Malicious Life

Hacker Highschool: Pete Herzog [ML BSide]

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The Mystery of Cicada 3301

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In the late ’80s to early 2000s, the NSA transitioned from being a hardware-first organization - that is, creating and operating physical spying devices - to software-first: excelling in hacking networks, tracking people online, etc. That transition was by no means easy: the NSA, by that point, was a huge organization - and big organizations are notorious for being very resistant to change. Jeff Man, our guest today, was one of the first people at the NSA to make the transition from hardware to software, and he shares with us his experiences from that period.

How the Internet Changed the NSA

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When the FBI asked Apple, following the 2015 mass shooting in San Bernardino, to write code that would give the FBI access to a suspect's iPhone - Apple refused, arguing that forcing it to write code goes against the First Amendment. Apple's claim wasn't the first time that this highly controversial claim was invoked in judicial proceedings…

Is Code === Free Speech?

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A digital 'vaccine' was released to address Log4Shell, which has been called 'the single biggest, most critical vulnerability ever.' Nate Nelson talks to Yonatan Striem-Amit, CTO & Co-Founder of Cybereason (our sponsor) about the vulnerability, and about Cybereason's unusual vaccine: software that uses the same vulnerability to close the breach.

A digital 'vaccine' for Log4Shell [ML BSide]

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In 2003, Shawn Carpenter - an employee of Sandia National Laboratory - was at a crossroads: should he ignore a Chinese attack against U.S. targets, as his superiors ordered him to do - or do what he thinks is right, and continue investigating the case on his own?

Shawn Carpenter: A Cyber Vigliante

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