Reverse Deception
Organized Cyber Threat Counter-Exploitation
Sean Bodmer
Dr. Max Kilger
Gregory Carpenter
Jade Jones
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Reverse Deception: Organized Cyber Threat Counter-Exploitation
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We, as a team, would like to dedicate this book to Brad The Nurse Smith. May he heal in spirit and mind. And, of course, also to Angelo Bencivenga, the Secret Cyber Weapon of the Federal Government, who we all love to get advice from and give some level of grief to whenever we can. Without Angelo, we all would not have met!
I would like to thank the powers that be in this Universe for making my life full of chaos and stability.
Sean M. Bodmer
To my beautiful and wonderfully understanding wife Christine, who has been so supportive throughout the years for my passion to better understand the relationship between people and technology. I also want to convey my respect and gratitude to the people who sacrifice bits and pieces of their lives so that others may live their lives in peace.
Dr. Max Kilger
To my wonderful wife and children, for all their patience and understanding over the past few years; Cameron Hunt, for a wild and untamed rideif we wrote down all the ideas, dear God (thats the next book); Jeff Willhite, a true friend who instilled in me the right perspective of life; and Angelo Bencivenga, the only person in the US government with a big picture perspective distancing himself from those who pretend to keep pace.
Gregory Carpenter
To my loving and supportive family, thanks for putting up with my crazy work schedule. Thanks also to my father, James Edward Jones, and to my undergraduate geography professor, Dr. Armando DaSilva, who both taught me to think strategically.
Jade Jones
About the Authors
Sean M. Bodmer , CISSP and CEH, is an active senior threat intelligence analyst at Damballa. He specializes in the analysis of signatures and behaviors used by the cyber criminal community. Sean focuses on learning tools, techniques, and procedures behind attacks and intrusions related to various organized persistent threats. Sean has worked in several information systems security roles for various firms and customers across the United States over the past 15 years. Most notably, he has spent several years performing black box penetration testing, exploit development, incident response, and intrusion and intruder analysis for Fortune 100 companies, the Department of Defense, and other federal agencies. Sean has shared numerous accounts of his findings at various industry conferences relating to the inner workings of advanced cyber threats. Sean has been hacking and developing exploits since before he hit puberty, and has made a career for himself by specializing in the impossible or improbable when it comes to performing analysis and attribution on the criminal underground.
Dr. Max Kilger received his doctorate from Stanford University in Social Psychology in 1993. He has written and coauthored research articles and book chapters in the areas of influence in decision making, the interaction of people with technology, motivations of malicious online actors, the changing social structure of the computer hacking community, and the nature of emerging cyber threats. He is a founding and former board member of the Honeynet Projecta 10-year-old not-for-profit international information security organization that serves the public good. Max was also a member of the National Academy of Engineerings Combating Terrorism Committee, which was charged with recommending counter-terrorism methodologies to the Congress and relevant federal agencies. He is a frequent national and international speaker to law enforcement, the intelligence community, and military commands, as well as information security forums.
