Sunday, February 25, 2018

Forthcoming talk - Delaware InfraGard - IoT Botnets

DELAWARE INFRAGARD CHAPTER - March 2018 - Conquering the New Threats

The Hunt for IoT That Threatens Our Modern Way of Life – Ray Pompon

Fri, March 16, 2018
8:00 AM – 12:00 PM ED

Delmarva Conference Center,
4100 South Wakefield Drive
Newark, DE 19702

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/delaware-infragard-chapter-march-2018-conquering-the-new-threats-tickets-43305888077

Forthcoming RSA talk - Swimming in a Sea of Enemies—The Dilemmas of the Threat Researcher

Swimming in a Sea of Enemies—The Dilemmas of the Threat Researcher

April 18, 2018 | 3:00 pm - 3:45 pm

Threat researchers can find themselves in dicey situations they are unprepared for. This talk will discuss actual ethical and legal dilemmas of threat researchers including consorting with and deceiving criminals, groping thru stolen personal data, turning a blind eye to criminal activity, wandering into compromised systems, and the ultimate worse case: being corrupted and arrested by the FBI.


https://www.rsaconference.com/events/us18/agenda/sessions/9132-Swimming-in-a-Sea-of-Enemies%E2%80%94The-Dilemmas-of-the-Threat-Researcher

Sunday, January 14, 2018

Radio Interview: A Tale From the Early Days Of Busting Hackers

On NPR station on KPLU KNKX -

A Tale From the Early Days Of Busting Hackers 

http://knkx.org/post/tale-early-days-busting-hackers

 

In the late 90s and early 2000s, a lot of people were still figuring out this whole internet business.
As is often the case, way out ahead of the learning curve were the cyber-criminals, and law enforcement had some catching up to do.
The FBI often relied on the knowledge of private security professionals. So in 2000, they contacted a Seattle expert named Ray Pompon, and recruited him to go undercover as part of a sting operation. Pompon shared his story with host Gabriel Spitzer.