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Ed Skoudis

person:ed_skoudis Also: Eddie, Eddie Skoudis

Security professional and friend of John Strand, mentioned in connection with a security conference.

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Direction Predicate Other entity Origin EP
outgoing MEMBER_OF SANS Institute Explicit 121
outgoing MEMBER_OF Bell Labs Explicit 121
outgoing USES penetration testing Explicit 121
outgoing USES Nmap Explicit 121
outgoing USES Vulnerability scanning Explicit 121
outgoing USES cross-site scripting Derived 121
outgoing USES SQL injection Derived 121
outgoing USES Virtual private network Explicit 121
outgoing EXPLOITS Replay vulnerability Explicit 121
outgoing USES Replay attack Explicit 121
outgoing ASSOCIATED_WITH Defcon Explicit 121
incoming DEVELOPED_BY Counter Hack Explicit 121

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Ed Skoudis MEMBER_OF SANS Institute

Ed Skoudis says he is an instructor with the SANS Institute.

Explicit Confidence 99% · Ed Skoudis EP 121 Details

“I am an instructor with the SANS Institute.”

Ed Skoudis · offsets 1945–1988

Counter Hack DEVELOPED_BY Ed Skoudis

Ed Skoudis identifies himself as the founder of Counter Hack.

Explicit Confidence 99% · Ed Skoudis EP 121 Details

“founder of Counter Hack”

Ed Skoudis · offsets 2020–2043

Ed Skoudis MEMBER_OF Bell Labs

Jack says Ed went to work at Bell Labs; this indicates an employment relationship.

Explicit Confidence 97% · Jack Rhysider EP 121 Details

“he went to work at Bell Labs”

Jack Rhysider · offsets 3027–3055

Ed Skoudis USES penetration testing

Ed identifies himself as a penetration tester and describes performing penetration tests.

Explicit Confidence 99% · Ed Skoudis EP 121 Details

“I am a penetration tester”

Ed Skoudis · offsets 1990–2015

Ed Skoudis USES Nmap

Ed says his team uses NMAP to discover available systems and open ports during attack-surface mapping.

Explicit Confidence 99% · Ed Skoudis EP 121 Details

“you’re using various tools, NMAP is a very popular one”

Ed Skoudis · offsets 8801–8855

Ed Skoudis USES Vulnerability scanning

Ed describes scanning systems to identify potential vulnerabilities during a penetration test.

Explicit Confidence 95% · Ed Skoudis EP 121 Details

“moving on to finding a list of potential vulnerabilities with them”

Ed Skoudis · offsets 8964–9030

Ed Skoudis USES cross-site scripting

Jack says Ed's team tested websites for cross-site scripting vulnerabilities.

Derived Confidence 94% · Jack Rhysider EP 121 Details

“see if those websites were vulnerable to cross-site scripting attacks”

Jack Rhysider · offsets 10282–10351

Ed Skoudis USES SQL injection

Jack says Ed's team tested websites for SQL injection vulnerabilities.

Derived Confidence 94% · Jack Rhysider EP 121 Details

“or SQL injection attacks”

Jack Rhysider · offsets 10352–10376

Ed Skoudis USES Virtual private network

Ed describes conducting internal testing while connected through a VPN as a low-privilege employee.

Explicit Confidence 98% · Ed Skoudis EP 121 Details

“We just want to be on the internal network, VPN’d in.”

Ed Skoudis · offsets 12673–12726

Ed Skoudis EXPLOITS Replay vulnerability

Ed's team found and demonstrated exploitation of a replay vulnerability in the toy's wireless messaging.

Explicit Confidence 98% · Ed Skoudis EP 121 Details

“we found a replay vulnerability”

Ed Skoudis · offsets 33418–33449

Ed Skoudis USES Replay attack

Ed explains that his team captured wireless packets and replayed them to make the toy speak.

Explicit Confidence 99% · Ed Skoudis EP 121 Details

“we could sniff that packet and capture it”

Ed Skoudis · offsets 33665–33706

“In a replay attack, you simply replay the packet that you capture.”

Ed Skoudis · offsets 33709–33775

Ed Skoudis ASSOCIATED_WITH Defcon

Ed says he spoke at Defcon as part of his cybersecurity-industry work.

Explicit Confidence 99% · Ed Skoudis EP 121 Details

“I spoke at Defcon”