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

Hack In The Box Security Conference · talk · Watch on YouTube

Security & hackingPrivacy, surveillance & cybercrime

What it is

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.

Why Hacker News recommends it

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

  • 9 people recommended it
  • 8 different months
  • 1 strong recommendations
  • first 2013, last 2024

What HN commenters said

  1. “It's a great watch if you're interested in how various (in)famous hackers thought they were secure and got busted anyway.”

    How famous hackers thought they were secure and got busted

    hackermatic, 2024-05 · Strong recommendation · in “DNS traffic can leak outside the VPN tunnel on Android”

  2. “I also like the conference talk”

    Covers how jailed hackers erred, plus Tor and VPN anonymity

    notaddicted, 2013-02 · Recommendation · in “The Best Anonymous VPNs For 2013”

  3. “Those of you using pseudonyms could do worse than learn from the Grugq[1].”

    Lessons in pseudonymous identity from the Grugq

    iuguy, 2013-05 · Recommendation · in “Poll: Do you use your real identity on HN?”

  4. “Watch the author's 'OPSEC for hackers' presentation of the slides linked in the article”

    The author's own presentation matching the linked slides

    j_s, 2013-10 · Recommendation · in “It Was DPR, in the Tor HS, With the BTC”

  5. “Really interesting talk.”

    Rules for OPSEC and how LulzSec was caught

    WestCoastJustin, 2013-11 · Recommendation · in “Interview: OPSEC with the grugq”

  6. “There's a great presentation from him on video, including analysis of OPSEC failures from other hacker groups”

    Analysis of OPSEC failures from other hacker groups

    epsylon, 2014-06 · Recommendation · in “The boy who stole Half Life 2 source code (2011)”

  7. “If you care about keeping your identity a secret online, see”

    Guidance on keeping your identity secret online

    blauwbilgorgel, 2014-11 · Recommendation · in “Doxxing defense: Remove your personal info from data brokers”

  8. “Here are some talks I recommend”

    Better grounding in operational security than the guide

    fabulist, 2014-11 · Recommendation · in “How to Learn Hacking”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: opsec, anonymity, tor, grugq, hacker arrests

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