FC SAME_AS Freaky Clown
FC states that Freaky Clown is his hacker alias.
Explicit Confidence 99% · FC EP 66 Details
“My hacker alias is Freaky Clown.”
Episode
26 May 2020 Official episode · Official transcript
penetration test social engineering
FC, also known as Freaky Clown, describes authorized physical and digital penetration tests involving banks, hospitals, and a government facility, as well as his work at Raytheon and Cygenta.
Topics: Physical penetration testing, Social engineering, Physical access control, Tailgating, Spear phishing, RFID-based access control, Mantraps, Network implant devices, Web application attacks, Cross-site scripting, SQL injection, Bank cybersecurity assessments, Human factors in security, Security awareness and cybersecurity education
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FC SAME_AS Freaky Clown
FC states that Freaky Clown is his hacker alias.
Explicit Confidence 99% · FC EP 66 Details
“My hacker alias is Freaky Clown.”
FC identifies himself as co-founder and co-CEO of Cygenta.
Explicit Confidence 99% · FC EP 66 Details
“I’m known for being the co-founder and co-CEO of Cygenta”
FC joined Raytheon's team and served as head of offensive cyber-research.
Explicit Confidence 98% · Jack Rhysider EP 66 Details
“FC joined their team. His job was…”
“Head of offensive cyber-research.”
Cygenta is described as a cyber-security company located in the UK.
Explicit Confidence 96% · FC EP 66 Details
“a cyber-security company here in the UK”
Cygenta participates in the NCSC's schools help program.
Explicit Confidence 98% · FC EP 66 Details
“We’re part of the NCSC’s school’s help program”
Cygenta ASSOCIATED_WITH TeenTech
Cygenta participates in TeenTech.
Explicit Confidence 98% · FC EP 66 Details
“we’re part of TeenTech”
FC USES physical penetration testing
FC says he has performed physical assessments and later works as a physical penetration tester.
Explicit Confidence 99% · FC EP 66 Details
“I’ve done a lot of hacking, a lot of social engineering, physical assessments”
“he became a full-on penetration tester”
FC USES social engineering
FC performs social engineering as part of his security work and penetration tests.
Explicit Confidence 99% · FC EP 66 Details
“I’ve done a lot of hacking, a lot of social engineering”
FC USES Reconnaissance
FC conducts reconnaissance before physical penetration tests.
Explicit Confidence 98% · FC EP 66 Details
“I go to this hospital. I spend like, one-night recon”
FC USES Tailgating
FC uses tailgating to enter restricted areas during physical assessments.
Explicit Confidence 99% · FC EP 66 Details
“then you can tailgate people into the areas that you probably shouldn’t”
FC USES spear phishing
FC demonstrates spear phishing as part of his outreach and security presentations.
Explicit Confidence 97% · FC EP 66 Details
“we’ll get people up to show them how spear phishing works”
FC USES SE toolkit
FC describes using the SE toolkit to demonstrate a spear-phishing attack.
Explicit Confidence 98% · FC EP 66 Details
“a spear phishing attack using the SE toolkit”
FC USES Raspberry Pi
FC implants and configures a Raspberry Pi on an internal network for remote access.
Explicit Confidence 99% · FC EP 66 Details
“I put in a Raspberry Pi into the network. I just plugged it in, configured it, and then just left it there”
Cygenta USES cross-site scripting
FC says cross-site scripting is among the techniques used to get into banks over the internet.
Explicit Confidence 94% · FC EP 66 Details
“A lot of cross-site scripting”
Cygenta USES SQL injection
FC says SQL injection is among the techniques used to get into banks over the internet.
Explicit Confidence 94% · FC EP 66 Details
“a lot of SQL injection”
Cygenta USES implanting a physical device
FC describes creating and implanting a physical device in a bank to gain network access, framing this as part of Cygenta's approach.
Derived Confidence 91% · FC EP 66 Details
“created a physical device, break into the bank itself, implant that physical device”
“This really comes back to the whole core of Cygenta”
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