncover the chilling world of DarkSide, one of the most notorious ransomware groups...
- Jan 22, 202522 minS3
<p >In this episode of Digital Desperados, the spotlight is on Ehud "Udi" Tenenbaum, a hacker whose story of genius and cybercrime shook the digital world. Udi's tale begins in the late 1990s when his knack for...
- Jan 8, 202516 minS3
<p >Welcome to Digital Desperados, where we explore the dark tales of the web! In this episode, Jim Brangenberg and Patrick McMurphy take a deep dive into the rise and fall of Elizabeth Holmes, the ambitious founder of...
- Dec 25, 202422 minS2
<p >In this episode of Digital Desperados, Jim Brangenberg, Patrick McMurphy, and Brad Hawkins (founder of SaferNet) take us on a wild ride through the life of Kevin Poulsen, aka "Dark Dante." From humble beginnings in...
- Dec 11, 202422 minS2
<p >This week, Jim Brangenberg is joined by cybersecurity expert Patrick McMurphy and SaferNet CEO Brad Hawkins to unravel the dark web world of APT42—better known as Charming Kitten. Spoiler alert: it's not actually...
- Nov 27, 202421 minS2
<p >This week, Digital Desperados takes a lighthearted stroll through the story of Samy Kamkar, a hacker who quickly found out that hacking isn't a game. Remember MySpace? (Yes, it's the "classic rock" of social media.)...
- Nov 13, 202419 minS2
<p >Uncover the riveting story of Hieu Minh Ngo—aka "Hieu PC"—a notorious hacker who (thankfully) turned his life around to fight cybercrime. Hieu's story begins in Vietnam, where he got his first computer at 13 and...
- Oct 30, 202428 minS2
<p >Junaid Hussain, a quiet British teen with a knack for computers, morphed into a dangerous cyber jihadist. Initially drawn to hacking as a teenager, he joined groups like Team Poison, targeting perceived enemies of...
- Oct 16, 202422 minS2
<p >In this episode of Digital Desperados, you'll learn the story of Mustafa Al-Bassam, a teenage hacker who took on the CIA and lived to tell the tale. Co-hosts Patrick, Brad, and Jim dive into Mustafa's journey from...
Episode #27
Episode #27 – The Rise and Fall of REvil
Oct 2, 202423 minS2<p >In this gripping episode of Digital Desperados, Jim Brangenberg, Patrick McMurphy, and Brad Hawkins (CEO of SaferNet) dive into the shadowy world of REvil, one of the most notorious ransomware groups in history...
- Sep 18, 202432 minS2
<p >In this episode of Digital Desperados, Patrick McMurphy dives into the incredible true story of Marcus Hutchins, founder of the MalwareTech Blog. Born in a quiet English village, Marcus's passion for computers grew...
- Sep 4, 202419 minS2
<p >In this episode of Digital Desperados, Jim Brangenberg, Patrick McMurphy, and Brad Hawkins explore the fascinating story of Pavel Durov, known as the "Mark Zuckerberg of Russia." Durov created VK, Russia's largest...
- Aug 21, 202420 minS2
<p >Explore the story of Vladimir Drinkman, a notorious Russian hacker. This digital desperado gained expertise in SQL injections and formed a hacking crew that executed long-term cyber-attacks, including the massive...
- Aug 7, 202416 minS2
<p >Welcome back to Part 2 in the Julian Assange story! This episode gets into the nitty gritty, discussing key WikiLeaks leaks, ranging from the Peruvian oil scandal to hundreds of thousands of classified war logs that...
- Jul 24, 202419 minS2
<p >In this episode of Digital Desperados, Jim Brangenberg, Patrick McMurphy, and Brad Hawkins (CEO of SaferNet VPN) begin to explore the fascinating and controversial life of Julian Assange. We look at the early life...
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