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Hail Satan
Episode 3 of 10
Biella Coleman discovers how oft demonised hackers created the security industry.
Hackers have long been portrayed as the bad guys, but Biella uncovers how the ethical Grey and White Hat hackers created the modern security industry, despite the risk to their careers, and fierce opposition from major tech and software companies who wanted to keep any vulnerabilities in their products hidden from the public eye. She talks with Chris Wysopal, member the high-profile hacker think tank the L0pht, about the struggle for security, and how that fight may have inadvertently damaged a key part of hacker culture in the long term.
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Wed 15 Dec 2021
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Chris Wysopal
Chris Wysopal, also known by his Hacker Handle Weld Pond, is an entrepreneur, computer security expert and co-founder and CTO of Veracode. He was a member of the high-profile hacker think tank the L0pht where he was a vulnerability researcher.
HeΒ was instrumental in developing industry guidelines for responsible disclosure of software vulnerabilities. He was a contributor to RFPolicy, the first vulnerability disclosure policy.Β In 2001 he founded the non-profit full disclosure mailing list VulnWatch for which was moderator and in 2003 he testified before a United States House of Representatives subcommittee on the topic of vulnerability research and disclosure.
HeΒ was instrumental in developing industry guidelines for responsible disclosure of software vulnerabilities. He was a contributor to RFPolicy, the first vulnerability disclosure policy.Β In 2001 he founded the non-profit full disclosure mailing list VulnWatch for which was moderator and in 2003 he testified before a United States House of Representatives subcommittee on the topic of vulnerability research and disclosure.
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The Hackers
Gabriella Coleman investigates one of the most misunderstood cultures of the modern world.
