Freaky Clown Won’t Hack Your Computer, He Will Just Steal It
Freaky Clown Won’t Hack Your Computer, He Will Just Steal It
• Freaky Clown Won’t Hack Your Computer, He ...
What can you learn from someone has been breaking into banks for 20 years? What if that same person is a globally respected hacker and co-founder of a multi-disciplinary security company? What if that person goes by the nom de guerre of Freaky Clown?
A lot. A lot more. You’re lucky he’s on your side.
Freaky Clown (@_Freakyclown_) is a well-known ethical hacker and social engineer. He has been working in the information security field for over 20 years and excels at circumventing access controls. As an ethical hacker and social engineer, FC ‘breaks into’ hundreds of banks, offices and government facilities around the world.
His work demonstrating weaknesses in physical, personnel and digital controls assists organisations to improve their security. He is motivated by a drive to make individuals, organisations and countries more secure and better-able to defend themselves from malicious attack.
FC has held positions in his career such as Senior Penetration Tester as well as Head of Social Engineering and Physical Assessments for renowned security companies. Having worked as Head of Cyber Research for Raytheon Missile Systems, collaborating alongside intelligence agencies, he has cemented his skillset and knowledge whilst helping governments take correct courses of action against national threats. Now Co-CEO and Head of Ethical Hacking at Cygenta, he continues to perform valuable research into vulnerabilities.
About Matt Stephenson
Insecurity host Matt Stephenson (@packmatt73) leads the broadcast team at BlackBerry, which puts him in front of crowds, cameras, and microphones all over the world. Twenty years of work with the world’s largest security, storage and recovery companies has introduced Stephenson to some of the most fascinating people in the industry. He wants to get those stories told so that others can learn from what has come before.
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