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STAR WARS isn’t just one of the ore successful and iconic movies of all time and the basis for a worldwide sci-fi empire, it’s also a true hacker story. Wade Baker and Rich Mogull, two Star Wars scholars, join Dennis Fisher to break down the Empire’s pathetic perimeter defenses, R2D2’s arc as a wily hacker, […]
Attackers are moving faster and faster every day, and the challenge of keeping pace is a daunting one. But it’s not impossible. watchTowr’s Ryan Dewhurst joins Dennis Fisher to talk about how the “magic” of computers first captured his imagination when he was young, how defenders can learn from attackers’ tactics and adapt, and how […]
Jeremiah Grossman and Robert Hansen, two of the more influential and accomplished leaders and entrepreneurs in the cybersecurity community, have seen and done it all in their careers. From their roles as the driving forces behind pioneering web appsec firm WhiteHat Security to building out enterprise security programs to breaking large portions of the web […]
There may not be any computers in Home Alone, but few movie characters embody the old-school hacker ethos like Kevin McCallister does.
Pete Baker and Zoe Lindsey join Dennis Fisher on the roof of Nakatomi Plaza to discuss one of the great action classics* and a beloved movie in the hacker community: Die Hard. Yippee ki-yay! *Not a Christmas movie
It was 30 years ago this week that Michael Mann's masterpiece Heat hit theaters like a semi T-boning an armored car. In addition to being a masterful heist movie and insightful depiction of the toll that obsession can exact, Heat is also a criminally underrated hacker movie.
