[Dailydave] OT: Scorpion TV show on CBS -- Tonight -- See real hacking tools in Hollywood

[Erik Pace Birkholz]

InfoSec Family,

Regardless if Hollywood got their BJJ hooks in and choked the hacking out
of the show; IMHO it's still a fun tv show and worth the space on your DVR.

I'd like to give a shout out; expressing  my appreciation for the
significant effort Kristian spent trying to advise and educate television
writers/directors on the non-trivial realities of what we as an industry do
for a living.
He put a lot of work into creating realistic hacking sequences that
showcased the awesome exploits, apps, frameworks and distros coded and
collaborated by the very folks receiving this email; our InfoSec family.

Lets be honest, the average American plopped down on an oversized couch
gazing at their 60" Costco LCD with the cable remote in hand isn't gonna
choose to watch a show|movie that accurately portrays the complex,
non-glamorous and time intensive job we do for a living.

The small subset who would choose to tune-in are exceptions and certainly
not inline with my stereotype of the average American.

Just because what we do for a living isn't "Hollywood Sexy" doesn't mean
its not badass...

Erik Pace Birkholz, CISSP

Founder, Cyber SECURITY Ops
Chief Security Operative

erik at cybersecurityops.com
P. 209-SEC-OPS3 (732-6773)
C. 323-252-5916
F. 949-855-2761

WWW.CYBERSECURITYOPS.COM
On Sep 23, 2014 6:36 AM, "Kristian Erik Hermansen" <
kristian.hermansen at gmail.com> wrote:

> Moin Moin DD Listers,
>
> Tonight on CBS the TV show 'Scorpion' premieres. I figured the list
> might be interested in a TV show that is less CSI bogus "hacking"
> sequences and actual _real_ exploit scenarios (as best as Hollywood
> could stomach). The guy the show is based on, Walter O'Brien, actually
> was involved in catching the Boston Marathon bombers, so the stories
> are loosely based on that event and other terrorist cases he worked on
> or were planned attacks. He's a good guy doing the grunt technical
> computer science / artificial intelligence work behind the scenes :)
>
> You might see: Immunity Silica, Kali / Backtrack, Linux, fierce.pl,
> metasploit, netcat, etherape, Burp Suite, nmap, Shodan, aircrack, Tor,
> Iceweasel, WebSecurify, and ~20 tools in total on the show! Most of
> the scenes content was generated on Kali using real tools in simulated
> environments. You can see a good close-up at 2m03s:
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dU_hJscvdXU#t=2m3s
>
> More details below on the show and Walter O'Brien:
>
>
> http://www.cnet.com/news/the-origin-of-scorpion-the-real-world-story-behind-cbss-new-drama/
>
> *** Disclaimer: I was an advisor / creator for many of the hacking
> sequences you will see on the computer screens.
>
> --
> Regards,
>
> Kristian Erik Hermansen
> https://www.linkedin.com/in/kristianhermansen
> https://google.com/+KristianHermansen
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