Mr. Robot MENTIONS Dave Kennedy
A clip from Mr. Robot uses Dave Kennedy's name as Elliot's fake identity.
Explicit Confidence 96% · Jack Rhysider EP 42 Details
“Elliot uses Dave Kenney as his fake name”
Person
person:dave_kennedy
Also: Dave, Dave Kennedy
Information security professional, penetration tester, and founder of TrustedSec and Binary Defense.
Information security professional, penetration tester, and founder of TrustedSec and Binary Defense.
“This is Dave Kennedy. He’s quite known in the InfoSec space.”
“I started it literally in the basement of my house, and Binary Defense as well.”
Founder of Binary Defense, identified in the episode as the company’s founder.
“Binary Defense, founded by Dave Kennedy”
Cybersecurity professional identified as a participant in Awareness Con.
“Dave Kennedy, Deviant, Jake Williams”
| Direction | Predicate | Other entity | Origin | EP |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| outgoing | MEMBER_OF | Diebold | Explicit | 42 |
| outgoing | USES | social engineering | Explicit | 42 |
| outgoing | USES | TAP device | Explicit | 42 |
| outgoing | USES | badge cloning | Explicit | 42 |
| outgoing | USES | RFID | Explicit | 42 |
| incoming | MENTIONS | Mr. Robot | Explicit | 42 |
| incoming | DEVELOPED_BY | TrustedSec | Explicit | 42 |
| incoming | DEVELOPED_BY | Binary Defense | Explicit | 42 |
| incoming | DEVELOPED_BY | Binary Defense | Explicit | 108 |
Mr. Robot MENTIONS Dave Kennedy
A clip from Mr. Robot uses Dave Kennedy's name as Elliot's fake identity.
Explicit Confidence 96% · Jack Rhysider EP 42 Details
“Elliot uses Dave Kenney as his fake name”
Dave Kennedy MEMBER_OF Diebold
Dave became Chief Security Officer at Diebold.
Explicit Confidence 98% · Dave Kennedy EP 42 Details
“be the Chief Security Officer over at Diebold”
TrustedSec DEVELOPED_BY Dave Kennedy
Dave says he started TrustedSec, initially in the basement of his house.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Dave Kennedy EP 42 Details
“I started it literally in the basement of my house”
Binary Defense DEVELOPED_BY Dave Kennedy
Dave says he started Binary Defense as a separate company from TrustedSec.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Dave Kennedy EP 42 Details
“I started Binary Defense and they’re both two different companies”
Dave Kennedy USES social engineering
Dave's security testing work used social engineering, including impersonation and diversion tactics.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 42 Details
“This is one of Dave’s specialties; social engineering”
Dave Kennedy USES TAP device
During a retail security engagement, Dave's team used cellular TAP devices to obtain direct network access.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Dave Kennedy EP 42 Details
“We have these little devices that we call TAP devices”
Dave Kennedy USES badge cloning
Dave's team cloned an employee's badge to gain access to the data center.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Dave Kennedy EP 42 Details
“We cloned his badge at the same time.”
Dave Kennedy USES RFID
Dave's badge-cloning operation targeted RFID proximity badges.
Explicit Confidence 98% · Jack Rhysider EP 42 Details
“We noticed to get into the data center, you need an RFID badge.”
Binary Defense DEVELOPED_BY Dave Kennedy
Binary Defense is described as having been founded by Dave Kennedy.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 108 Details
“a well-known IT security company called Binary Defense, founded by Dave Kennedy”