Malware of the Mind - Disinformation and Manipulation via Social Platforms
While disinformation has been around since the age of antiquity, in recent years it has taken centerstage as a highly disruptive force. In this talk I make some comparison cases for how malware and expanding compromise in a computing environment, has direct parallels to how biases and heuristics are exploited in human cognitive software during a disinformation campaign. The talk will conclude with the introduction of a disinformation kill chain.
Track 2
4 Feb 2022 10:00 AM - 11:00 AMWhile disinformation has been around since the age of antiquity, in recent years it has taken centerstage as a highly disruptive force. In this talk I make some comparison cases for how malware and expanding compromise in a computing environment, has direct parallels to how biases and heuristics are exploited in human cognitive software during a disinformation campaign. The talk will conclude with the introduction of a disinformation kill chain.
Mike Manrod
CISO, GCE
@CroodSolutions
https://www.linkedin.com/in/manrod/
Mike presently serves as the Chief Information Security Officer for Grand Canyon Education, responsible for leading the security team and formulating the vision and strategy for protecting students, staff and information assets across the enterprise. Previous experiences include serving as a threat prevention engineer for Check Point and working as a consultant and analyst for other organizations.
He is also a co-author/contributor for the joint book project, Understanding New Security Threats published by Routledge in 2019, along with multiple articles/whitepapers. When not working, he spends time playing video games with his kids or doing projects around the farm.
atomic-operator: Atomic Red Team Python Execution Framework
atomic-operator enables security professionals to test their detection and defensive capabilities against prescribed techniques defined within atomic-red-team. By utilizing a testing framework such as atomic-operator, you can identify both your defensive capabilities as well as gaps in defensive coverage.
Track 3
4 Feb 2022 9:00 AM - 10:00 AMatomic-operator enables security professionals to test their detection and defensive capabilities against prescribed techniques defined within atomic-red-team. By utilizing a testing framework such as atomic-operator, you can identify both your defensive capabilities as well as gaps in defensive coverage.
Josh Rickard
Security Solutions Architect
@MSAdministrator
https://letsautomate.it/
Josh Rickard is a Security Solutions Architect at Swimlane focused on automating everyday processes in business and security. He is an expert in PowerShell and Python, and has presented at multiple conferences including DerbyCon, ShowMeCon, BlackHat Arsenal, CircleCityCon, Hacker Halted, and numerous BSides. In 2019, Josh was awarded an SC Media Reboot Leadership Award in the Influencer category and is featured in the Tribe of Hackers: Blue Team book. You can find information about open-source projects that Josh creates on GitHub at https://github.com/MSAdministrator
Keynote: Charles Shirer
Charles Shirer is a penetration tester and consultant with 17 years of overall IT operations experience, with the last 6 years in Information Security. On Twitter he regularly posts inspiring and encouraging Magnificent Monday videos, and is known as the most positive person in security. He is a regular host or guest on multiple podcasts, including GrumpyHackers, HackThePlanet, and Positively Blue Team Cast, and is a part of the MentalHealthHackers, DeadPixelSec, NovaHackers, and HackingIsNotACrime families. He works as staff for several security conferences, and somewhere in his free time works on the penetration testing focused linux distribution SECBSD based on OpenBSD.
Charles Shirer is a penetration tester and consultant with 17 years of overall IT operations experience, with the last 6 years in Information Security. On Twitter he regularly posts inspiring and encouraging Magnificent Monday videos, and is known as the most positive person in security. He is a regular host or guest on multiple podcasts, including GrumpyHackers, HackThePlanet, and Positively Blue Team Cast, and is a part of the MentalHealthHackers, DeadPixelSec, NovaHackers, and HackingIsNotACrime families. He works as staff for several security conferences, and somewhere in his free time works on the penetration testing focused linux distribution SECBSD based on OpenBSD.