Ep. 98 – From Special Ops to Mob Boss // Dahvid Schloss
About this episode
Dahvid Schloss shares his journey from special operations to becoming a mob boss in cybersecurity, discussing the failures of red teams and the importance of emulating real threats.
In this episode, James Maude sits down with Dahvid Schloss, CEO of Emulated Criminals who started his career in special operations comms and pivoted into “not defense” cyber operations for the U.S. military. From painting rocks green for the military to accidentally becoming "APT Big Daddy" in industry when his red team tools were detected triggered a security alert Dahvid’s stories are both entertaining and educational. He explains why cybersecurity is "the wedding industry of IT ", why red teams are failing their clients by not actually emulating real threats, and how that inspired him to become an (emulated) mob boss. Hear how shoveling snow can provide elevated access privileges, why you should write your own malware and reasons to rethink what’s in an ICMP packet.
People in this episode
Host: James Maude
Guest: Dahvid Schloss
Topics covered
- cybersecurity
- military operations
- red team
- threat emulation
- technology
- career pivot
Keywords
- cybersecurity
- red team
- APT Big Daddy
- malware
- ICMP packet
- military
- threat emulation
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Emulated Criminals, U.S. military
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