Security Sandbox

STÖK (@stokfredrik) is that hacker guy that your friends told you about. He travels the world, hacks, and vlogs about the #bountylife. He has an incredibly successful Youtube channel as well as a sustainable fashion store at thrivestore.se. He joins me to talk about creating content, pwning webapps, and surfing!

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Every day, companies face threats from digital attackers. Bad guys on the internet looking to score. Every day, teams of engineers make sure they’re keeping their company’s digital assets locked down. They work tirelessly to make sure these remote hackers have a hard time finding their way in. But when you focus so much attention on the security of the front entrance, sometimes hackers can get through the side door. That's where Jenny Radcliffe (@Jenny_Radcliffe), the People Hacker comes in. With con-artist charm, Jenny shows companies where hackers can break in physically.

Check out her show Human Factor Security here

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Events SCYTHE is hosting at Hacker Summer Camp:
Arcade Party:  https://www.eventbrite.com/e/arcade-party-at-def-con-27-tickets-65109807186
Scotch & Bubbles:  https://www.eventbrite.com/e/scotch-bubbles-tasting-during-black-hat-tickets-65566813103
Rise & Shine:  https://www.eventbrite.com/e/rise-shine-breakfast-during-black-hat-tickets-65106326776
Smart Peoples: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/smart-peoples-las-vegas-during-black-hat-tickets-65534508479

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 Kelly Shortridge (@swagitda_) is the Vice President of Product Strategy at Capsule 8, a security platform that detects and defends your entire Linux production environment. Her background is in economics and behavioral economics, a perspective that has helped her call out the cognitive biases behind security decision making.

On this episode, we talk about how to think clearly about security, how to be a therapist for Chief Information Security officers, and how the dragons from Game of Thrones relate to this industry. 

Chloé Messdaghi (@chloemessdaghi)is a security researcher advocate at Bugcrowd and a humanitarian advocate in the cybersecurity world. She's been presenting her talk "How to Fix the Diversity Gap in Cybersecurity" at multiple conferences to shine a light on stories of inequalities that hackers face. 

 On this episode, we talk about her conference presentation, her work at Bugcrowd, and her really cute Shiba Inu pup, Sherlock!

Frank Wang (@ffwang2) is an investor at Dell Technologies Capital. You can find his work at frankwang.org. He is also the co-founder of Cybersecurity Factory (@cybersecfactory). He joins the show to talk about the factory, where those companies are now, and #securityvclogic!

Cory Doctorow (@doctorow) is an author, co-editor at Boing Boing, adviser to the EFF, and ginger liqueur connoisseur. He just published his new book Radicalized on March 19th, 2019 and joins me on this episode to talk about it. It's a collection of four amazing science fiction novellas to remind us to become masters of our own technology. On this episode, we talk about his previous startup, his writing, and where to find robots that drink.

Let’s be honest, the cybersecurity community is still predominantly male. As of March 13, 2019, Cybersecurity Ventures states that women will represent 20 percent of the workforce globally in 2019, still an under represented group. The 2018 McAfee Cybersecurity Talent Study stated that Australia’s cybersecurity workforce is 25 percent female. But how can we get this number closer to 50? What gender biases and double standards lie in the way of that goal? Someone tackling this issue is Alannah Guo (@alannahguo), the founder of 0xCC, Australia’s first women-only cybersecurity training conference. 

On this episode, we talk about her experience creating 0xCC, the importance of women-only conferences, her adventure of meeting the happiest animal on the planet. 

Over the past few years, "blockchain" has been a serious buzzword. Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies have made people overnight millionaires. But new technologies come with new security issues. LedgerOps is a penetration testing firm specializing in blockchain security, cofounded by Ajay Chandhok and Preston Thornburg. They join the show to talk about blockchain security, how to run a good penetration testing firm, and whether or not blockchain will even last. 

Tweet at us @HackerCultureFM and let us know how many times we said the word "blockchain".

The background noise of the Internet is a loud hum and rumble. Everyday, automated scanners bombard servers with traffic. Sometimes they're benign, other times malicious; when you're an analyst, it takes time to tell the difference. For the past year, Andrew Morris (@Andrew___Morris) has been helping companies filter pointless alerts and reduce false positives. He's built GreyNoise Intelligence, a platform that helps companies and analysts understand what NOT to worry about. Through collecting and analyzing widespread internet scans and attack activity, GreyNoise gives SIEMs the ability to tune out the background noise of the Internet.

Approximately 70 percent of breaches associated with state-affiliated actors involve phishing. It's continues to play a major role in our lives whether it's our family members or our politicians. At some point, everyone gets an email that they shouldn't click. But not everyone knows they shouldn't.

Sublime Security is cofounded by Josh Kamdjou and Ian Thiel, who have dedicated their time to helping us defend our email inboxes with the power of machine learning. And even better, it's free for consumers! You can try it out at sublimesecurity.com.

Whether you’re reading about court rulings on fingerprint authentication or about the newest privacy scandal on Ars Technica, chances are, it was written by Cyrus Farivar (@cfarivar), their Senior Tech Policy Reporter. As of tomorrow February 19th, he’ll be joining NBC’s Tech News Investigation team!

On this episode, we revisit some of his favorite stories he’s written and talk about his second book, Habeas Data. It’s a culmination of his efforts and dedication to bringing public awareness to data privacy issues and internet surveillance.