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Casey Ellis

Casey Ellis

Hacker, founder, advisor, and pioneer of crowdsourced security. Founder of Bugcrowd, co-founder of disclose.io, principal of Tall Poppy Group. Board member at SRLDF.

Hot Takes

iPhone 5 First Impressions

My wife and I were among the hordes who queued up for an iPhone 5 this morning. First impressions on iPhone 5: * Fast. Like

20 Oct 2012 · 2 min read
Building

Your Idea Sucks

tl;dr: I love your idea. I want to hear about your idea. Please, do not interpret this post as me stifling your idea.

24 Sep 2012 · 2 min read
Hot Takes

iPhone 5 First Impressions

My wife and I were among the hordes who queued up for an iPhone 5 this morning. First impressions on iPhone 5: * Fast. Like

20 Sep 2012 · 2 min read
Security

Bugcrowd — the Premier Crowdsourced Cybersecurity platform.

Bugcrowd is the premiere crowdsourced security platform. More enterprise organizations trust Bugcrowd’s Crowdcontrol platform to manage their bug bounty, vulnerability disclosure, and next-

31 Aug 2012 · 1 min read
Security

Sms Scams – What Can Be done?

First things first… If you receive a spam SMS you should forward the message to the Australian Media and Communications Authority Spam SMS service

26 Jun 2012 · 2 min read
Security

Sms Scams — What Can Be done?

First things first… If you receive a spam SMS you should forward the message to the Australian Media and Communications Authority Spam SMS service

16 Jun 2012 · 2 min read
Security

mysqlcheck.com – in Ur mysql, Checking ur… mysql.

Check out this website by Mark Wickendam. Let it be said first up that I think this site is awesome. I lol’d hard,

11 Jun 2012 · 2 min read
Security

Why the Smb Is Most at Risk from ms12-010

There’s a lot of hubbub going around about the recent vulnerability from Microsoft. It’s called MS12-020 and it affects the Remote

18 Mar 2012 · 5 min read
Security

Rdpcheck Checks Your Network for the New Rdp Vulnerability

We’ve created a tool at RDPCheck to help you test your exposure to an attack from the outside on Microsoft’s recent MS12-

05 Mar 2012 · 1 min read
Building

Using Viral Landing Pages to Go from 0 to 1500 Leads in 7 Days for $15

I was approached with a simple brief… The client, a start-up rookie trying to make a break from his 9-to-5 as

28 Dec 2011 · 2 min read
Hot Takes

Auction Sniping 101

This is a quick little how-to that will hopefully save a few people some pain. I’m going to presume you know what

13 Dec 2011 · 2 min read
dontgetpwned

The Golden Rule of Avoiding Fraud

This is a simple one that I told my mother-in-law the other day. It won’t protect you from everything, but it

05 Dec 2011 · 1 min read