<p dir="ltr">InfoSec Family,</p>
<p dir="ltr">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. </p>
<p dir="ltr">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. <br>
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. </p>
<p dir="ltr">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.</p>
<p dir="ltr">The small subset who would choose to tune-in are exceptions and certainly not inline with my stereotype of the average American. </p>
<p dir="ltr">Just because what we do for a living isn't "Hollywood Sexy" doesn't mean its not badass... <br></p>
<p dir="ltr">Erik Pace Birkholz, CISSP</p>
<p dir="ltr">Founder, Cyber SECURITY Ops<br>
Chief Security Operative</p>
<p dir="ltr"><a href="mailto:erik@cybersecurityops.com">erik@cybersecurityops.com</a><br>
P. 209-SEC-OPS3 (732-6773)<br>
C. 323-252-5916<br>
F. 949-855-2761</p>
<p dir="ltr"><a href="http://WWW.CYBERSECURITYOPS.COM">WWW.CYBERSECURITYOPS.COM</a></p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Sep 23, 2014 6:36 AM, "Kristian Erik Hermansen" <<a href="mailto:kristian.hermansen@gmail.com">kristian.hermansen@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Moin Moin DD Listers,<br>
<br>
Tonight on CBS the TV show 'Scorpion' premieres. I figured the list<br>
might be interested in a TV show that is less CSI bogus "hacking"<br>
sequences and actual _real_ exploit scenarios (as best as Hollywood<br>
could stomach). The guy the show is based on, Walter O'Brien, actually<br>
was involved in catching the Boston Marathon bombers, so the stories<br>
are loosely based on that event and other terrorist cases he worked on<br>
or were planned attacks. He's a good guy doing the grunt technical<br>
computer science / artificial intelligence work behind the scenes :)<br>
<br>
You might see: Immunity Silica, Kali / Backtrack, Linux, <a href="http://fierce.pl" target="_blank">fierce.pl</a>,<br>
metasploit, netcat, etherape, Burp Suite, nmap, Shodan, aircrack, Tor,<br>
Iceweasel, WebSecurify, and ~20 tools in total on the show! Most of<br>
the scenes content was generated on Kali using real tools in simulated<br>
environments. You can see a good close-up at 2m03s:<br>
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dU_hJscvdXU#t=2m3s" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dU_hJscvdXU#t=2m3s</a><br>
<br>
More details below on the show and Walter O'Brien:<br>
<br>
<a href="http://www.cnet.com/news/the-origin-of-scorpion-the-real-world-story-behind-cbss-new-drama/" target="_blank">http://www.cnet.com/news/the-origin-of-scorpion-the-real-world-story-behind-cbss-new-drama/</a><br>
<br>
*** Disclaimer: I was an advisor / creator for many of the hacking<br>
sequences you will see on the computer screens.<br>
<br>
--<br>
Regards,<br>
<br>
Kristian Erik Hermansen<br>
<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/kristianhermansen" target="_blank">https://www.linkedin.com/in/kristianhermansen</a><br>
<a href="https://google.com/+KristianHermansen" target="_blank">https://google.com/+KristianHermansen</a><br>
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