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caseyjohnellis

caseyjohnellis

Sydney, Australia
hacker/hustler. chairman/founder/cto @bugcrowd and cofounder @disclose_io. husband, dad, musician, believer. pioneer of crowdsourced security as-a-service.
04
Aug
9 Must-See Talks at #hackersummercamp 2022

9 Must-See Talks at #hackersummercamp 2022

Here's a list of the talks that I'm going to get myself along to at Blackhat and DEF CON this year, and why...
3 min read
28
Jul
Digital and Personal Self-Care at #hackersummersamp - "New Normalish" Edition

Digital and Personal Self-Care at #hackersummersamp - "New Normalish" Edition

I usually write a piece for first-timers and newbies on how to get the most out of Hacker Summer Camp and how to stay safe digitally and physically. This tradition began in the early days of Bugcrowd, when DEF CON was part of new-hire induction.
6 min read
30
May

Two-thirds of ethical hackers considering bug bounty hunting as a full-time career

Casey Ellis, founder and CTO at Bugcrowd, said bug bounty hunters are ultimately entrepreneurs in their own right.
1 min read
26
May

What are the security risks of open sourcing the Twitter algorithm?

What are the security risks of open sourcing the Twitter algorithm?Experts debate whether open source Twitter is a net
1 min read
20
Aug
[TRANSCRIPT] Threats that may have gone unnoticed by organizations during the pandemic

[TRANSCRIPT] Threats that may have gone unnoticed by organizations during the pandemic

Casey Ellis, the founder, chairman and CTO of Bugcrowd, told SC Media Senior Reporter Joe Uchill that companies should think about the various threat scenarios that emerged over the last year that they may have missed as employees return to the office environment.
2 min read
20
Aug
[TRANSCRIPT] Threat hunting in the age of work-from-home

[TRANSCRIPT] Threat hunting in the age of work-from-home

Casey Ellis, the founder, chairman and CTO of Bugcrowd, told SC Media Senior Reporter Joe Uchill that there’s always going to be corporate infrastructure that provides information for a threat hunter, such as VPN, antivirus, and endpoint detection and response.
2 min read
26
Jun
The Bar Fight Risk Taxonomy

The Bar Fight Risk Taxonomy

After hearing "vulnerability" and "threat" used interchangeably for a >9,000th time I decided to do something about it, and the Bar Fight Risk Taxonomy was born.
4 min read
22
May
My "office" setup - Part 2

My "office" setup - Part 2

This is a follow up from https://cje.io/2021/03/28/my-office-setup which is worth reading first if you haven't yet... Everything in Part 1 is still in play - Part 2 talks through some optimizations and a couple of additions.
4 min read
19
May
Bugcrowd at AusCERT2021

Bugcrowd at AusCERT2021

AusCERT 2021 was a hybrid conference this year, and one of the first Australian cybersecurity conferences to resume in real life after the onset of the COVID pandemic. I was there representing Bugcrowd across three (!) separate sessions.
1 min read
16
May
The iOS FaceTime vulnerability: What it means and what you can do to protect yourself

The iOS FaceTime vulnerability: What it means and what you can do to protect yourself

Yesterday news broke that a bug in FaceTime that allows callers to listen to the audio of the person they
3 min read