Mafiaboy, White Hat Superstars Team With HP To Drive Advances Aimed At Stemming Tide Of Cybersecurity Threats Page 1. A trio of security researcher superstars including a one time legendary teen hacker known as Mafiaboy who brought down some of the most popular sites on the internet, and a medical researcher who exposed a security hole that led to the recall of a half million pacemakers are joining an HP Security Advisory Board aimed at making advances in the war against hackers. HP announced the new panel of white hat security superstars at the start of its Reinvent worldwide partner conference Monday as part of its ongoing effort to deliver what it calls the most secure PCs and printers on the market. The members of the new board are chartered with providing strategic input to HPs leadership team and security experts. The three security superstars, who will receive honorariums for their service, include Michael Calce, who received the moniker Mafiaboy when as a 1. Bay, Yahoo and ETrade and others with a series of attacks. Calce the chairman of the HP Security Advisory Board is now a white hat hacker who does penetration testing for companies. CRN Exclusive HP Printing President Lores On Reinventing Print, Roam Business Printing, Smart Device Services, New Security Offerings, And Closing The Samsung DealJustine Bone, CEO of Med. Sec, whose firm exposed a security hole that led to the recall just last month by the U. S Food and Drug Administration of 4. Abbott, which has issued a firmware update. Bone is a controversial figure given her decision to proactively expose medical threats. Robert Masse, who has been helping businesses stop security breaches as a strategic consultant for 2. Masse who owned his own security consulting business has agreed to donate his honorarium to charity and is participating separately from his duties as a partner for Deloitte Canada. Calce, who recruited other security researchers for the assignment, said he was inspired to join the board in part by HPs commitment to look at different angles to create more secure products. It was a natural pairing for us to team up and advocate improved security together, he said. The board is not a symbolic gesture but rather a real world panel to help HP create more secure products, said Calce. There is no smoke and mirrors here, he said. The members I assembled are to offer the best advice and input that we possibly can for HP to really develop the most secure products that will impact the world and negate what is going on in terms of hacking worldwide. Calce, who already has been in the field working with several HP solution providers and their sales reps to increase awareness of security threats, said his independent third party perspective as a security researcher has helped drive home the need for improved security in products such as printers. A lot of people are oblivious to the risks involved with printers, he said. People dont realize how a printer has evolved. It has an OS, BIOS and firmware. It is a computer on the network. Initial D Street Stage English Patch Psp Games on this page. People fail to realize that. Stephanie Dismore, HPs vice president and general manager, Americas channels, said the Security Advisory Board is a big differentiator for HP partners. Download The Australian Masters Games. It is hugely significant because we will have the cutting edge advice, knowledge and transformational input to drive our innovation and provide our partners with the right level of information to talk to their customers, she said. In the case of one national solution provider, HP pulled together a comprehensive security sales training initiative that included Calce and then backed it up with spiffs and other sales incentives. N-U-mXMl3yMzAXM_a8elHCfCM=/768x0/filters:no_upscale()/hacker-Gu-577f9e9d3df78c1e1fb0b9c4.jpg' alt='What Is White Hat Hacking' title='What Is White Hat Hacking' />It was one of the most exciting programs I have ever seen launched at one of our partners, she said. What Is White Hat Hacking' title='What Is White Hat Hacking' />India has emerged as a leading nation in the cyber war. Whitehat hackers report more vulnerabilities to companies from here than hackers anywhere else in. Een hacker, ook wel kraker of cracker genoemd, is een persoon die binnendringt in een computernetwerk door de beveiliging te kraken. Niet altijd met de bedoeling om.