Episode 43 - Offensive Security: Pros and Cons...

Or, You Got Your Pauldotcom in my Southern Fried Security!

This episode, we were graced with the presence of Paul Asadoorian and John Strand of the Pauldotcom Security Podcast, as they talked about their new project, Offensive Countermeasures. Paul and crew have talked about offensive security over their last couple of episodes, and we wanted to see just what all the hullabaloo was all about. 

For extra reading, check out the following links, as they provide a wealth of information about the topic:

Paul’s talk at SourceBoston:

http://www.sourceconference.com/boston/speakers_2011.asp#pauldotcom

Recent Pauldotcom shows featuring offensive security ideas…

http://pauldotcom.com/wiki/index.php/Episode225

http://pauldotcom.com/wiki/index.php/Episode227

Links to stories on HBGary…

http://www.thetechherald.com/article.php/201106/6798/Data-intelligence-firms-proposed-a-systematic-attack-against-WikiLeaks

http://www.thetechherald.com/article.php/201106/6810/Berico-Technologies-severs-ties-with-HBGary-over-WikiLeaks-plot

http://blogs.csoonline.com/1381/lessons_of_the_hbgary_hack

http://thinkprogress.org/2011/02/10/lobbyists-chamberleaks/

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