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Re: OT: Scorpion TV show on CBS -- Tonight -- See real hacking tools in Hollywood
From: Erik Pace Birkholz <erik () cybersecurityops com>
Date: Sat, 11 Oct 2014 00:25:15 -0700
InfoSec Family, Regardless if Hollywood got their BJJ hooks in and choked the hacking out of the show; IMHO it's still a fun tv show and worth the space on your DVR. I'd like to give a shout out; expressing my appreciation for the significant effort Kristian spent trying to advise and educate television writers/directors on the non-trivial realities of what we as an industry do for a living. He put a lot of work into creating realistic hacking sequences that showcased the awesome exploits, apps, frameworks and distros coded and collaborated by the very folks receiving this email; our InfoSec family. Lets be honest, the average American plopped down on an oversized couch gazing at their 60" Costco LCD with the cable remote in hand isn't gonna choose to watch a show|movie that accurately portrays the complex, non-glamorous and time intensive job we do for a living. The small subset who would choose to tune-in are exceptions and certainly not inline with my stereotype of the average American. Just because what we do for a living isn't "Hollywood Sexy" doesn't mean its not badass... Erik Pace Birkholz, CISSP Founder, Cyber SECURITY Ops Chief Security Operative erik () cybersecurityops com P. 209-SEC-OPS3 (732-6773) C. 323-252-5916 F. 949-855-2761 WWW.CYBERSECURITYOPS.COM On Sep 23, 2014 6:36 AM, "Kristian Erik Hermansen" < kristian.hermansen () gmail com> wrote:
Moin Moin DD Listers, Tonight on CBS the TV show 'Scorpion' premieres. I figured the list might be interested in a TV show that is less CSI bogus "hacking" sequences and actual _real_ exploit scenarios (as best as Hollywood could stomach). The guy the show is based on, Walter O'Brien, actually was involved in catching the Boston Marathon bombers, so the stories are loosely based on that event and other terrorist cases he worked on or were planned attacks. He's a good guy doing the grunt technical computer science / artificial intelligence work behind the scenes :) You might see: Immunity Silica, Kali / Backtrack, Linux, fierce.pl, metasploit, netcat, etherape, Burp Suite, nmap, Shodan, aircrack, Tor, Iceweasel, WebSecurify, and ~20 tools in total on the show! Most of the scenes content was generated on Kali using real tools in simulated environments. You can see a good close-up at 2m03s: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dU_hJscvdXU#t=2m3s More details below on the show and Walter O'Brien: http://www.cnet.com/news/the-origin-of-scorpion-the-real-world-story-behind-cbss-new-drama/ *** Disclaimer: I was an advisor / creator for many of the hacking sequences you will see on the computer screens. -- Regards, Kristian Erik Hermansen https://www.linkedin.com/in/kristianhermansen https://google.com/+KristianHermansen _______________________________________________ Dailydave mailing list Dailydave () lists immunityinc com https://lists.immunityinc.com/mailman/listinfo/dailydave
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