November 26, 2021

A Cyber Criminal‘s Mind with Laurie Pieters-James

by Hacker Valley Red

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A Cyber Criminal‘s Mind with Laurie Pieters-James

November 26, 2021 Hacker Valley Red

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Show Notes

Laurie Pieters-James is an Offender Profiler, Forensic Criminologist, Expert Witness and best-selling author of Shattered Lives: The Story of Advocate Barbie. Chris, Ron and Laurie dive deep into understanding the mind of a hacker, a criminal, and a criminal hacker. Laurie has spent her career learning to profile the most heinous criminals, both in cyber and on the streets. Listen to help yourself understand the enemy from the inside out.

 

 

03:20 Bio

04:41 Why did you choose to learn the mind?

06:23 Do criminals think about the punishment when they commit a crime?

09:06 The bridge to cyber security

13:39 Replicating red challenges on the blue side

18:47 Moral disengagement

20:03 Justifying deviant behavior

24:28 More tools for hackers

28:07 Getting into criminology 

31:05 Getting started understanding a hacker’s mind

 

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Hacker Valley Studio: Swag | LinkedIn | Twitter | Instagram | Email Ron & Chris | Website 

Laurie Pieters-James: Twitter | LinkedIn | Book

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