SWVHSC: Observing Disinformation Campaigns – Chad Anderson – PSW #661
Chad talks about the DomainTools COVID research (and how they stumbled on the CovidLock Android ransomware), mapping the Reopen Campaigns in more detail. He will then touch on some of the work he is doing that will be released that maps Twitter hunting into a nice, observable dashboard for the lazy.
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Chad has a particular interest in automation, network security and their intersection. His primary focus leans heavily on leveraging open source technologies to improve deployments, network security and systems administration at DomainTools.
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SWVHSC: Netgear Flaws, Satellite Spying, & Stealing UltraLoq Keys – PSW #661
How hackers could spy on satellite internet traffic with just $300 of home TV equipment, Smart locks opened with nothing more than a MAC address, 17-Year-Old 'Mastermind' and 2 Others Behind the Biggest Twitter Hack Arrested, Flaw in popular NodeJS express-fileupload module allows DoS attacks and code injection, and how Netgear Won't Patch 45 Router Models Vulnerable to a Serious Flaw!
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Automating Your Vulnerability Management Program – Mehul Revankar, Sumedh Thakar – PSW #661
In this segment we discuss the importance of automating the Vulnerability Management Program and discuss Qualys VMDR which takes vulnerability management to the next level bringing detection and response to vulnerability management.
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As CEO, Sumedh leads the company’s vision, strategic direction and implementation. He joined Qualys in 2003 in engineering and grew within the company, taking various leadership roles focused on helping Qualys deliver on its platform vision. Since 2014, he has served as Chief Product Officer at Qualys, where he oversaw all things product, including engineering, development, product management, cloud operations, DevOps, and customer support. A product fanatic and engineer at heart, he is a driving force behind expanding the platform from Vulnerability Management into broader areas of security and compliance, helping customers consolidate their security stack. This includes the rollout of the game-changing VMDR (Vulnerability Management, Detection and Response) that continually detects and prevents risk to their systems, Multi-Vector EDR, which focuses on protecting endpoints as well as Container Security, Compliance and Web Application Security solutions. Sumedh was also instrumental in the build-up of multiple Qualys sites resulting in a global 24×7 follow-the-sun product team.
Sumedh is a long-time proponent of SaaS and cloud computing. He previously worked at Intacct, a cloud-based financial and accounting software provider. He also worked at Northwest Airlines developing complex algorithms for its yield and revenue management reservation system. Sumedh has a bachelor’s degree in computer engineering with distinction from the University of Pune.
Mehul is a seasoned Cybersecurity Product Leader with a proven track record of building award-winning products and scaling B2B SaaS and open-source solutions. With over 20 years of experience in enterprise security, he has led product, engineering, and research teams at industry leaders like Qualys, and Tenable. He is now a Co-founder at Quantro Security where he is building agentic AI solutions for Enterprise Cyber Risk Management. Where he leads Product, Sales and Marketing.
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