Ghosts (and Zombies) in the Machine

Presented at HOPE Number Six (2006), July 23, 2006, 2 p.m. (60 minutes)

What do dark fiber, zombie networks, web ghosts, and net spooks have in common? They're all scary! Boo! Come for a fun and wide-ranging survey of largely unrelated Internet phenomena, from computers zombied by script-kiddie rootkits to MySpace pages and blogs left after their creators have died. Is there really a ghost in the machine? Maybe not, but there's definitely a lot of bizarre stuff around the edges.

Presenters:

• Brad Johnson
  Brad Johnson (The Cunctator) is a database programmer, author, scientist, and two-time HOPE conference speaker. His books (as Adam Brate), Making the Cisco Connection and Technomanifestos: Visions of the Information Revolutionaries, tell the history of the computing age. Pretty soon lower Manhattan will be engulfed by the rising seas, so let's enjoy it while we can.

Links:

• https://infocon.org/cons/2600/HOPE Number Six (2006)/HOPE Number Six (2006) - Ghosts (and Zombies) in the Machine.srt (subtitles)
• https://infocon.org/cons/2600/HOPE Number Six (2006)/HOPE Number Six (2006) - Ghosts (and Zombies) in the Machine.mp4
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PYwgCFSHHh0

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• GrrCON 2016 / Ghosts in the IOT
• NolaCon 2014 / Advanced RedTeaming: Ghosts in your Building