Detecting and Defending against State Actor Surveillance

Presented at ToorCamp 2014, July 10, 2014, 6 p.m. (20 minutes).

This talk is based on recent leaks that show how state-actors could be engaging in surveillance against people they deem as 'threats'. I will cover the basics on what was leaked, and cover a pragmatic approach on how to detect hardware bugs, implanted radio transceivers, firmware injections and cellular network monitoring.

No need to bring your tin-foil hats though, the discussion here is a pragmatical approach to how to detect such threats and identify if you have been targetted. No blind faith approaches, or attempts to sell any privacy snake oil will be found here.


Presenters:

  • Robert Rowley
    Robert works as a security researcher for Trustwave SpiderLabs and has been an active member of the southern california hacking scene for over the last 10 years. He helped found Irvine Underground and recently has presented on many topics including Juice Jacking, Web Application Security and moreā€¦ At TooCamp I will present on a personal passion this time, Privacy.

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