What’s the connection between British hacker Daniel Cuthbert and the annual Pwn2Own challenge? CanSecWest organizer and security industry “dinosaur” Dragos Ruiu explains why Pwn2Own was created and shares his thoughts on the evolution of hacking and exploit writing.
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Ryan Naraine
Ryan Naraine is Editor-at-Large at SecurityWeek and host of the popular Security Conversations podcast series. He is a security community engagement expert who has built programs at major global brands, including Intel Corp., Bishop Fox and GReAT. Ryan is a founding-director of the Security Tinkerers non-profit, an advisor to early-stage entrepreneurs, and a regular speaker at security conferences around the world.
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