In this episode, we sit down with experienced CISO Gavin Reid to explore the escalating online threats to privacy, focusing on adversaries and companies illicitly scraping website data for profit. We dive into the implications of such unauthorized data collection and its impact on individual and organizational privacy. Reid also shares insights from his team’s involvement in dismantling BadBox, a coordinated global attack exploiting connected TV (CTV) devices, highlighting the intersection of cybersecurity and privacy concerns.
HUMAN's Satori threat intelligence team has published the following resources on BadBox: https://www.humansecurity.com/company/satori-threat-intelligence/badbox https://www.humansecurity.com/learn/blog/badbox-peachpit-and-the-fraudulent-device-in-your-delivery-box https://www.humansecurity.com/newsroom/human-disrupts-digital-supply-chain-threat-actor-scheme-originating-from-china
Gavin Reid serves as the CISO for HUMAN Security, a cybersecurity company that specializes in safeguarding enterprises from digital attacks while preserving digital experiences for users. In addition, he leads the Satori Threat Intelligence and Research Team as VP of Threat Intelligence. Gavin began his cybersecurity career in information security at NASA’s Johnson Space Center. He later went on to create Cisco’s Security Incident Response Team (CSIRT), Cisco’s Threat Research and Communications (TRAC), and Fidelity’s Cyber Information Group (CIG). Before joining HUMAN, Gavin served as the CSO for Recorded Future, where he was responsible for ensuring the protection, integrity, confidentiality, and availability of all customer-facing services, internal operational systems, and related information assets. For more than 20 years, Gavin has managed every aspect of security for large enterprises.
