Author Archives: Space Rogue

About Space Rogue

With over two decades of experience, Space Rogue (Cris Thomas) has testified before the U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, and has been interviewed by Wired, CNBC and even MTV. He created the wildly popular websites the Whacked Mac Archives and Cyber Squirrel 1. He produced the weekly podcast SpiderLabs Radio, and the critically acclaimed weekly news video program the Hacker News Network. His writing has appeared in Network Computing, New Statesman, The Hill, and the Christian Science Monitor. He has spoken at security conferences such as Def Con, Blackhat, and Shmoocon. Space Rogue currently works as the Global Lead of Policy and Special Initiatives for the legendary IBM X-Force.

A Psycho Analysis of Jericho

The epic box-o-shit. I don’t know where the tradition started but it has been perfected by Jericho of Attrition.org. Beginning at least five years ago Jericho has boxed up the chotskies, leftover guinea pig fur, random bits of useless tech … Continue reading

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Beyond Hype

Sometime an article comes along that is just beyond the traditional sort of hype I usually rant about. In other words its just plain wrong. “How They Popped The Penguin: The Bash Attack And What It Means For Linux Data … Continue reading

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Anatomy of Hype, Take 2

I almost wasn’t going to write about the supposed cyber attack at the New York Times last week as reported by Fox Business because I just haven’t had the time but after the NASDAQ went down today and everyone and … Continue reading

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Fitness and Discipline for Cyber Warriors

“More PT Drill Sergeant, more PT! We like it, We love it, We want more of it!” There is a basic tenant in most of the worlds military forces that regardless of what your actual job or rank is, whether … Continue reading

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Say Cyber Again.

I don’t think this will stay on YouTube very long I got an instant DMCA take down notice as soon as it was uploaded. I filed a dispute but we all know how those go so watch it now while … Continue reading

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Then They Came For Me…

First they came for Jackson, and I didn’t speak out because I didn’t play D&D. Then they came for Neidorf, and I didn’t speak out because I trusted the phone company. Then they came for Mitnick, and I didn’t speak … Continue reading

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Anatomy of Hype

Lets see if I can break this down chronologically. On July 12, 2012 a third party marketing firm hired by Verizon had a large database of Verizon user information ‘copied’. Verizon claims the incident was reported to authorities but no … Continue reading

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Book Review: This Machine Kills Secrets

Book Review: This Machine Kills Secrets By: Andy Greenberg Penguin Group 2012 ISBN 978-1-101-59358-5 *Page references have been taken from the electronic iPad version I’ll admit I haven’t finished the whole book yet but the way the book portrays some … Continue reading

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Hackers and Media Hype or Big Hacks That Never Really Happened

I have been giving my talk “Hackers and Media Hype or Big Hacks That Never Really Happened” for a few months now and I think it is time to retire it. You may have seen it at Shmoocon Epilogue, Source … Continue reading

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