Darknet Diaries Creators & Guests

Jack Rhysider is a veteran to the security world. He gained his professional knowledge of security by working in a Security Operations Center for a Fortune 500 company, a place to where threats are detected and stopped. During that time he was exposed to hundreds of client’s networks ranging from schools, to government, to banks, and commercial organizations.

Bill Marczak is a senior research fellow at digital watchdog Citizen Lab.

Computer security geek. Pen Tests & Incident Handling. Father.

Will Thomas is working as a Cyber Threat Intelligence (CTI) Researcher for the Equinix Threat Analysis Center.

Mohammed Aldoub is an independent security consultant and Blackhat Trainer from Kuwait, who, in his 11 years of experience, worked on creating Kuwait's national infrastructure for PKI, cryptography, smartcards and authentication.

Jim Browning can't stand scammers, so he is trying to do something about them. Awareness is key, so he has a YouTube channel exposing them and their scams.

Deviant Ollam is an author, and Physical Penetration Specialist at Red Team Alliance.

Andy Greenberg is a technology journalist. He is currently a senior writer at Wired Magazine and author of the book Sandworm.

Dave Kennedy is the Founder of TrustedSec and Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer of Binary Defense. He started both these companies with the goal of improving the security industry and promoting the advancement of the industry through quality services.Dave has been named one of the Top 10 IT Security Influencers in the World, according to CISO Platform.Prior to TrustedSec and Binary Defense, Dave was a Chief Security Officer (CSO) for Diebold Incorporated, an international Fortune 1000 global company.Dave was a guest on FoxNews, CNN, and MSNBC. He is also the co-founder of DerbyCon, a large-scale security conference in Louisville Kentucky.

Geoff White is an investigative journalist, author and broadcaster.

Former US Most Wanted Cybercriminal Turned Good Guy. Speaker, Consultant, Writer, Podcaster. Now Protecting you from the type of person he used to be.

John Scott-Railton is a research whose work focuses on technological threats civil society, including targeted malware operations, cyber militias, and online disinformation.. Currently, he is a Senior Researcher at The Citizen Lab at the University of Toronto.Scott-Railton is best know for his collaboration with Bill Marczak that uncovered the the systematic use of Pegasus spyware to target civil society in several countries, including Mexico and the UAE.Previously, Scott-Railton has supported free and secure information flow with organizations such as The Voices Projects. He was also a fellow at Google Ideas / Jigsaw at Alphabet.

Jordan Harbinger, once referred to as “The Larry King of podcasting,” is a Wall Street lawyer turned talk show host, social dynamics expert, and entrepreneur. The Jordan Harbinger Show is where he deconstructs the playbooks of the most successful people on earth and shares their strategies, perspectives, and insights with the rest of us.

Jim Lawler is an author.

Joseph Cox is a technology journalist. Currently, he covers hackers, crime, and privacy issues for VICE Media's Motherboard.

Dina Raston is a journalist, author, and host of the Recorded Future - Inside Security Intelligence podcast.

CEO and Founder of HypaSec NL, InfoGath UK, and Distinguished Chair and Senior Nonresident Fellow for the Middle East Institute's Cyber Program. @SecEvangelism on Twitter. Author of Hack The World With OSINT & Down The Rabbit Hole An OSINT Journey. Advises the United Nations, multiple governments, militaries, television and documentary technical advisor as a subject matter expert on cyber warfare national defense. Author of Hack The World With OSINT. USAF military combat veteran, former military aircrew, and USAF Space Command. She defends critical infrastructure and handles country level cyber incidents, cyberwarfare, and cyber espionage. Before HypaSec, she reconnected Saudi Aramco international business operations &established digital security after the world’s most devastating cyberwarfare attack. She lives and breathes IT/IOT/ICS SCADA control systems security. Using her unique technical skills, honed starting age six programming and busted hacking into the DOJ at age 10.