A Look Inside Security At The New York Times Or A Media Security Primer For Hackers

Presented at DEF CON 29 (2021), Aug. 8, 2021, 10 a.m. (45 minutes)

This talk will cover the unique threats and challenges of working in information security for a news organization. Some best practices for journalists, hard technical problems facing media security, and how hackers can get involved. This talk is for both hackers and journalists.

Presenters:

• Jesse Krembs / Agent X   as Jesse "Agent X" Krembs
  Jesse Krembs is a long term Def Con goon and now a staff information security analyst at The New York Times. He provides security support to journalists, and staff globally. He's had a variety of jobs over his lifetime, working as a bike messenger, a caterer, a webmaster for a brewery, a wireless engineer, and doing even security work for the phone company. He leads the Def Con 4 X 5K, and climbs rocks for fun.

Links:

• https://defcon.org/html/defcon-29/dc-29-speakers.html#agentx
• https://infocon.org/cons/DEF CON/DEF CON 29/DEF CON 29 video and slides/DEF CON 29 - Agent X - A Look Inside Security at the New York Times - Live.mp4
• https://infocon.org/cons/DEF CON/DEF CON 29/DEF CON 29 video and slides/DEF CON 29 - Agent X - A Look Inside Security at the New York Times.mp4
• https://infocon.org/cons/DEF CON/DEF CON 29/DEF CON 29 video and slides/DEF CON 29 - Agent X - A Look Inside Security at the New York Times.srt (subtitles)
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2-8MNx8nsg

Similar Presentations:

• DerbyCon 8.0 Evolution (2018) / Media hacks: an Infosec guide to dealing with journalists
• DEF CON 12 (2004) / Hacking the Media, and Avoiding Being Hacked by the Media
• H2K (2000) / Hackers and the Media