Skip to content
← home

tag

#security

107 posts

The technical heart: vulnerability research, disclosure, threat analysis, the craft of finding and fixing

Security

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...

04 Aug 2022 · 3 min read
Security

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.

28 Jul 2022 · 6 min read
Security

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.

30 May 2022 · 1 min read
Security

[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.

20 Aug 2021 · 2 min read
Security

[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.

20 Aug 2021 · 2 min read
Security

IT Visionaries Podcast with Malcolm Harkness

On this roundtable episode of IT Visionaries, we explore the impact A.I. and technology are having on society and cybersecurity with Casey Ellis, the founder and CTO of Bugcrowd and Malcolm Harkins, a cybersecurity advisor, coach and board member.

06 Jul 2021 · 36 min read
Security

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.

26 Jun 2021 · 4 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
Security

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.

10 Feb 2021 · 3 min read
Security

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???

11 Jan 2021 · 7 min read
Security

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.

01 Dec 2020 · 41 min read