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Story: DDoS History as a Cyber Weapon Like so many advancements in human history, they often have a tendency to be used for more than what the originator had conceived.  The internet provides a vast amount of various beneficial services. Yet, those same services are often besieged by those that weld the collective power of the internet to […] The post Show 9: DDoS History as a Cyber Weapon Part 1 appeared first on Lock Me Down.

STORY: The Business Club and the Zeus Trojan So You Want to Be a Gangster? Whether you hail from the old school shows like Dragnet, or something more recent like The Saprano’s, theres a reason why those shows did so well and attracted long time loyal audiences – its exciting and daring and a life not known […] The post Show 8: The Business Club appeared first on Lock Me Down.

Story: The Story of Stuxnet [01:40] In June 2010, a infected computer was discovered with a unknown strain of malware would end up kicking off a year long investigation that redefined the term cyber warfare.   While many of the anti-virus and security communities opted for sidelining research on the newly discovered malware dubbed Stuxnet by […] The post Show 7: Stuxnet the Story of Digital Sabotage appeared first on Lock Me Down.

Dave Rael is a dedicated father and husband and a seasoned software professional. He specializes in building distributed systems and understanding problem domains, especially via Domain-Driven Design and Behavior-Driven Development. Outside work, he’s usually playing with kids, playing basketball, lifting weights, coaching youth sports, and enjoying dirty jokes. He blogs at optimizedprogrammer.com about writing software and getting […] The post Show 6: Interview with Dave Rael appeared first on Lock Me Down.

We all have our favorite stories of adventures whether on the big screen or a novel that we just can't put down. Today I have a story about someone you might have heard of, he's an author, speaker, computer security expert. But he hasn't always been. Known as one of the forefathers of hacking, who was on the run from the authorities for a number of years, evading the law, accumulating hacking trophies, he was, the notorious hacker. We'll also talk briefly on handling password resets in your app and finally a Fabulous failure that we'll make you question all your software. Show Notes: http://lockmedown.com/the-notorious-hacker

You know those mysteries you might have read about, you know, those ones you couldn't put down. We'll I am glad you joined, because today, I have a mystery that you might know about, you might even have been part of, an unsolved mystery that is known as black Wednesday. We'll also talk about that security risk with the wacky acronym (XSS) cross-site scripting. And with all the news about hacker ransom ultimatums, we'll they had to have inspiration from somewhere, we'll hear about how one mobile company feed the trolls. Get the show notes @ http://lockmedown.com/black-wednesday

Not all security analysts out there have a strong development background that helps them related to the everyday developer’s perspective. But when security analysts do, it translates in their capabilities to not only approach their analysis but also in their teaching and training to developers, you know the ones writing the potentially vulnerable code? Well, I got to sit down with a security analyst that has a strong background in both areas. Sijmen Ruwhof has been working in the development and security space for the past 17 years and I had a chance to sit down with him and discuss with him a plethora of topics that directly related to developers in their pursuit to write more secure code, such as best practices, changes in the security landscape, recommended tools just to name a few. Get this episode's show notes @ http://lockmedown.com/interview-sijmen-ruwhof

[headline tag=”div” css_class=”h2″ color=”color2″]Story: Ashley Madison (2:00)[/headline] In August of 2015, Avid Life Media received a stunning ultimatum from some unknown hackers to shut down various sites after having breached the controversial cheating site Ashley Madison or face the concequences of having tens of gigabytes of customer information, source code, company emails and other sensitive […] The post Show 2: Ashley Madison appeared first on Lock Me Down.

You know how you are mesmerized by stories of double agents in your favorite spy movie, or the adventures you've heard about during the cold war. We'll, what about double agents in the hacker community? Listen to today's story about how one hacker established an international for-profit syndicate while working with the U.S. Secret service. Also on today's episode, we'll find out the absolute solution to securing your application against the number one web security vulnerability, SQL Inject. And finally, I got a fabulous failure you won't want to miss - Sijmen Ruwhof turns up a blunder by the largest Danish bank that will knock your socks off. You'll find all of the show notes at http://lockmedown.com/doubleagent