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#HITB2012KUL D1T3 - The Grugq - OPSEC: Because Jail is for wuftpd

The Grugq's Hack In The Box 2012 talk on operational security for hackers, drawing on hacker indictments and counter-intelligence research. It reviews OPSEC goals and methods for avoiding detection and arrest, with case studies of how hackers got caught.

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Why HN readers recommended it

HN treats it as the go-to talk on OPSEC and pseudonymity, recommended in threads about Tor, Silk Road and staying anonymous online.

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Video & recommendation details

Creator / channel
Hack In The Box Security Conference
Topic
operational security
Format
talk
Level
intermediate
HN recommenders in dataset
9
HN mentions in dataset
16
Recommendation years in dataset
2013–2024

These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.

From the original HN conversations

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  • Edit: Other commenters report that Android will silently re-enable cell data under various conditions, so this isn't a surefire solution, either. The Grugq created a tool for this a decade ago (sadly unmaintained): [LINK] as part of a presentation about operational security for hackers. It's …

    hackermatic on Hacker News · 2024-05
    In DNS traffic can leak outside the VPN tunnel on Android

  • Any thoughts on Mullvad? ( [LINK] ) I also like the conference talk "#HITB2012KUL D1T3 - The Grugq - OPSEC: Because Jail is for wuftpd" most of it is based on hackers that have been jailed lately and specifically what they did to end up …

    notaddicted on Hacker News · 2013-02
    In The Best Anonymous VPNs For 2013

  • Using a pseudonym may be great, but there's always the temptation to be more abrasive, offensive or obnoxious when using one. The longer you keep an identity online in public forums the more information you tend to leak through side channels and should your identity …

    iuguy on Hacker News · 2013-05
    In Poll: Do you use your real identity on HN?

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