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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.

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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.

22 May 2021 · 4 min read
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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.

19 May 2021 · 1 min read
Policy

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 are calling before that

16 May 2021 · 3 min read
Policy

How Governments are Running Effective Bug Bounty Programs

If you’re reading this article, statistically speaking your organization might be getting hacked. In the private sector, the Equifax hack and Intel’s

16 May 2021 · 2 min read
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On disclosure, confidentiality, and norms…

A few weeks ago I was tagged by Art Manion of the CERT Coordination Center (CERT/CC) in a tweet asking about Bugcrowd’s

16 May 2021 · 3 min read
Policy

Election Security 2020: Don’t Let Disinformation Undermine Your Right to Vote

A tweet of a voting machine that “looks like” it’s infected by ransomware could be as effective at deterring voter turnout and confidence as the real deal, which is a cost-effective and asymmetric means to manipulate election results.

16 May 2021 · 2 min read
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Titan Talks — Ep 2 — Casey John Ellis with @thecybermentor

I've watched Heath's journey as a education and community powerhouse, and more recently as an entrepreneur with tcm-sec with much interest and respect. We covered a lot of ground about entrepreneurship, founder DNA, competition, priorities, and the cybers all around.

10 May 2021 · 54 min read
Security

On Project Zero's 90+30 vulnerability disclosure policy changes

Google is acknowledging the increasing prevalence of n-day exploitation in the wild, particularly over the past 18 months (e.g. the CISA/NSA memo) have taken their next step in refining how they strike balance between these forces.

08 May 2021 · 4 min read
Security

Security Research and Disclosure: The Unauthorized Biography — Nullcon March 2021

Title: Security Research and Disclosure: The Unauthorized Biography | Casey John Ellis | Nullcon Conference March 2021

16 Apr 2021 · 31 min read
Personal

My "office" setup

As WFH was going from novel to normal, the thought occurred to me that "virtual semiotics" was quickly going to become a thing... The equivalent of the how to dress, where to sit, how to speak type advice executives get taught, but for a world which is virtual by default.

28 Mar 2021 · 9 min read
Policy

NIST: Vulnerability Disclosure as a Requirement for Every Organization

What is the NIST Cybersecurity  Framework? The NIST Cybersecurity Framework is a set of policies meant to help the private sector in strengthening their

08 Mar 2021 · 2 min read
Policy

Responsible Disclosure Programs with Katie Moussouris & Casey Ellis | 401 Access Denied Ep. 22

Katie Moussouris, Founder & CEO of Luta Security and Casey Ellis, Founder & CTO of Bugcrowd join Joe and Mike to talk all things responsibility disclosure – the good, the bad, and the ugly.

26 Feb 2021 · 59 min read