Quick Talk – Hacker Memory Lane
Join Tim and Brent as they discuss stories of their early exploits with old-school hacking, phone phreaking, 90’s hacker culture, \as well as what motivated them to pursue careers in Information Security.
Join Tim and Brent as they discuss stories of their early exploits with old-school hacking, phone phreaking, 90’s hacker culture, \as well as what motivated them to pursue careers in Information Security.
When traveling for these types of assessments, we always consider the location of a client’s facilities. Often, we’re fortunate enough that these locations are adjacent to a hotel, café, food court, or a shared facility in general. How does this help, other than the convenience of a nap or food in between efforts? To a malicious actor, one can use this to conduct passive reconnaissance to gather useful information which is anything from the target facility’s dress code, ingress/egress points, security camera placement, style of… … More War Story: “Can I see that?”
We have several war stories like this and often share them as case studies during the presentations and training that Brent and I conduct. I am kicking off a series of regular War Stories that will be shared here! By sharing these stories, I hope to provide some legitimate examples of how we have been … More War Story: Keyloggers and Coffee
In the wake of recent events with a physical security assessment, there are a few things that stand out… … More Why Project Scope Matters
My #Hack5 LAN Turtle is ready for deployment! This has certainly been a helpful tool to use for #SocialEngineering assessments. –Brent
Brent here. If you’re going to be at DEF CON 23, I’m speaking on Thursday at 11am on hacking web apps. Come on by if you’re able and check it out! I’ll be available for questions afterwards. UPDATE: That was a blast! I’m glad that there was such a great turnout as well as so … More DEF CON 23 – Hacking Web Apps
How to override your hotel’s thermostat and disable the motion sensor to it as well: http://viewfromthewing.boardingarea.com/2013/11/10/override-hotels-thermostat-controls-make-cool-hot-youd-like/
PhreakNIC was another cool setting, smaller hacker con. It was nice to be able to have open conversations during my talk. Another great part of this was being on the Hacker 101 panel that evening. I’m glad that section wasn’t recorded. There were some very “interesting” topics and it certainly felt like an old-school hacker meetup … More PhreakNIC 2015 – Nashville, TN
Brent here. Just wanted to thank Darren Kitchen and crew for the quick interview in the Hacker Abduction van at Def Con 22. If you’re interested in watching, here you go:
HUGE shout-out to Social Engineer, Inc and Chris Hadnagy for the opportunity to speak at Def Con 22! Our talk was titled “Corporate Espionage: Gathering Actionable Intelligence Via Covert Operations”. The talk went great and it the turnout was incredible. Apologies to those who waited in line and couldn’t get in due to the room being … More DEF CON 22 – Social Engineering Village
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