Cybersecurity Expert Answers Hacking Questions From Twitter | Tech Support | WIRED

Facebook Offensive Security Engineer Amanda Rousseau aka “Malware Unicorn” uses the power of Twitter to answer common questions about hacking. As an offensive security engineer, Amanda has seen just about everything when it comes computer hacking. What exactly is the difference between a black hat and a white hat hacker? Is there such thing as a red hat hacker? What’s the point of malware, is it just to be annoying? Are people who start DDoS attacks actually hackers? Amanda answers all these Twitter questions, and much more!

Amanda is an Offensive Security Engineer on the Red Team at Facebook and previously worked as a Malware Researcher at Endgame, FireEye, and the U.S. Department of Defense Cyber Crime Center. Follow her on Twitter at: https://malwareunicorn.org/#/about

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Cybersecurity Expert Answers Hacking Questions From Twitter | Tech Support | WIRED

Amanda is an Offensive Security Engineer on the Red Team at Facebook and previously worked as a Malware Researcher at Endgame, FireEye, and the U.S. Department of Defense Cyber Crime Center. Follow her on Twitter at: https://malwareunicorn.org/#/about


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