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

 

Links:

 

Hacker Valley Studio: <a href='http://store.hackervalley.com/'>Swag</a> | <a href='https://www.linkedin.com/company/hackervalleystudio/'>LinkedIn</a> | <a href='https://twitter.com/thehackervalley'>Twitter</a> | <a href='https://www.instagram.com/hackervalleystudio'>Instagram</a> | Email <a href='http://hackervalley.com/'>Ron & Chris</a> | <a href='https://hackervalley.com/'>Website</a> 

Laurie Pieters-James: <a href='https://twitter.com/lauriepieters'>Twitter</a> | <a href='https://www.linkedin.com/in/laurie-pieters-james-b08a6245/?originalSubdomain=za'>LinkedIn</a> | <a href='https://www.amazon.com/Shattered-Lives-Story-Advocate-Barbie/dp/0620511524'>Book</a>

Support Hacker Valley Studio on <a href='https://www.patreon.com/hackervalleystudio'>Patreon</a>

Join our monthly mastermind group via <a href='https://www.patreon.com/hackervalleystudio'>Patreon</a>

HVR is proudly presented by <a href='https://www.axonius.com/'>Axonius</a>

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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 crim...

A Cyber Criminal‘s Mind with Laurie Pieters-James

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Exploring the nexus of cybersecurity defense and humanity with the mind of a hacker.

Welcome back to Hacker Valley Red season two. This week Chris and Ron are joined by a hacker through and through. Alissa Knight blends influencer marketing, content creation in writing and filmmaking/cinematography, and go-to market strategies for telling brand stories at scale in cybersecurity through the lens of a hacker. She achieves this through ideation to execution of content strategy, storytelling, and execution of influencer marketing strategies that take cybersecurity buyers through your brand’s custom curated journey. But more importantly, she tells us what it takes to hack an entire industry...

Key Takeaways:

 

03:25 Bio

05:59 Why hacking?

07:32 What is FHIR? Hear how it was to hack it.

10:43 I’m just a hacker who did homework

13:50 Unexpected vulnerability

17:57 Support

20:22 How an API works

24:23 Input validation

29:28 A date worth more than oil

33:23 How to scale efforts

 

Hacker Valley Studio: <a href='http://store.hackervalley.com/'>Swag</a> | <a href='https://www.linkedin.com/company/hackervalleystudio/'>LinkedIn</a> | <a href='https://twitter.com/thehackervalley'>Twitter</a> | <a href='https://www.instagram.com/hackervalleystudio'>Instagram</a> | Email <a href='http://hackervalley.com/'>Ron & Chris</a> | <a href='https://hackervalley.com/'>Website</a> 

Alissa Knight: <a href='https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCejZj1i5m_UlwPqu_7IqBwQ'>YouTube</a> | <a href='https://www.linkedin.com/in/alissaknight/'>LinkedIn</a> | <a href='https://twitter.com/alissaknight?ref_src=twsrc%255Egoogle%257Ctwcamp%255Eserp%257Ctwgr%255Eauthor'>Twitter</a> | <a href='https://www.alissaknight.com/'>Website</a>

Support Hacker Valley Studio on <a href='https://www.patreon.com/hackervalleystudio'>Patreon</a>

Join our monthly mastermind group via <a href='https://www.patreon.com/hackervalleystudio'>Patreon</a>

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Hacking an Entire Industry with Alissa Knight

In episode three of Hacker Valley Red, Chris and Ron are joined by Deviant Ollam, a hacker to the bone and one of Chris’ inspirations in security. Deviant is currently a physical penetration specialist with The CORE Group and the Director of Education for Red Team Alliance. He is also a master lock-picker and uses his skill to shape the future of physical security. The three discuss very important topics, such as the hacker’s mindset, what we can do to foster growth in the next generation of cyber professionals and how physical security is changing.

 

Key Takeaways:

03:32 Bio

05:30 Developing the hacker’s mindset

08:40 Hacking in the past vs. the present

11:05 Bringing creativity and freedom back to kids, ultimately freeing adults

17:00 Impactful tinkering

21:39 The difference in the means to get to the end

25:28 Progress in physical security

27:17 Staying ahead of criminal tactics and mindset

31:35 Advice for people who need to fail up

34:57 Get in touch

 

Links:

 

Hacker Valley Studio: <a href='http://store.hackervalley.com/'>Swag</a> | <a href='https://www.linkedin.com/company/hackervalleystudio/'>LinkedIn</a> | <a href='https://twitter.com/thehackervalley'>Twitter</a> | <a href='https://www.instagram.com/hackervalleystudio'>Instagram</a> | Email <a href='http://hackervalley.com/'>Ron & Chris</a> | <a href='https://hackervalley.com/'>Website</a> 

Deviant Ollam: <a href='https://deviating.net/'>Website</a> | <a href='https://youtube.com/deviantollam'>Youtube</a> | <a href='https://twitter.com/deviantollam'>Twitter</a>

Support Hacker Valley Studio on <a href='https://www.patreon.com/hackervalleystudio'>Patreon</a>

Join our monthly mastermind group via <a href='https://www.patreon.com/hackervalleystudio'>Patreon</a>

Hacker Valley Red is proudly presented by <a href='https://www.axonius.com/'>Axonius</a>

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The Next Generation of Hackers with Deviant Ollam

Charity Wright is a Threat Intelligence Analyst with over 20 years of experience in the intelligence community, including the US Army and the National Security Agency, where she translated Mandarin Chinese. Charity now specializes in strategic intelligence, dark web cybercrime, counter-disinformation, and at Recorded Future. Join Ron, Chris and Charity as they discuss all things nation state-level, what we can do to avoid bad habits as a community, and how we understand our enemy.

Key Takeaways:

03:12 Bio

04:16 China’s security threat to the U.S.

07:20 What are hackers’ motives?

12:30 China plays the long game, and it helps them

15:11 In regards to national security, can we learn from any other countries?

17:20 When the line between crime and nations blurs

23:24 Know thy enemy

28:47 Using high-level strategic intelligence

30:54 Get in touch with Charity!

 

Links:

 

Hacker Valley Studio: <a href='http://store.hackervalley.com/'>Swag</a> | <a href='https://www.linkedin.com/company/hackervalleystudio/'>LinkedIn</a> | <a href='https://twitter.com/thehackervalley'>Twitter</a> | <a href='https://www.instagram.com/hackervalleystudio'>Instagram</a> | Email <a href='http://hackervalley.com/'>Ron & Chris</a> | <a href='https://hackervalley.com/'>Website</a> 

Charity Wright: <a href='https://twitter.com/CharityW4CTI?ref_src=twsrc%255Egoogle%257Ctwcamp%255Eserp%257Ctwgr%255Eauthor'>Twitter</a> | <a href='http://linkedin.com/in/cwillhoite'>LinkedIn</a> | <a href='mailto:charity.wright@recordedfuture.com'>Email</a>

Support Hacker Valley Studio on <a href='https://www.patreon.com/hackervalleystudio'>Patreon</a>

Join our monthly mastermind group via <a href='https://www.patreon.com/hackervalleystudio'>Patreon</a>

Visit our presenting sponsor <a href='https://www.axonius.com/'>Axonius to solve your asset management efforts</a>

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Charity Wright is a Threat Intelligence Analyst with over 20 years of experience in the intelligence community, including the US Army and the National Security Agency, where she translated Mandarin Chinese. Charity now specializes in strategic intelligen...

A Hacking Nation Personified with Charity Wright

Chris Hadnagy – Show Notes

Christopher Hadnagy is the founder and CEO of Social-Engineer, LLC. He created the world’s first social engineering framework, as well as hosted the first social engineering-based podcast. Chris is an adjunct professor of Social Engineering for an NSA Cyber School of excellence at University of Arizona. Chris is also a well-known author, having written five books on social engineering. Chris’ new book, “Human Hacking: Win Friends, Influence People and Leave Them Better Off for Having Met You”, released January 5, 2021. Join both Chris’ and Ron for an episode of self-analyzation, empathy and understanding.

 

Key Takeaways

02:52 Bio

06:20 Exploring the title of Chris’ book

08:40 What’s the difference between manipulation and influence?

10:36 A contract in a book. Why?

14:33 What books describe Chris?

 21:48 The importance of Empathy

26:48 The science 

30:57 Chris’ conference: The Human Behavior Conference

 

Links:

Hacker Valley Studio: <a href='http://store.hackervalley.com/'>Swag</a> | <a href='https://www.linkedin.com/company/hackervalleystudio/'>LinkedIn</a> | <a href='https://twitter.com/thehackervalley'>Twitter</a> | <a href='https://www.instagram.com/hackervalleystudio'>Instagram</a> | Email <a href='http://hackervalley.com/'>Ron & Chris</a> | <a href='https://hackervalley.com/'>Website</a> 

Chris Hadnagy: <a href='http://www.twitter.com/humanhacker'>Twitter</a> | <a href='https://www.facebook.com/socialengineerinc'>Facebook</a> | <a href='https://www.amazon.com/Human-Hacking-Friends-Influence-People/dp/0063001780/ref=asc_df_0063001780/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=459617407428&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=8139338183443623314&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9010612&hvtargid=pla-941169711331&psc=1'>Book</a> | <a href='https://www.hbes.com/'>Conference</a>

Support Hacker Valley Studio on <a href='https://www.patreon.com/hackervalleystudio'>Patreon</a>

Join our monthly mastermind group via <a href='https://www.patreon.com/hackervalleystudio'>Patreon</a>

Visit our presenting sponsor <a href='https://www.axonius.com/'>Axonius to solve your asset management efforts</a>

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Chris Hadnagy – Show Notes
Christopher Hadnagy is the founder and CEO of Social-Engineer, LLC. He created the world’s first social engineering framework, as well as hosted the first social engineering-based podcast. Chris is an adjunct professor of Socia...

Hack Them Empathetically with Chris Hadnagy

This episode of the Hacker Valley Studio podcast concludes the Hacker Valley Red series.  In this finale, Ron and Chris interview their friend - and formerly their shared roommate - Marco Figueroa.  Marco is a security researcher and cybersecurity speaker, and he is also a bug bounty enthusiast.  He and the hosts constant improvement, bug bounty, and more, while also looking back at the conversations thus far in the season.

 

-The episode features Marco Figueroa, and listeners are introduced to the content ahead.

-What is Marco’s background, and what is he doing now?

-Is there such a thing as an unhackable device?

-The group talks about Marco’s philosophy in his protection work, the place of social engineering, and the value of building relationships.

-What is the hacker mindset, and do you need coding experience to be a good hacker?

-If interested in the red side of the field, what should someone do first?

-Marco shares about what he sees on the horizon.

-The group considers two major season takeaways: the value of mentorship and the need to put yourself out there and take the first shot.

-Where is Marco planning to take his contact creation from here?

 

Links:

<a href='https://twitter.com/marcofigueroa?lang=en'>Connect with Marco Figueroa on Twitter</a>

<a href='https://www.linkedin.com/in/marco-figueroa-bb250314/'>Connect with Marco on LinkedIn</a>

<a href='https://www.pscp.tv/marcomcse/1eaKbzzAOZkKX'>Follow Marco’s Livestream</a>

<a href='https://hackervalley.studio/'>Learn more about Hacker Valley Studio</a>

<a href='https://www.patreon.com/hackervalleystudio'>Support Hacker Valley Studio on Patreon</a>

<a href='https://twitter.com/TheHackerValley'>Follow Hacker Valley Studio on Twitter</a>

<a href='https://twitter.com/ronaldeddings'>Follow Ronald Eddings on Twitter</a>

<a href='https://twitter.com/chriscochrcyber'>Follow Chris Cochran on Twitter</a>

<a href='https://www.riskiq.com/'>Learn more about the season sponsor, RiskIQ</a>

This episode of the Hacker Valley Studio podcast concludes the Hacker Valley Red series.  In this finale, Ron and Chris interview their friend - and formerly their shared roommate - Marco Figueroa.  Marco is a security researcher and cybersecurity speaker, and he is also a bug bounty enthusiast.  He and the hosts constant improvement, bug bounty, and more, while also looking back at the conversations thus far in the season.

 

-The episode features Marco Figueroa, and listeners are introduced to the content ahead.

-What is Marco’s background, and what is he doing now?

-Is there such a thing as an unhackable device?

-The group talks about Marco’s philosophy in his protection work, the place of social engineering, and the value of building relationships.

-What is the hacker mindset, and do you need coding experience to be a good hacker?

-If interested in the red side of the field, what should someone do first?

-Marco shares about what he sees on the horizon.

-The group considers two major season takeaways: the value of mentorship and the need to put yourself out there and take the first shot.

-Where is Marco planning to take his contact creation from here?

 

Links:

<a href='https://twitter.com/marcofigueroa?lang=en'>Connect with Marco Figueroa on Twitter</a>

<a href='https://www.linkedin.com/in/marco-figueroa-bb250314/'>Connect with Marco on LinkedIn</a>

<a href='https://www.pscp.tv/marcomcse/1eaKbzzAOZkKX'>Follow Marco’s Livestream</a>

<a href='https://hackervalley.studio/'>Learn more about Hacker Valley Studio</a>

<a href='https://www.patreon.com/hackervalleystudio'>Support Hacker Valley Studio on Patreon</a>

<a href='https://twitter.com/TheHackerValley'>Follow Hacker Valley Studio on Twitter</a>

<a href='https://twitter.com/ronaldeddings'>Follow Ronald Eddings on Twitter</a>

<a href='https://twitter.com/chriscochrcyber'>Follow Chris Cochran on Twitter</a>

<a href='https://www.riskiq.com/'>Learn more about the season sponsor, RiskIQ</a>

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This episode of the Hacker Valley Studio podcast concludes the Hacker Valley Red series.  In this finale, Ron and Chris interview their friend - and formerly their shared roommate - Marco Figueroa.  Marco is a security researcher and cybersecurity speake...

Hacker Valley Season One Finale with Marco Figueroa

This episode of Hacker Valley Studio podcast’s Hacker Valley Red Series features guest Maurice Ashley, a chess grandmaster and author of<a href='https://www.amazon.com/Chess-Success-Using-Strengths-Children/dp/0767915682'> Chess for Success</a>. Maurice is a chess guru and has been playing it ever since his high school years. He is currently involved in commentating for chess events, teaching chess, and training national chess champions. In this episode, Maurice and the hosts talk about Maurice’s chess journey along with some parallels between chess and cyber security.

The hosts, Ron and Chris, start off the interview by pointing out one parallel between chess and cybersecurity: the art of training. Maurice responds by sharing about the rigorous training of chess, and of the different strategies and techniques that must be learned. He also takes some time to explain his own journey with training in chess and how it progressed through the years. In high school, he started playing with his brother, and then moved to playing in more formal settings with more challenging opponents. This eventually led to earning the title of chess grandmaster. Being the first black male to receive the Chess Grandmaster title, Maurice speaks on how this accomplishment inspired others to reach for their goals.

 

2:49 - Maurice introduces himself

6:46 - Maurice’s journey of becoming a grandmaster

9:20 - The impact of Exposure

11:07 - Maurice tells of the significance of being the first black male to earn the title of Chess Grandmaster.

15:00 - Maurice tells of the influence of his family in earning the title of Chess Grandmaster.

17:58 - Maurice speaks on practicing for performance and how it relates to cyber security.

22:00 -The parallels between an unbeatable chess player and an unhackable system

25:18 - Maurice explains blitz and bullet chess and how it relates to cyber security.

33:25 - Maurice gives some tips on how to get started playing chess.

37:04 - Maurice gives advice on how to reach greatness.

 

Links:

To learn more about Maurice Ashley, visit<a href='https://mauriceashley.com'> https://mauriceashley.com</a>

Follow Maurice Ashley on <a href='https://twitter.com/MauriceAshley?ref_src=twsrc%25255Egoogle%25257Ctwcamp%25255Eserp%25257Ctwgr%25255Eauthor'> Twitter</a> and<a href='https://www.instagram.com/mauriceashleychess/?hl=en'> Instagram</a>

Learn more about Maurice Ashley’s book<a href='https://www.amazon.com/Chess-Success-Using-Strengths-Children/dp/0767915682'> Chess for Success</a> and his app<a href='https://mauriceashley.com/learn-chess-with-maurice-ashley-app-2/'> Learn Chess with Maurice Ashley</a>

<a href='https://hackervalley.studio/'>Learn more about Hacker Valley Studio</a>

<a href='https://www.patreon.com/hackervalleystudio'>Support Hacker Valley Studio on Patreon</a>

<a href='https://twitter.com/TheHackerValley'>Follow Hacker Valley Studio on Twitter</a>

<a href='https://twitter.com/ronaldeddings'>Follow Ronald Eddings on Twitter</a>

<a href='https://twitter.com/chriscochrcyber'>Follow Chris Cochran on Twitter</a>

<a href='https://www.riskiq.com/'>Learn more about the season sponsor, RiskIQ</a>

This episode of Hacker Valley Studio podcast’s Hacker Valley Red Series features guest Maurice Ashley, a chess grandmaster and author of<a href='https://www.amazon.com/Chess-Success-Using-Strengths-Children/dp/0767915682'> Chess for Success</a>. Maurice is a chess guru and has been playing it ever since his high school years. He is currently involved in commentating for chess events, teaching chess, and training national chess champions. In this episode, Maurice and the hosts talk about Maurice’s chess journey along with some parallels between chess and cyber security.

The hosts, Ron and Chris, start off the interview by pointing out one parallel between chess and cybersecurity: the art of training. Maurice responds by sharing about the rigorous training of chess, and of the different strategies and techniques that must be learned. He also takes some time to explain his own journey with training in chess and how it progressed through the years. In high school, he started playing with his brother, and then moved to playing in more formal settings with more challenging opponents. This eventually led to earning the title of chess grandmaster. Being the first black male to receive the Chess Grandmaster title, Maurice speaks on how this accomplishment inspired others to reach for their goals.

 

2:49 - Maurice introduces himself

6:46 - Maurice’s journey of becoming a grandmaster

9:20 - The impact of Exposure

11:07 - Maurice tells of the significance of being the first black male to earn the title of Chess Grandmaster.

15:00 - Maurice tells of the influence of his family in earning the title of Chess Grandmaster.

17:58 - Maurice speaks on practicing for performance and how it relates to cyber security.

22:00 -The parallels between an unbeatable chess player and an unhackable system

25:18 - Maurice explains blitz and bullet chess and how it relates to cyber security.

33:25 - Maurice gives some tips on how to get started playing chess.

37:04 - Maurice gives advice on how to reach greatness.

 

Links:

To learn more about Maurice Ashley, visit<a href='https://mauriceashley.com'> https://mauriceashley.com</a>

Follow Maurice Ashley on <a href='https://twitter.com/MauriceAshley?ref_src=twsrc%25255Egoogle%25257Ctwcamp%25255Eserp%25257Ctwgr%25255Eauthor'> Twitter</a> and<a href='https://www.instagram.com/mauriceashleychess/?hl=en'> Instagram</a>

Learn more about Maurice Ashley’s book<a href='https://www.amazon.com/Chess-Success-Using-Strengths-Children/dp/0767915682'> Chess for Success</a> and his app<a href='https://mauriceashley.com/learn-chess-with-maurice-ashley-app-2/'> Learn Chess with Maurice Ashley</a>

<a href='https://hackervalley.studio/'>Learn more about Hacker Valley Studio</a>

<a href='https://www.patreon.com/hackervalleystudio'>Support Hacker Valley Studio on Patreon</a>

<a href='https://twitter.com/TheHackerValley'>Follow Hacker Valley Studio on Twitter</a>

<a href='https://twitter.com/ronaldeddings'>Follow Ronald Eddings on Twitter</a>

<a href='https://twitter.com/chriscochrcyber'>Follow Chris Cochran on Twitter</a>

<a href='https://www.riskiq.com/'>Learn more about the season sponsor, RiskIQ</a>

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This episode of Hacker Valley Studio podcast’s Hacker Valley Red Series features guest Maurice Ashley, a chess grandmaster and author of Chess for Success. Maurice is a chess guru and has been playing it ever since his high school years. He is currently ...

An Attacking Strategy with Chess Grandmaster Maurice Ashley

On this episode of Hacker Valley Studio, hosts Ron and Chris speak with Lisa Jiggetts, founder of Women’s Society of Cyberjutsu. Their conversation covers Lisa’s background, her current work and her involvement as a penetration tester.

Lisa says she’s always been a techie who loved gadgets, breaking things and trying to understand how they fit together. She knew she wanted to work with computers, but wasn’t sure what that meant, exactly. Out of high school she joined the military working in IT, but knew she wanted to be a hacker. Eventually, she made her way to pentesting apps and systems in the cloud. Lisa loves the game aspect of pentesting and the red team. She says she enjoys the challenge of trying to get into the box and “level up,” trying more and more ways in before reaching out for help.

 

2:12 - The episode and guest are introduced.

3:50 - Lisa gives an overview of her background.

10:00 - Lisa explains her breaker mentality.

15:57 - What made Lisa commit to pentesting and the red team?

20:34 - Lisa discusses the founding of the Women’s Society of Cyberjutsu.

29:44 - Lisa’s advice for listeners interested in the red team and cyber security.

 

Links:

<a href='https://hackervalley.studio/'>Learn more about Hacker Valley Studio</a>

<a href='https://www.patreon.com/hackervalleystudio'>Support Hacker Valley Studio on Patreon</a>

<a href='https://twitter.com/TheHackerValley'>Follow Hacker Valley Studio on Twitter</a>

<a href='https://twitter.com/ronaldeddings'>Follow Ronald Eddings on Twitter</a>

<a href='https://twitter.com/chriscochrcyber'>Follow Chris Cochran on Twitter</a>

<a href='https://womenscyberjutsu.org/'>Learn more about WSC</a>

<a href='https://twitter.com/lisajiggetts'>Follow Lisa Jiggetts on Twitter</a>

<a href='https://www.riskiq.com/'>Learn more about the season sponsor, RiskIQ</a>

On this episode of Hacker Valley Studio, hosts Ron and Chris speak with Lisa Jiggetts, founder of Women’s Society of Cyberjutsu. Their conversation covers Lisa’s background, her current work and her involvement as a penetration tester.

Lisa says she’s always been a techie who loved gadgets, breaking things and trying to understand how they fit together. She knew she wanted to work with computers, but wasn’t sure what that meant, exactly. Out of high school she joined the military working in IT, but knew she wanted to be a hacker. Eventually, she made her way to pentesting apps and systems in the cloud. Lisa loves the game aspect of pentesting and the red team. She says she enjoys the challenge of trying to get into the box and “level up,” trying more and more ways in before reaching out for help.

 

2:12 - The episode and guest are introduced.

3:50 - Lisa gives an overview of her background.

10:00 - Lisa explains her breaker mentality.

15:57 - What made Lisa commit to pentesting and the red team?

20:34 - Lisa discusses the founding of the Women’s Society of Cyberjutsu.

29:44 - Lisa’s advice for listeners interested in the red team and cyber security.

 

Links:

<a href='https://hackervalley.studio/'>Learn more about Hacker Valley Studio</a>

<a href='https://www.patreon.com/hackervalleystudio'>Support Hacker Valley Studio on Patreon</a>

<a href='https://twitter.com/TheHackerValley'>Follow Hacker Valley Studio on Twitter</a>

<a href='https://twitter.com/ronaldeddings'>Follow Ronald Eddings on Twitter</a>

<a href='https://twitter.com/chriscochrcyber'>Follow Chris Cochran on Twitter</a>

<a href='https://womenscyberjutsu.org/'>Learn more about WSC</a>

<a href='https://twitter.com/lisajiggetts'>Follow Lisa Jiggetts on Twitter</a>

<a href='https://www.riskiq.com/'>Learn more about the season sponsor, RiskIQ</a>

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On this episode of Hacker Valley Studio, hosts Ron and Chris speak with Lisa Jiggetts, founder of Women’s Society of Cyberjutsu. Their conversation covers Lisa’s background, her current work and her involvement as a penetration tester.
Lisa says she’s al...

Hacking a Career with Lisa Jiggetts

In this episode of the Hacker Valley Studio podcast’s Hacker Valley Red series, this time featuring guest Ted Harrington. Ted is an Executive Partner at<a href='https://www.ise.io/'> ISE Security</a>, an author, and a professional speaker. Hosts Ron and Chris speak with Ted about the concept of unhackability, his experience in the security field, an interesting story of an attack in real time, and more!

To start off the interview, Ted shares about his background.  He currently works for a consulting firm that focuses on ethical hacking and aims to help companies solve their security problems, and his interest in the work of hacking goes back to a car-hacking experience in which he and his colleagues were inspired by a claim of unhackability and disproved the claim.  

 

1:50 - The episode features Ted Harrington; listeners are introduced to him and the episode ahead.

3:05 - The conversation begins with Ted’s background.

7:21 - The group considers the term “unhackable,” closing attack vectors, and breakers starting as builders.

14:02 - “Think like a hacker.”

20:02 - Ted explains some lessons from real-life work, focusing on a cryptocurrency wallet example.

25:13 - What should people learn and do?

30:38 - Where do Ted’s energy and motivation come from, and what is the most interesting part of his work?

34:32 - Ted offers advice and shares what he hopes his legacy in the field will be.

 

Links:

<a href='https://www.linkedin.com/in/securityted/'>Connect with Ted on LinkedIn</a> or email him at <a href='mailto:ted@ise.io'>ted@ise.io</a>

<a href='https://www.hackablebook.com/'>Learn about Ted’s book, Hackable</a>

<a href='https://hackervalley.studio/'>Learn more about Hacker Valley Studio</a>

<a href='https://www.patreon.com/hackervalleystudio'>Support Hacker Valley Studio on Patreon</a>

<a href='https://twitter.com/TheHackerValley'>Follow Hacker Valley Studio on Twitter</a>

<a href='https://twitter.com/ronaldeddings'>Follow Ronald Eddings on Twitter</a>

<a href='https://twitter.com/chriscochrcyber'>Follow Chris Cochran on Twitter</a>

<a href='https://www.riskiq.com/'>Learn more about the season sponsor, RiskIQ</a>

In this episode of the Hacker Valley Studio podcast’s Hacker Valley Red series, this time featuring guest Ted Harrington. Ted is an Executive Partner at<a href='https://www.ise.io/'> ISE Security</a>, an author, and a professional speaker. Hosts Ron and Chris speak with Ted about the concept of unhackability, his experience in the security field, an interesting story of an attack in real time, and more!

To start off the interview, Ted shares about his background.  He currently works for a consulting firm that focuses on ethical hacking and aims to help companies solve their security problems, and his interest in the work of hacking goes back to a car-hacking experience in which he and his colleagues were inspired by a claim of unhackability and disproved the claim.  

 

1:50 - The episode features Ted Harrington; listeners are introduced to him and the episode ahead.

3:05 - The conversation begins with Ted’s background.

7:21 - The group considers the term “unhackable,” closing attack vectors, and breakers starting as builders.

14:02 - “Think like a hacker.”

20:02 - Ted explains some lessons from real-life work, focusing on a cryptocurrency wallet example.

25:13 - What should people learn and do?

30:38 - Where do Ted’s energy and motivation come from, and what is the most interesting part of his work?

34:32 - Ted offers advice and shares what he hopes his legacy in the field will be.

 

Links:

<a href='https://www.linkedin.com/in/securityted/'>Connect with Ted on LinkedIn</a> or email him at <a href='mailto:ted@ise.io'>ted@ise.io</a>

<a href='https://www.hackablebook.com/'>Learn about Ted’s book, Hackable</a>

<a href='https://hackervalley.studio/'>Learn more about Hacker Valley Studio</a>

<a href='https://www.patreon.com/hackervalleystudio'>Support Hacker Valley Studio on Patreon</a>

<a href='https://twitter.com/TheHackerValley'>Follow Hacker Valley Studio on Twitter</a>

<a href='https://twitter.com/ronaldeddings'>Follow Ronald Eddings on Twitter</a>

<a href='https://twitter.com/chriscochrcyber'>Follow Chris Cochran on Twitter</a>

<a href='https://www.riskiq.com/'>Learn more about the season sponsor, RiskIQ</a>

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In this episode of the Hacker Valley Studio podcast’s Hacker Valley Red series, this time featuring guest Ted Harrington. Ted is an Executive Partner at ISE Security, an author, and a professional speaker. Hosts Ron and Chris speak with Ted about the con...

Oh, It‘s Hackable with Ted Harrington

On this episode of Hacker Valley Studio, hosts Ron and Chris speak with Alissa Knight, author of the book Hacking Connected Cars and self described “recovering hacker.” Their conversation covers content creation, API’s and hacking cars.

Alissa grew up in Seattle, Washington where there was a big art scene. She began building her own computers and running her own boards at an early age. She says a lot of people don’t know that she started out in the BBS scene back in the 90’s. At seventeen she hacked into a government network and was arrested. Eventually, the charges were dropped on a technicality and she went on to work for the US Intelligence Community in cyber warfare.

 

2:08 - The episode and guest are introduced.

3:19 - Alissa gives an overview of her background.

6:29 - How Alissa’s career began.

10:16 - Do you have to program to hack?

14:26 - What led Alissa to hacking cars?

24:55 - Alissa explains what people get wrong about the red team.

29:25 - Alissa answers the question, “is there an unhackable device?”

36:54 - How KnightTV came into being.

41:08 - Alissa gives her advice on where to start getting into cyber security

 

Links:

<a href='https://hackervalley.studio/'>Learn more about Hacker Valley Studio</a>

<a href='https://www.patreon.com/hackervalleystudio'>Support Hacker Valley Studio on Patreon</a>

<a href='https://twitter.com/TheHackerValley'>Follow Hacker Valley Studio on Twitter</a>

<a href='https://twitter.com/ronaldeddings'>Follow Ronald Eddings on Twitter</a>

<a href='https://twitter.com/chriscochrcyber'>Follow Chris Cochran on Twitter</a>

<a href='https://twitter.com/alissaknight'>Follow Alissa Knight on Twitter</a>

<a href='https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCejZj1i5m_UlwPqu_7IqBwQ'>Subscribe to Alissa’s YouTube Channel</a>

<a href='http://www.riskiq.com'>Learn more about the season sponsor, RiskIQ</a>

On this episode of Hacker Valley Studio, hosts Ron and Chris speak with Alissa Knight, author of the book Hacking Connected Cars and self described “recovering hacker.” Their conversation covers content creation, API’s and hacking cars.

Alissa grew up in Seattle, Washington where there was a big art scene. She began building her own computers and running her own boards at an early age. She says a lot of people don’t know that she started out in the BBS scene back in the 90’s. At seventeen she hacked into a government network and was arrested. Eventually, the charges were dropped on a technicality and she went on to work for the US Intelligence Community in cyber warfare.

 

2:08 - The episode and guest are introduced.

3:19 - Alissa gives an overview of her background.

6:29 - How Alissa’s career began.

10:16 - Do you have to program to hack?

14:26 - What led Alissa to hacking cars?

24:55 - Alissa explains what people get wrong about the red team.

29:25 - Alissa answers the question, “is there an unhackable device?”

36:54 - How KnightTV came into being.

41:08 - Alissa gives her advice on where to start getting into cyber security

 

Links:

<a href='https://hackervalley.studio/'>Learn more about Hacker Valley Studio</a>

<a href='https://www.patreon.com/hackervalleystudio'>Support Hacker Valley Studio on Patreon</a>

<a href='https://twitter.com/TheHackerValley'>Follow Hacker Valley Studio on Twitter</a>

<a href='https://twitter.com/ronaldeddings'>Follow Ronald Eddings on Twitter</a>

<a href='https://twitter.com/chriscochrcyber'>Follow Chris Cochran on Twitter</a>

<a href='https://twitter.com/alissaknight'>Follow Alissa Knight on Twitter</a>

<a href='https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCejZj1i5m_UlwPqu_7IqBwQ'>Subscribe to Alissa’s YouTube Channel</a>

<a href='http://www.riskiq.com'>Learn more about the season sponsor, RiskIQ</a>

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On this episode of Hacker Valley Studio, hosts Ron and Chris speak with Alissa Knight, author of the book Hacking Connected Cars and self described “recovering hacker.” Their conversation covers content creation, API’s and hacking cars.
Alissa grew up in...

Hacking Cars and Content with Alissa Knight

This episode of the Hacker Valley Studio podcast continues the Hacker Valley Red series by featuring Alex Rice.  Alex is the CTO and co-founder of <a href='https://www.hackerone.com/'>HackerOne</a>, and he joins hosts Ron and Chris for a conversation about such topics as the beginnings of the researcher community, bug bounty, and the term “hacker.” 

Alex first shares about his background leading up to what he’s doing today.  He worked as a developer, and then about 20 years ago, he moved into the security field.  Part of his career trajectory was motivated by his frustration over a lack of feedback loops, and he explains both how HackerOne came to be and some details about bug bounty.  Ron and Chris are particularly interested in why HackerOne has the term “hacker” in it, even though the term can carry with it negative connotations (however inaccurate they may be).  Alex clarifies that he and his colleagues do not want to beat around the bush, but want to be part of the work of dismantling false stereotypes about hacking. 

 

1:34 - Listeners are introduced to Alex Rice and the conversation to come.

2:41 - What is Alex’s background, and what is he doing today?

7:45 - Alex explains why the term “hacker” is included in his company’s name.

10:45 - The group considers cease and desist orders, bug bounty community, and gamification of security and hacking.

18:11 - Alex addresses the reality of teenagers making millions through bug bounty, as well as the personas of hacking outliers.

22:43 - Alex talks bug bounty, COVID-19, and writing reports.

25:41 - Is unhackability possible?  If not, what’s the closest we can get to it?

30:02 - The conversation concludes with Alex’s thoughts on the future, hobbies, and encouragement to people in bug bounty looking to continue in the field.

 

Links:

<a href='https://twitter.com/senorarroz?lang=en'>Connect with Alex Rice on Twitter</a>

<a href='https://hackerone.com/hacktivity'>Connect with the Bug Bounty Community at hackerone.com/hacktivity</a>

<a href='https://hackervalley.studio/'>Learn more about Hacker Valley Studio</a>

<a href='https://www.patreon.com/hackervalleystudio'>Support Hacker Valley Studio on Patreon</a>

<a href='https://twitter.com/TheHackerValley'>Follow Hacker Valley Studio on Twitter</a>

<a href='https://twitter.com/ronaldeddings'>Follow Ronald Eddings on Twitter</a>

<a href='https://twitter.com/chriscochrcyber'>Follow Chris Cochran on Twitter</a>

<a href='https://www.riskiq.com/'>Learn more about the season sponsor, RiskIQ</a>

This episode of the Hacker Valley Studio podcast continues the Hacker Valley Red series by featuring Alex Rice.  Alex is the CTO and co-founder of <a href='https://www.hackerone.com/'>HackerOne</a>, and he joins hosts Ron and Chris for a conversation about such topics as the beginnings of the researcher community, bug bounty, and the term “hacker.” 

Alex first shares about his background leading up to what he’s doing today.  He worked as a developer, and then about 20 years ago, he moved into the security field.  Part of his career trajectory was motivated by his frustration over a lack of feedback loops, and he explains both how HackerOne came to be and some details about bug bounty.  Ron and Chris are particularly interested in why HackerOne has the term “hacker” in it, even though the term can carry with it negative connotations (however inaccurate they may be).  Alex clarifies that he and his colleagues do not want to beat around the bush, but want to be part of the work of dismantling false stereotypes about hacking. 

 

1:34 - Listeners are introduced to Alex Rice and the conversation to come.

2:41 - What is Alex’s background, and what is he doing today?

7:45 - Alex explains why the term “hacker” is included in his company’s name.

10:45 - The group considers cease and desist orders, bug bounty community, and gamification of security and hacking.

18:11 - Alex addresses the reality of teenagers making millions through bug bounty, as well as the personas of hacking outliers.

22:43 - Alex talks bug bounty, COVID-19, and writing reports.

25:41 - Is unhackability possible?  If not, what’s the closest we can get to it?

30:02 - The conversation concludes with Alex’s thoughts on the future, hobbies, and encouragement to people in bug bounty looking to continue in the field.

 

Links:

<a href='https://twitter.com/senorarroz?lang=en'>Connect with Alex Rice on Twitter</a>

<a href='https://hackerone.com/hacktivity'>Connect with the Bug Bounty Community at hackerone.com/hacktivity</a>

<a href='https://hackervalley.studio/'>Learn more about Hacker Valley Studio</a>

<a href='https://www.patreon.com/hackervalleystudio'>Support Hacker Valley Studio on Patreon</a>

<a href='https://twitter.com/TheHackerValley'>Follow Hacker Valley Studio on Twitter</a>

<a href='https://twitter.com/ronaldeddings'>Follow Ronald Eddings on Twitter</a>

<a href='https://twitter.com/chriscochrcyber'>Follow Chris Cochran on Twitter</a>

<a href='https://www.riskiq.com/'>Learn more about the season sponsor, RiskIQ</a>

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This episode of the Hacker Valley Studio podcast continues the Hacker Valley Red series by featuring Alex Rice.  Alex is the CTO and co-founder of HackerOne, and he joins hosts Ron and Chris for a conversation about such topics as the beginnings of the r...

Going Big on Bug Bounty with Alex Rice

On this episode of Hacker Valley Studio, hosts Ron and Chris speak with Rachel Tobac, CEO of SocialProof Security and Chair of the Women in Security and Privacy Board. Their conversation covers everything from neuroscience to spearfishing and human’s place in cyber security.

Rachel is a human hacker, also known as a social engineer, and she begins the episode by explaining her background in social engineering and experience in the non profit space. She credits her success in the field to her background in neuroscience and behavioral psychology as well as training in improv. 

 

1:59 - Rachel Tobac and today’s episode of Hacker Valley Red is introduced.

8:50 - What are the skills needed to become a social engineer?

10:51 - Rachel leads Ron and Chris through an improv exercise.

13:59 - Rachel shares where she thinks technology is headed.

20:20 - Rachel shares the scariest part of social engineering hacks.

25:29 - Rachel’s key takeaways.

34:11 - Rachel is looking toward 2020 election security.

 

Links:

<a href='https://hackervalley.studio/'>Learn more about Hacker Valley Studio</a>

<a href='https://www.patreon.com/hackervalleystudio'>Support Hacker Valley Studio on Patreon</a>

<a href='https://twitter.com/TheHackerValley'>Follow Hacker Valley Studio on Twitter</a>

<a href='https://twitter.com/ronaldeddings'>Follow Ronald Eddings on Twitter</a>

<a href='https://twitter.com/chriscochrcyber'>Follow Chris Cochran on Twitter</a>

<a href='https://www.amazon.com/Prince-City-Giuliani-Genius-American/dp/1594030847'>Follow Rachel Tobac on Twitter</a>

<a href='http://www.riskiq.com'>Learn more about the season sponsor, RiskIQ</a>

On this episode of Hacker Valley Studio, hosts Ron and Chris speak with Rachel Tobac, CEO of SocialProof Security and Chair of the Women in Security and Privacy Board. Their conversation covers everything from neuroscience to spearfishing and human’s place in cyber security.

Rachel is a human hacker, also known as a social engineer, and she begins the episode by explaining her background in social engineering and experience in the non profit space. She credits her success in the field to her background in neuroscience and behavioral psychology as well as training in improv. 

 

1:59 - Rachel Tobac and today’s episode of Hacker Valley Red is introduced.

8:50 - What are the skills needed to become a social engineer?

10:51 - Rachel leads Ron and Chris through an improv exercise.

13:59 - Rachel shares where she thinks technology is headed.

20:20 - Rachel shares the scariest part of social engineering hacks.

25:29 - Rachel’s key takeaways.

34:11 - Rachel is looking toward 2020 election security.

 

Links:

<a href='https://hackervalley.studio/'>Learn more about Hacker Valley Studio</a>

<a href='https://www.patreon.com/hackervalleystudio'>Support Hacker Valley Studio on Patreon</a>

<a href='https://twitter.com/TheHackerValley'>Follow Hacker Valley Studio on Twitter</a>

<a href='https://twitter.com/ronaldeddings'>Follow Ronald Eddings on Twitter</a>

<a href='https://twitter.com/chriscochrcyber'>Follow Chris Cochran on Twitter</a>

<a href='https://www.amazon.com/Prince-City-Giuliani-Genius-American/dp/1594030847'>Follow Rachel Tobac on Twitter</a>

<a href='http://www.riskiq.com'>Learn more about the season sponsor, RiskIQ</a>

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On this episode of Hacker Valley Studio, hosts Ron and Chris speak with Rachel Tobac, CEO of SocialProof Security and Chair of the Women in Security and Privacy Board. Their conversation covers everything from neuroscience to spearfishing and human’s pla...

Hacker People with Your Voice with Rachel Tobac

In this episode of the Hacker Valley Studio podcast, hosts Ron and Chris introduce the podcast’s new series: Hacker Valley Red.  After the previous season highlighted the defensive side of cyber security, this season will focus on the other side of the coin - the offensive side.  Ron and Chris spend this initial episode talking about their experience with the offensive side of cyber security, what listeners can look forward to hearing in the episodes ahead, and what sorts of questions experts will field throughout the season.

 

As the conversation gets underway, Ron and Chris introduce the season, which will cover such topics as the background and personas of red teamers, information about red teaming technology, misconceptions from the blue side, and what red teaming really looks like.  The hosts then share their own backgrounds in red teaming.  While they both had some prior experience with red teaming, they learned a lot through hosting the episodes in the season.  As they introduce the series ahead, Ron and Chris touch on the social side of red teaming, analogies by which red teaming can be explained, Ron’s exploitation video, the value and use of red teaming within organizations, the shared community of red and blue teaming, purple team engagement, the concept of unhackability, and more. 

 

In the episodes ahead, Ron and Chris will ask guests what other aspects of life and technology help them with red teaming, and there are particular topics from the episodes that they are most excited to consider with listeners.  These topics include the issue between blue and red teams, the concept of a hacker, the idea of unhackability, and different perspectives of paths into the field of red teaming and to mastery within it.  Ron and Chris conclude their introductory conversation with two lessons they hope listeners will take from the season: the lesson that creation is a process and that the best red teamers learn to love the process, and the lesson that both red and blue team members are on the same team.

 

0:48 - The podcast is now moving to the other side of the coin: the offensive side of cyber security.

2:48 - Ron and Chris share their respective backgrounds in red teaming.

7:25 - What other aspects of life and technology help guests with red teaming?

10:50 - Chris asks about Ron’s exploitation video.

12:52 - The hosts address the iterative improvement of an organization’s security posture.

18:14 - Ron and Chris talk about purple team engagement.

21:12 - Is unhackability real or possible?

24:53 - Hacking can have to deal with a human, rather than a device or application.

26:34 - What key takeaways do the hosts want listeners to take from the season?

28:10 - What do Ron and Chris want listeners to learn?

 

Links:

<a href='https://hackervalley.studio/'>Learn more about Hacker Valley Studio</a>

<a href='https://www.patreon.com/hackervalleystudio'>Support Hacker Valley Studio on Patreon</a>

<a href='https://twitter.com/TheHackerValley'>Follow Hacker Valley Studio on Twitter</a>

<a href='https://twitter.com/ronaldeddings'>Follow Ronald Eddings on Twitter</a>

<a href='https://twitter.com/chriscochrcyber'>Follow Chris Cochran on Twitter</a>

<a href='https://www.riskiq.com/'>Learn more about the season sponsor, RiskIQ</a>

In this episode of the Hacker Valley Studio podcast, hosts Ron and Chris introduce the podcast’s new series: Hacker Valley Red.  After the previous season highlighted the defensive side of cyber security, this season will focus on the other side of the coin - the offensive side.  Ron and Chris spend this initial episode talking about their experience with the offensive side of cyber security, what listeners can look forward to hearing in the episodes ahead, and what sorts of questions experts will field throughout the season.

 

As the conversation gets underway, Ron and Chris introduce the season, which will cover such topics as the background and personas of red teamers, information about red teaming technology, misconceptions from the blue side, and what red teaming really looks like.  The hosts then share their own backgrounds in red teaming.  While they both had some prior experience with red teaming, they learned a lot through hosting the episodes in the season.  As they introduce the series ahead, Ron and Chris touch on the social side of red teaming, analogies by which red teaming can be explained, Ron’s exploitation video, the value and use of red teaming within organizations, the shared community of red and blue teaming, purple team engagement, the concept of unhackability, and more. 

 

In the episodes ahead, Ron and Chris will ask guests what other aspects of life and technology help them with red teaming, and there are particular topics from the episodes that they are most excited to consider with listeners.  These topics include the issue between blue and red teams, the concept of a hacker, the idea of unhackability, and different perspectives of paths into the field of red teaming and to mastery within it.  Ron and Chris conclude their introductory conversation with two lessons they hope listeners will take from the season: the lesson that creation is a process and that the best red teamers learn to love the process, and the lesson that both red and blue team members are on the same team.

 

0:48 - The podcast is now moving to the other side of the coin: the offensive side of cyber security.

2:48 - Ron and Chris share their respective backgrounds in red teaming.

7:25 - What other aspects of life and technology help guests with red teaming?

10:50 - Chris asks about Ron’s exploitation video.

12:52 - The hosts address the iterative improvement of an organization’s security posture.

18:14 - Ron and Chris talk about purple team engagement.

21:12 - Is unhackability real or possible?

24:53 - Hacking can have to deal with a human, rather than a device or application.

26:34 - What key takeaways do the hosts want listeners to take from the season?

28:10 - What do Ron and Chris want listeners to learn?

 

Links:

<a href='https://hackervalley.studio/'>Learn more about Hacker Valley Studio</a>

<a href='https://www.patreon.com/hackervalleystudio'>Support Hacker Valley Studio on Patreon</a>

<a href='https://twitter.com/TheHackerValley'>Follow Hacker Valley Studio on Twitter</a>

<a href='https://twitter.com/ronaldeddings'>Follow Ronald Eddings on Twitter</a>

<a href='https://twitter.com/chriscochrcyber'>Follow Chris Cochran on Twitter</a>

<a href='https://www.riskiq.com/'>Learn more about the season sponsor, RiskIQ</a>

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In this episode of the Hacker Valley Studio podcast, hosts Ron and Chris introduce the podcast’s new series: Hacker Valley Red.  After the previous season highlighted the defensive side of cyber security, this season will focus on the other side of the c...

Hacker Valley Red

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