Louis Theroux Goes Inside the Manosphere. It’s Worse Than You Think.
Louis Theroux joins Kara to discuss his new Netflix documentary, "Louis Theroux: Inside the Manosphere." The film explores the online world of male influencers selling fitness, wealth and self-improvement through ultra-masculine and misogynistic ideologies. Louis focuses on the extreme fringes of the manosphere, where racist, homophobic and antisemitic rhetoric mixes with conspiracy theories – and his depiction of these influencers manages to be both hilarious and nerve-racking at the same time.
Kara and Louis break down how the manosphere economy works, why so much of the content targets teenage boys and how tech platforms amplify it. They also examine the loneliness and economic frustration that can make young men susceptible to these messages, and why ideas that once lived on the fringe are increasingly moving into the mainstream.
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Risky Business #821 -- Wiz researchers could have owned every AWS customer
In this week’s show, Patrick Gray and Adam Boileau discuss the week’s cybersecurity news, joined by a special guest. BBC World Cyber Correspondent Joe Tidy is a long time listener and he pops in for a ride-along in the news segment plus a chat about his new book.
This week news includes:
Did the US cyber Venezuela’s power grid, or do they just want us to think they coulda?
US govt might boycott the RSAC Conference ‘cause Jen Easterly being CEO makes them mad
MS Patch Tuesday fixes CVSS5.5 bug and … stops you shutting down
Wiz pulls off cloud stunt hack that ends with control of everyone’s AWS console
Millions of Bluetooth devices that use Google’s Fast Pairing will pair with anyone, any time
GNU inet-tools’ telnetd parties like it’s 2007, and brings -f root unauthed remote login back
Thinkst is this week’s sponsor, and long time friend of the show Haroon Meer joins. As always they’re polishing their Canary tokens - adding breadcrumbs to lead you to them - but they’re also a bunch of giant nerds who now run South Africa’s Computer Olympiad.
This episode is also available on Youtube.
Show notes
Cyberattack in Venezuela Demonstrated Precision of U.S. Capabilities - The New York Times
Why I’m withholding certainty that “precise” US cyber-op disrupted Venezuelan electricity - Ars Technica
Layered Ambiguity: US Cyber Capabilities in the Raid to Extract Maduro from Venezuela | Royal United Services Institute
Former CISA Director Jen Easterly Will Lead RSAC Conference | WIRED
Trump officials consider skipping premier cyber conference after Biden-era cyber leader named CEO - Nextgov/FCW
Federal agencies ordered to patch Microsoft Desktop Windows Manager bug | The Record from Recorded Future News
Windows 11 shutdown bug forces Microsoft into damage control • The Register
CodeBreach: Supply Chain Vuln & AWS CodeBuild Misconfig | Wiz Blog
Critical flaw in AWS Console risked compromise of build environment | Cybersecurity Dive
Never-before-seen Linux malware is “far more advanced than typical” - Ars Technica
VoidLink: Evidence That the Era of Advanced AI-Generated Malware Has Begun - Check Point Research
Hundreds of Millions of Audio Devices Need a Patch to Prevent Wireless Hacking and Tracking | WIRED
Critical flaw in Fortinet FortiSIEM targeted in exploitation threat | Cybersecurity Dive
CVE-2025-64155: 3 Years of Remotely Rooting the FortiSIEM
A single click mounted a covert, multistage attack against Copilot - Ars Technica
Police raid homes of alleged Black Basta hackers, hunt suspected Russian ringleader | The Record from Recorded Future News
Jordanian initial access broker pleads guilty to helping target 50 companies | The Record from Recorded Future News
Supreme Court hacker posted stolen government data on Instagram | TechCrunch
oss-sec: GNU InetUtils Security Advisory: remote authentication by-pass in telnetd
How crypto criminals stole $700 million from people - often using age-old tricks
Ctrl + Alt + Chaos: How Teenage Hackers Hijack the Internet
159: Vastaamo
Joe Tidy investigates what may be the cruelest and most disturbing cyber attack in history. A breach so invasive it blurred the line between digital crime and psychological torture. This story might make your skin crawl.
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Get the book Ctrl + Alt + Chaos: How Teenage Hackers Hijack the Internet (https://amzn.to/3He7GNs).
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