Canary (Tokens) in the Code Mine with Casey Smith

Thinkst Canary, Cyber Security Researcher Casey Smith joins Nic Fillingham on this week's episode of The BlueHat Podcast. Nic and Casey discuss his background in security, his experience presenting at Blue Hat, and his session on building a Canary token to monitor Windows process execution. The Canary token project is an open-source initiative that creates artifacts on a network to alert defenders when an attacker interacts with them. The tokens can take various forms, such as documents, cloud credentials, QR codes, or executables, providing an early warning system for potential breaches. They also cover the importance of failure in the research process and the evolution of the canary token project to adapt to new attack techniques. 

In This Episode You Will Learn:    

• The need for defenders to explore new features in the Windows operating system 
• Challenges of keeping ahead of more sophisticated adversaries 
• The use of legitimate binaries for malicious activities 

Some Questions We Ask:    

• How do you balance curiosity-driven research with practical security concerns? 
• What challenges do you see in the current state of endpoint security? 
• How do you navigate working with customers and using what you learn for research? 

Resources:  

View Casey Smith on LinkedIn 

View Wendy Zenone on LinkedIn 

View Nic Fillingham on LinkedIn 

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• Afternoon Cyber Tea with Ann Johnson 
• Uncovering Hidden Risks    
• The Microsoft Threat Intelligence Podcast  

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