Elie

AUGUST 31, 2017

In-depth research publications, industry talks and blog posts about Google security, research at Google and cybersecurity in general in open-access.

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The Falcon's View

AUGUST 29, 2017

Soul-crushing failure. If asked, that is how I would describe the last 10 years of my career, since leaving AOL. I made one mistake, one bad decision, and it's completely and thoroughly derailed my entire career. Worse, it's unclear if there's any path to recovery as failure piles on failure piles on failure. The Ground I've Trod. To understand my current state of career decrepitude, as well as how I've seemingly become an industry pariah.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 27, 2017

News and notes for independent professionals and their clients. This is the August 28, 2017 edition.

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Elie

AUGUST 31, 2017

Over the last two years, ransomware has been all over the news. Hardly a week goes by without a report of a large ransomware outbreak or the emergence of a new ransomware family. Despite all this attention, very little is known about how profitable ransomware is and who the criminals are that benefit from it. To answer these questions and expose the inner workings of the ransomware economy, our research team at Google, in partnership with.

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The Falcon's View

AUGUST 29, 2017

I recently had the privilege of attending BJ Fogg's Behavior Design Boot Camp. For those unfamiliar with Fogg's work, he started out doing research on Persuasive Technology back in the 90s, which has become the basis for most modern uses of technology to influence people (for example, use of Facebook user data to influence the 2016 US Presidential Election).

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