We Haxors 0wn the 0nlin3 W0r1d

Quick Warning! This video has nothing to do with computer security or hacking! I am posting this just to show how the online world is now playing a dominating role in people's lives, shadowing traditional media and replacing conventional real life ways of doing things. The last 10 years since the advent of the Internet has been truly amazing and really marks a significant milestone in human history! Over a billion people are now online and connected! Never before has so much knowledge been exchanged without inhibition or regard for race, religion or nationalism. If you think about it, this is nothing less than revolutionary.

Now comes the reason why I posted this video on SecurityTube :) As more and more people are coming online, so are companies and their businesses, banks and trading firms, and through these online commerce channels, millions of dollars are being transacted everyday. Nor surprisingly, where the money flows, the crooks follow! Online crime has reached an all time high and this upward trend is showing no signs of stopping or even slowing down. Thousands of users are falling victim to viruses, worms, botnets, phishing scams and identity theft every single day. Thus there is an urgent need for hackers, security professionals and companies to come to the rescue! This will probably also make security the hottest field in tech in the coming years! I am thrilled to be in this space and watch it evolve! Everyday new hacking techniques and countermeasures are being designed and deployed. The scene is ever changing and that's what keeps me hooked to it! :) It's almost like I am high all the time reading and experimenting :) Enjoy the video!

Vivek Ramachandran is a security evangelist and has been working in computer security related fields for the past 7 years. In 2007, Vivek spoke at world renowned conferences Defcon (WEP Cloaking Exposed) and Toorcon (The Caffe Latte Attack). The discovery of the Caffe Latte Attack was covered by CBS5 news, BBC online, Network World etc news agencies.In 2006, Vivek was announced as one of winners of the Microsoft Security Shootout contest held in India among 65,000 participants. He has also been a recipient of a Team Achievement at Cisco Systems for his work on 802.1x and Port Security modules on the Catalyst 6500 switches. Currently he spends all of his time maintaining Security- Freak.Net , SecurityTube.Net and is the co-founder of Axonize. Vivek, is a Bachelor in Electronics and Communications Engineering from the prestigious Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati.You can contact him at vivek[at]securitytube.net