The Trojan Horse Affair

Malicious Life

Technology

4.8 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 24 January 2018

⏱️ 22 minutes

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The early 2000s were an interesting time in Information Security. This is roughly the period when malware transitioned from viruses written by teenagers for fun, to cybercrime tools in the hands of sophisticated criminals. This week’s story took place in that time frame – and was a precursor of that transition. It is also a cautionary […] Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to Malicious Life. I'm Ran Levy. This episode is a bit
0:19.0	unique different from most of our previous episodes so so let me set the stage dream.
0:24.0	Last October, I was invited to Boston to give a talk at the information security conference called
0:30.4	Deep 2017.
0:32.3	The topic I chose for the talk was a story that took place some 15 years ago in Israel,
0:38.4	a story that I feel deserves to be made into a movie one day.
0:43.0	It has all the ingredients of a box office hit.
0:46.2	A thrillers novelist who becomes a character in one of his own plots, check.
0:51.4	Revenge and blind hatred?
0:53.0	Check.
0:54.0	Former cops turn rogue, check.
0:56.7	Industrial espionage in top tier businesses.
1:00.1	Check.
1:01.1	Check.
1:02.1	Double check. As a side note, I had the honor, really an amazing honor,
1:07.0	to interview on stage in the same event, none other than Stephen Wozniac, the Woz. Sadly, I couldn't tape this interview, but just so you know, Waz did write at least
1:19.6	two computer viruses for the Apple II back in the day.
1:23.4	When he understood the devastating potential of those programs, he says he deleted them immediately
1:29.9	and destroyed the source codes.
1:32.1	He is an amazingly interesting guy. Anyway, enjoy the episode.
1:37.0	Ran Levy is a master storyteller. You heard him yesterday speaking with WAS and as we promised he's going to tell you a story of his own today.
1:51.0	He would probably bet anyone in this room that the story he's about to tell
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