74: Mikko

Darknet Diaries

Jack Rhysider

True Crime, Technology

4.9 • 8.6K Ratings

🗓️ 15 September 2020

⏱️ 73 minutes

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Poker is a competitive game. Unlike other casino games, poker is player vs player. Criminal hackers have understood this for a while and sometimes hack the other players to get an edge. And that small edge can result in millions of dollars in winnings. This episode contains a story from Mikko Hypponen of F-Secure. We also interview Mikko to know more about him and the history of malware. Sponsors This episode was sponsored by IT Pro TV. Get 65 hours of free training by visiting ITPro.tv/darknet. And use promo code DARKNET25. This episode was sponsored by Thinkst Canary. Their canaries attract malicious actors in your network and then send you an alert if someone tries to access them. Great early warning system for knowing when someone is snooping around where they shouldn’t be. Check them out at https://canary.tools. Sources https://www.cardplayer.com/poker-news/18318-wsop-bracelet-winner-jailed-for-web-poker-cheating https://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/29/news-views-gossip/my-unbelievable-ept-barcelona-story-hotel-rooms-arts-barcelona-broken-into-plant-trojans-1369171/ Mikko’s research on bypassing hotel room keys https://archive.f-secure.com/weblog/archives/00002647.html https://pokerfuse.com/news/live-and-online/more-stories-of-tampered-laptops-emerge-in-wake-of-ept-barcelona-scam-24-09/ https://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/showpost.php?p=40050535&postcount=410 https://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/showpost.php?p=40099537&postcount=794 https://igaming.org/poker/news/danish-former-high-stakes-pro-reported-to-police-for-massive-fraud-1602/ https://nyheder.tv2.dk/krimi/2019-12-02-dansk-pokerspiller-far-konfiskeret-26-millioner-kroner https://www.flushdraw.net/news/peter-jepsen-verdict-a-mixed-victory-for-poker-justice/ https://www.bankrollmob.com/poker-news/2019123/danish-poker-pro-sentenced-jail-cheating-others-online-poker Video: Peter Jepsen talks about an attempted hack on him https://www.sijoitustieto.fi/comment/29593#comment-29593 https://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/29/news-views-gossip/sad-conclusion-my-barcelona-incident-1397551/ Video: Brain Searching for the first PC virus in Pakistan https://archive.org/details/malwaremuseum Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Poker is such an interesting game.
0:03.6	Cards get dealt, money gets bet, and the winner is not the person with the best hand.
0:08.4	What's the person who plays the best?
0:10.5	The game is to play the person, not the cards.
0:12.8	In fact, some of the top poker players don't even consider it gambling.
0:16.3	Here, take this clip from the movie rounders, for example.
0:18.7	Why does this still seem like gambling to you?
0:21.1	I mean, why do you think the same five guys make it to the final table at the World Series
0:24.8	of Poker every single year?
0:26.3	What are they?
0:27.3	The easiest guys in Las Vegas?
0:29.0	It's a skill game, Joe.
0:30.0	It's a good point, right?
0:31.6	There is a lot of skill in poker.
0:33.3	And with the right play style, you could do pretty well.
0:36.4	Because when you play poker, you're playing against another person, not against a casino
0:40.6	or some machine.
0:42.3	There's another person sitting on the other end of the table, and it's you versus them.
0:47.7	Can you make them believe you have a good hand when you don't?
0:51.6	Can you call them out when they're bluffing?
0:53.9	Being able to read the person is critical.
0:57.0	But then there's online poker, places that let you gamble.
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