SecuraBit Episode 129: Bioinformatics and Infosec

Hosts

• Chris Gerling – @secbitchris
• Christopher Mills –@thechrisam

Guests

• Patrick Thomas – @coffeetocode
• Krystal Thomas-White – @KrystalMicrobio

Topics

• Bioinformatics
  • Relation of information security tools and methodologies to biology, research into immune systems, bacteria, as well as how those relate to infosec, polymorphpic malware, and reverse engineering.
    • BsidesChicago2014 Talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gsZWKj2aAgk
  • Signatures akin to antivirus/whitelisting:
    • http://www.wolfgreenfield.com/newsstand/700-crispr-cas–exciting-addition-genomic-editing
    • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJ-ChS9roQ0
  • Reverse Engineering/Debugging:
    • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_knockout
    • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fluorescent_tag

Upcoming events

• http://www.secore.info

Links

• www.gh0st.net/wiki – 24/7 Penetration Testing learning environment, FREE.
  • Volunteers sought to help maintain and build challenges. Local to RVA a plus!

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iTunes Podcast – http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/securabit/id280048405

 

 

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