Lock and Code
Hosted by David Ruiz · Malwarebytes
4.8from 118 ratings
- 171
- Episodes
- 69
- Transcribed
- 118
- Ratings
- Bi-weekly
- Cadence
- 2020
- First episode
- 21M
- YouTube views
About Lock and Code
Lock and Code tells the human stories within cybersecurity, privacy, and technology. Rogue robot vacuums, hacked farm tractors, and catastrophic software vulnerabilities—it’s all here.
- Publisher
- Malwarebytes
- Category
- news · technology
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 21 Feb 2020
- Latest episode
- 18 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
69 of 171 episodes have a transcript.
18 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
A sextortion conspiracy killed his son (feat. John DeMay)
4 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
A true tale of virtual kidnapping (re-air)
20 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
The AI plot to scan and destroy books (feat. Emanuel Maiberg)
Inside a recent episode
A sextortion conspiracy killed his son (feat. John DeMay)
Published 18 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] Jordan went upstairs and took a pistol out of the safe on the top of my refrigerator and And he shot himself in his bedroom at quarter to four in the morning on Friday. Thank you for sharing, right? An impossible story, something that no one should have to go through. So thank you for sharing. And two, I'm so sorry, right? Of course. I'm so sorry for everything. Everything you've explained is, like you said, learned in hindsight. That is a scam. That is a scheme. That is a criminal plot that has a lot of steps to it, a lot of planning. And so my question is, how did you folks find out about this? […]
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See plansWho has been a guest on Lock and Code
Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.
- John DeMay
- Emanuel Maiberg
- Kim Sutherland
- Tamara Kneese
- Chris Parr
Reach and audience
Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.
- YouTube views
- 21,132,282
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.8 / 5
- 50 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.8 / 5
- 68 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 77 / 100
A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.
- Quality
- 78
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 93
- Engagement
- 98
Contact Lock and Code
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- Books guests
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Questions about Lock and Code
Who hosts Lock and Code?
David Ruiz host the show. Published by Malwarebytes.
How often do new episodes come out?
The show publishes bi-weekly, based on its RSS feed.
Does Lock and Code take guests?
Yes. Guests have been identified in episode analyses.
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