Cameron Camp

Bio

Security Researcher

Education: CISSP, RHCSA

Highlights of your career? Reverse engineering human brain patterns.

What malware do you hate the most? Nation state sponsored low and slow.

Favorite activities? Building and flying airplanes.

What is your golden rule for cyberspace? Stupid hurts.

When did you get your first computer and what kind was it? 1988, Radio Shack TRS-80.

Favorite computer game/activity? Java/Big Data algorithms to find brain patterns.

Articles by author

Blockchain

CES 2018: Blockchain will solve everything

The first obvious candidate was banking, a sector that has been hard at work trying to implement blockchain to secure the vast troves of digital transactions that happen every microsecond of every day.

Cameron Camp 17 Jan 2018 - 11:55AM

Virtual Reality

CES 2018: Why doesn’t everyone use VR already?

One side effect of slower than expected uptake of VR is that virtual reality application developers have been slow to invest in creating content. In this sort of chicken-and-egg cycle, growth tends to be slow, not explosive.

Cameron Camp 15 Jan 2018 - 02:01PM

Cybersecurity Education

CES 2018: The price of tech is dropping, kids can do this!

Row after row of startup tech here has tiny modules designed to be mashed up into the next big thing if their founders have anything to say about it, and the trend continues.

Cameron Camp 11 Jan 2018 - 11:22AM

Opinion

Black Hat: Hacking the firmware, the next frontier

Trick the firmware and you have access to the whole system. Here at Black Hat, there are a lot of people doing just that.

Cameron Camp 28 Jul 2017 - 12:30PM

Opinion

Black Hat 2017 industrial hacking: The song remains the same

If industry frameworks are to inform and secure the critical infrastructure writ large, here at Black Hat there a lot of people punching holes in them, and in simple ways.

Cameron Camp 27 Jul 2017 - 12:14PM

Opinion

Black Hat 2017: Non‑standard hacking platforms reign supreme

This year at Black Hat, tiny automated hacking platforms are everywhere, loaded with tasty purpose-built tools that can be used to break into your systems.

Cameron Camp 27 Jul 2017 - 10:11AM

Opinion

Black Hat 2017: Hacking the physical world

Cameron Camp, in attendance at this year's Black Hat in Las Vegas, takes a closer look at attacks against physical infrastructure.

Cameron Camp 26 Jul 2017 - 11:00AM

Opinion

Going to Black Hat? Bring your (marketing) wallet

This year at Black Hat, it will be incumbent upon newer vendors to make sensational claims to gain market share from established vendor, says Cameron Camp.

Cameron Camp 24 Jul 2017 - 11:35AM

Privacy

ISP privacy – how much should it cost?

ISPs have started to monetize customer information quietly while selling them bandwidth. The temptation is strong, as that kind of aggregate data has real value on the secondary market, but what about the customers’ privacy?

Cameron Camp 7 Apr 2017 - 04:31PM

Cybersecurity

RSA – day 3: Security for those who don’t know what that means

Here at RSA, an increasing amount of security purchases are made by those who got the task dumped in their laps, but who have little or no formal or practical training.

Cameron Camp 18 Feb 2017 - 11:00AM

Cybersecurity

RSA 2017 – day 2: Attacking yourself

Want to find holes in your security perimeter? What better way than to attempt to attack yourself, and here at RSA there are plenty of tools to help.

Cameron Camp 17 Feb 2017 - 11:00AM

Cybersecurity

RSA 2017: The year the little guys get swallowed up

RSA feels like a mashup of giant tech Titans steadily swallowing up the little guys to make one massive, unholy tech monster. But how does that really work for small businesses as customers, and the rest of us?

Cameron Camp 16 Feb 2017 - 11:00AM

phishing

PayPal users targeted in sophisticated new phishing campaign

Recent phishing scams targeted both Gmail and Yahoo, and now attackers have their sights set on PayPal with some very convincing bait.

Cameron Camp 27 Jan 2017 - 10:30AM

Ransomware

Ransomware: Should you pay up?

ESET’s Cameron Camp provides valuable insight into what you should do if you're a victim of ransomware.

Cameron Camp 17 Jan 2017 - 02:00PM

Internet of Things

CES: IoT security comes of age

For years, IoT security seemed like solving a problem that didn’t exist. Not anymore says ESET's Cameron Camp, who was at this year's CES.

Cameron Camp 11 Jan 2017 - 02:00PM

Cybercrime

Connected car hacking: Who’s to blame?

ESET's Cameron Camp just about recovered from the sensory overload that is CES to gather his thoughts on what was another fascinating event.

Cameron Camp 9 Jan 2017 - 02:00PM

Cybersecurity

Retailers! Avoid getting hacked during the holiday season (or any other time of the year)

Tips for cash-strapped retailers looking to avoid getting hacked, during the holiday shopping season, or any other season.

Cameron Camp 29 Dec 2016 - 08:55PM

Mobile Security

Security by design for mobile device manufacturers

ESET's Cameron Camp takes a closer look at security by design for mobile device manufacturers, assessing where we are and where we are heading.

Cameron Camp 13 Dec 2016 - 12:00PM

Cybersecurity

Hacking is legal again finally (sometimes)

Go ahead and hack your car, that’s fine now. Go ahead and hack the Department of Defense, that’s okay too under new policies. It wasn't always this way.

Cameron Camp 6 Dec 2016 - 02:00PM

Internet of Things

DDoS robots for the masses: IoT security comes of age

IoT security matters more than ever, explains ESET's Cameron Camp, as the technology, which offers us so much, is vulnerable to attack from cybercriminals.

Cameron Camp 26 Sep 2016 - 01:30PM