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.
20
Feb
Modes of Public Vulnerability Disclosure

Modes of Public Vulnerability Disclosure

A proposed taxonomy... Discovery, Documentation, Distribution.
3 min read
10
Feb
A thought re vulnerability research clustering

A thought re vulnerability research clustering

The fact that insecure software pipelines are exploitable feels a little like the idea that bugs exist in old F/OSS code, or that a chip design might not be 100% perfect. It's almost QED - but in the defensive realm, people weren't looking there.
3 min read
11
Jan
Help! My Social Media has been hacked!

Help! My Social Media has been hacked!

I know you do security stuff with computers and my Twitter/Facebook/Instagram/etc has been hacked! It's posting all kinds of strange stuff that isn't from me. What do I do to stop this???
7 min read
09
Jan
Outrage is cheap

Outrage is cheap

Outrage is cheap and of fleeting value. Introspection and change are expensive, precious, and resilient... and very easy to miss if everything is the other guy’s fault.
2 min read
31
Dec
2020 Lernings for Make Benefit Glorious Year of 2021

2020 Lernings for Make Benefit Glorious Year of 2021

My family and I are straight-up blessed with how we've fared this year, and I'm incredibly thankful for the myriad of people and things - but whichever way you cut it, 2020 was a dense and challenging year and not one I’d rush to repeat.
1 min read
01
Dec
Van Buren v. United States - Oral Argument

Van Buren v. United States - Oral Argument

The Supreme Court heard oral argument in Van Buren v. United States, a case concerning a statute of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA) and violations of terms of service agreements.
41 min read
14
Nov
DEF CON endorsed by POTUS!

DEF CON endorsed by POTUS!

Great news everyone: After years of steady work and deliberate improvement of relationships and trust between the hacker community and government officials, we've made it to the apex of the American org chart!
6 min read
14
Nov
Krebs Has A Posse

Krebs Has A Posse

1 min read
28
Oct
How the Pandemic is Reshaping the Bug Bounty Landscape

How the Pandemic is Reshaping the Bug Bounty Landscape

Bugcrowd Founder Casey Ellis talks about COVID-19’s impact on bug bounty hunters, bug bounty program adoption and more.
2 min read
25
Oct
The Third-Quarter

The Third-Quarter

"I'm exactly the same as I was nine months ago, but I'm also completely different."