Testing like hackers | S2E3

Cyber Security

What does it mean to test like a hacker? Can a well-intentioned tester behave the same as a real cybercriminal?

When you’re looking for a good security test, how can you tell the useful from the misleading?

Our email accounts sit at the centre of our digital lives. We look at ways to bullet-proof your most important internet account.
We discuss these questions, and more, with Frank Duff (ex-MITRE, now Tidal Cyber), Mike Sentonas (CrowdStrike) and Siggi Stefnisson (Avast).
Security Life Hack from Daniel Cuthbert!
(Full Show Notes available on our website.)

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1. Testing like hackers | S2E3 (00:00:00)

2. Test security products like hackers (00:00:51)

3. Why is testing with the full attack chain necessary? (00:01:50)

4. Ethics in security testing (00:04:58)

5. The Anti-Malware Testing Standards Organization (AMTSO) testing Standard (00:06:43)

6. Email security testing challenges (00:11:15)

7. Passwords are not enough (00:24:46)

8. Bullet-proof your email account(s) (00:25:35)

9. Conversation with a fraudster (00:39:09)

10. Security Life Hack! (00:41:05)