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This Week in Tech (Video)Toto's Electrostatic Chuck - Is TikTok's New Privacy Policy Cause for Alarm?
Microsoft quietly hands over BitLocker keys to the government, TikTok's new privacy terms spark a user panic, and Europe's secret tech backups reveal anxious prep for digital fallout. Plus, how gambling platforms are changing the future of news and sports.
You can bet on how much snow will fall in New York City this weekend
Europe Prepares for a Nightmare Scenario: The U.S. Blocking Access to Tech
China, US sign off on TikTok US spinoff
TikTok users freak out over app's 'immigration status' collection -- here's what it means
Elon Musk's Grok A.I. Chatbot Made Millions...
2026-01-262h 52This Week in Tech (Audio)Toto's Electrostatic Chuck - Is TikTok's New Privacy Policy Cause for Alarm?
Microsoft quietly hands over BitLocker keys to the government, TikTok's new privacy terms spark a user panic, and Europe's secret tech backups reveal anxious prep for digital fallout. Plus, how gambling platforms are changing the future of news and sports.
You can bet on how much snow will fall in New York City this weekend
Europe Prepares for a Nightmare Scenario: The U.S. Blocking Access to Tech
China, US sign off on TikTok US spinoff
TikTok users freak out over app's 'immigration status' collection -- here's what it means
Elon Musk's Grok A.I. Chatbot Made Millions...
2026-01-262h 52All TWiT.tv Shows (Video)This Week in Tech 1068: Toto's Electrostatic Chuck
Microsoft quietly hands over BitLocker keys to the government, TikTok's new privacy terms spark a user panic, and Europe's secret tech backups reveal anxious prep for digital fallout. Plus, how gambling platforms are changing the future of news and sports.
You can bet on how much snow will fall in New York City this weekend
Europe Prepares for a Nightmare Scenario: The U.S. Blocking Access to Tech
China, US sign off on TikTok US spinoff
TikTok users freak out over app's 'immigration status' collection -- here's what it means
Elon Musk's Grok A.I. Chatbot Made Millions...
2026-01-262h 52All TWiT.tv Shows (Audio)This Week in Tech 1068: Toto's Electrostatic Chuck
Microsoft quietly hands over BitLocker keys to the government, TikTok's new privacy terms spark a user panic, and Europe's secret tech backups reveal anxious prep for digital fallout. Plus, how gambling platforms are changing the future of news and sports.
You can bet on how much snow will fall in New York City this weekend
Europe Prepares for a Nightmare Scenario: The U.S. Blocking Access to Tech
China, US sign off on TikTok US spinoff
TikTok users freak out over app's 'immigration status' collection -- here's what it means
Elon Musk's Grok A.I. Chatbot Made Millions...
2026-01-262h 52Total Leo (Audio)This Week in Tech 1068: Toto's Electrostatic Chuck
Microsoft quietly hands over BitLocker keys to the government, TikTok's new privacy terms spark a user panic, and Europe's secret tech backups reveal anxious prep for digital fallout. Plus, how gambling platforms are changing the future of news and sports.
You can bet on how much snow will fall in New York City this weekend
Europe Prepares for a Nightmare Scenario: The U.S. Blocking Access to Tech
China, US sign off on TikTok US spinoff
TikTok users freak out over app's 'immigration status' collection -- here's what it means
Elon Musk's Grok A.I. Chatbot Made Millions...
2026-01-262h 52Total Leo (Video)This Week in Tech 1068: Toto's Electrostatic Chuck
Microsoft quietly hands over BitLocker keys to the government, TikTok's new privacy terms spark a user panic, and Europe's secret tech backups reveal anxious prep for digital fallout. Plus, how gambling platforms are changing the future of news and sports.
You can bet on how much snow will fall in New York City this weekend
Europe Prepares for a Nightmare Scenario: The U.S. Blocking Access to Tech
China, US sign off on TikTok US spinoff
TikTok users freak out over app's 'immigration status' collection -- here's what it means
Elon Musk's Grok A.I. Chatbot Made Millions...
2026-01-262h 52
Frankly FukuyamaAlex Stamos on the Real Threat Posed By AIAlex Stamos was formerly head of security at Facebook/Meta and is a leading expert on computer security. He discusses the threats to computer security posed by the most recent advances in AI, and explains why those are much more dangerous and urgent than the “existential” threats feared by many.All episodes of the Frankly Fukuyama podcast are available here.Podcast production by Ringo Harrison.Connect with us!X: @FukuyamaFrancis & @JoinPersuasionYouTube: Frankly Fukuyama & Persuasion This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with...
2025-12-1142 min
Tosh ShowMy Cybersecurity Expert - Alex StamosDaniel sits down with former Facebook Chief Security Officer Alex Stamos to discuss hacking, keeping your kids safe online, and west coast teams in the ACC.
2025-09-1654 min
CyberWire DailySolution Spotlight: Rebuilding trust in the wake of tech calamities. [Special Edition]In this special edition of our podcast, Simone Petrella sits down with cybersecurity luminary Alex Stamos, Chief Information Security Officer at SentinelOne, to delve into one of the most challenging years in tech history. 2024 has seen unprecedented breaches of multinational corporations, high-stakes attacks from state actors, massive data leaks, and the largest global IT failure on record. As both a seasoned security executive and respected thought leader, Stamos offers a firsthand perspective on how the security landscape is evolving under these pressures.In this exclusive keynote discussion, Stamos draws from his extensive experience to...
2024-11-1026 min
Special EditionsSolution Spotlight: Rebuilding trust in the wake of tech calamities.In this special edition of our podcast, Simone Petrella sits down with cybersecurity luminary Alex Stamos, Chief Information Security Officer at SentinelOne, to delve into one of the most challenging years in tech history. 2024 has seen unprecedented breaches of multinational corporations, high-stakes attacks from state actors, massive data leaks, and the largest global IT failure on record. As both a seasoned security executive and respected thought leader, Stamos offers a firsthand perspective on how the security landscape is evolving under these pressures.In this exclusive keynote discussion, Stamos draws from his extensive experience to...
2024-11-1023 minCyberWire DailyFBI fights fake news.The FBI flags fake videos claiming to be from the agency. Okta patches an authentication bypass vulnerability. Microsoft confirms Windows Server 2025 Blue Screen of Death issues. Scammers exploit DocuSign’s APIs to send fake invoices that bypass spam filters. Hackers use smart contracts for command and control. ICS suppliers face challenges convincing customers to secure their environments. Barracuda tracks a phishing campaign impersonating OpenAI. X-Twitter makes controversial changes to its block feature. A Nigerian man gets 26 years in prison for email fraud. On our Solution Spotlight, N2K's Simone Petrella interviews Alex Stamos, CISO at SentinelOne, at the ISC2 Se...
2024-11-0437 min
Battle of the Titans/Theology/God's Creation/Education/Political Musings Newsletter & PodcastTrash Discourse Space - Hines v Stamos Censorship case in 5th CircuitA great twitter space, hosted by Trash Discourse about updates in the Hines v Stamos case which is another Censorship Case similar to Murthy v Missouri, Missouri v Biden however this case is going after the groups like EIP, Aspen Institute, Alex Stamos, Renee Diresta and more This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit efdouglass.substack.com/subscribe
2024-09-272h 48
The Lawfare Podcast: Patreon EditionLawfare Archive: Alex Stamos on Fighting Election Disinformation in Real TimeFrom August 20, 2020: This week on Lawfare's Arbiters of Truth series on disinformation, Evelyn Douek and Quinta Jurecic spoke with Alex Stamos, the director of the Stanford Internet Observatory and former chief security officer of Yahoo and Facebook. Alex has appeared on the podcast before, but this time, they discussed a new coalition he helped set up called the Election Integrity Partnership—a coalition focused on detecting and mitigating attempts to limit voting or delegitimize election results. Disinformation and misinformation around the U.S. presidential election has already started popping up online, and it’s only going to increase as Novemb...
2024-05-1855 min
The Lawfare PodcastLawfare Archive: Alex Stamos on Fighting Election Disinformation in Real TimeFrom August 20, 2020: This week on Lawfare's Arbiters of Truth series on disinformation, Evelyn Douek and Quinta Jurecic spoke with Alex Stamos, the director of the Stanford Internet Observatory and former chief security officer of Yahoo and Facebook. Alex has appeared on the podcast before, but this time, they discussed a new coalition he helped set up called the Election Integrity Partnership—a coalition focused on detecting and mitigating attempts to limit voting or delegitimize election results. Disinformation and misinformation around the U.S. presidential election has already started popping up online, and it’s only going to increase as Novemb...
2024-05-1855 min
Techzine TV podcastTrust and AI in cybersecurity: difficult but crucial to navigate (Alex Stamos, SentinelOne)For this new episode of Techzine Talks on Tour we sat down with Alex Stamos during RSA Conference. Stamos is Chief Trust Officer at SentinelOne, and - among other things - also a Stanford professor and former Chief Security Officer of Facebook. We took a deep dive with him into the concept of trust.Trust is a key component of our digital lives. It plays a role in our personal as well as in our business lives. Organizations need to know who they can trust before entering into a relationship with a vendor. At least...
2024-05-1330 min
Moderated ContentKate Starbird on the Changing Online Landscape and... BasketballStanford’s Evelyn Douek and Alex Stamos are joined by University of Washington professor Kate Starbird to discuss research on election rumors.Kate Starbird is an associate professor at the University of Washington in the Department of Human Centered Design & Engineering where she is also a co-founder of the Center for an Informed Public. - University of WashingtonHouse Judiciary Committee Kate Starbird interview transcriptHouse Judiciary Committee Alex Stamos interview transcriptSports CornerNoted American sports expert Evelyn Douek discusses the NCAA women’s basketball championship in this slam dunk segment. Dawn Staley’s Sout...
2024-04-0851 min
Squawk PodBeware Election Deepfakes, Intel’s New Cash & International Day of Happiness 03/20/24Election season brings concerns of disinformation, interference, and deep fakes. Former Chief Security Officer of Facebook and current SentinelOne Chief Trust Officer Alex Stamos shares his biggest concerns for voters and democracy this year. A government shutdown looms once again, over lawmakers; CNBC’s Emily Wilkins discusses the spending bills that Congress still needs to pass before the deadline. Also in DC, the Biden administration will give Intel up to $8.5B in direct funding for computer chips in four states. Plus, Chipotle is moving forward with a 50-for-1 stock split, and happy International Day of Happiness! Harvard Professor and host...
2024-03-2035 min
Moderated ContentNews Update 2/16: The Boy Who Cried Deepfake?Stanford’s Evelyn Douek and Alex Stamos weigh in on the latest online trust and safety news and developments:Is the deepfake apocalypse finally here? Alex and Evelyn discuss the recent robocalls impersonating President Biden ahead of the New Hampshire primary and sexually explicit fake images of Taylor Swift that spread on X, resulting in the platform blocking searches for one of the most famous people in the world.Let’s Get MetaMeta will start labeling AI-generated images on Facebook, Instagram and Threads. The company is working with other technology and media companies to develop stan...
2024-02-1752 min
Moderated ContentBig Tech's Big Tobacco Moment?Stanford’s Evelyn Douek and Alex Stamos talk about the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing with Tech CEOs about “Big Tech and the Online Child Sexual Exploitation Crisis.” They mention: The Stanford Internet Observatory’s work on Self-Generated CSAM - David Thiel, Renée DiResta and Alex Stamos / SIOThe REPORT Act - Riana Pfefferkorn / Tech Policy PressModerated Content is produced in partnership by Stanford Law School and the Cyber Policy Center. Special thanks to John Perrino for research and editorial assistance.Like what you heard? Don’t forget to subscribe and share the podcast with friends!
2024-02-0340 min
Security Now - 16k MP3SN959: Stamos on "Microsoft Security"What changes will the EU's soon-to-be-in-force Digital Markets Act be bringing to Apple's traditional iOS policies? What OS is ransomware unable to infect? What has HP done now with their printer ink policy? How many stolen user database records will fit in 12 terabytes? Can't you just delete that incriminating chat stream? Did Mercedes-Benz leave their doors unlocked? What's a latest on ransom payments rates? And after entertaining some questions from our terrific listeners and a long-awaited announcement from me, we're going to take a look at Alex Stamos' reaction to Microsoft's most recent security incident response.
2024-01-3100 min
SHK-TV Der Haustechnik-PodcastWärmepumpenförderung mit Garantie-Ausschüttung (#18)In dieser Woche sprechen wir mit Alex Stamos. Er hat einen Heizungsbaubetrieb in Grevenbroich bei Düsseldorf.Vor 17 Jahren wird im Betrieb Stamos der erste Elektrotechniker eingestellt. Das brachte damals schon viele Vorteile mit neuen innovativen Heizlösungen. Heute ist die Wärmepumpe die ausgeschriebene Heizlösung der Zukunft, auch für den Betrieb Stamos.Wir blicken zusammen auf das neue Jahr, eine spannende Zeit und die aktuelle Förderkulisse. Alex Stamos ist überzeugt, dass auch in 2024 ein gutes Jahr für die SHK-Branche wird. Zusammen wird der gesamte Betrieb die SHK+E Essen besuchen. Dort werden d...
2024-01-2922 min
Security Weekly Podcast Network (Video)New security startups, Stamos and Krebs go to SentinelOne, NY takes cyber seriously - ESW #340Finally, in the enterprise security news, Lots of new security startups with early stage funding SentinelOne picks up Chris Krebs and Alex Stamos’s consulting firm PE firm picks up ActiveState - a company I haven’t thought about since I last downloaded ActiveState Perl 1000 years ago Microsoft announces the limited release of Security Copilot Semgrep releases a secrets scanner AGI predicted to come much sooner than you might expect NY State doubles down on cybersecurity regulations to protect its hospitals the young hackers behind Mirai, one of the biggest botnets ever Ransomware groups snitch on businesses to the...
2023-11-1737 min
Enterprise Security Weekly (Video)New security startups, Stamos and Krebs go to SentinelOne, NY takes cyber seriously - ESW #340Finally, in the enterprise security news, Lots of new security startups with early stage funding SentinelOne picks up Chris Krebs and Alex Stamos’s consulting firm PE firm picks up ActiveState - a company I haven’t thought about since I last downloaded ActiveState Perl 1000 years ago Microsoft announces the limited release of Security Copilot Semgrep releases a secrets scanner AGI predicted to come much sooner than you might expect NY State doubles down on cybersecurity regulations to protect its hospitals the young hackers behind Mirai, one of the biggest botnets ever Ransomware groups snitch on businesses to the...
2023-11-1737 min
Tech Break (Video)TWiG Clip: Security Expert Alex Stamos Talks Election Disinformation
On This Week in Google, Alex Stamos explains that fighting election disinformation should be bipartisan since foreign influence campaigns aim for chaos rather than favoring one party.
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Guest: Alex Stamos
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2023-11-1607 minTech Break (Audio)TWiG Clip: Security Expert Alex Stamos Talks Election Disinformation
On This Week in Google, Alex Stamos explains that fighting election disinformation should be bipartisan since foreign influence campaigns aim for chaos rather than favoring one party.
For the full episode, visit twit.tv/twig/742
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Paris Martineau, and Jason Howell
Guest: Alex Stamos
You can find more about TWiT and subscribe to our podcasts at https://podcasts.twit.tv/
Sponsor:
INFO.ACILEARNING.COM/TWIT code SN100
2023-11-1607 min
Total Jason (Audio)This Week in Google 742: More Eel Guys Than You Know
Discussion of upcoming Black Friday sales on Google Pixel phones and tablets
Concerns with the Pixel tablet including laggy performance, inability to use independently from dock, and high pricing
Leo shares his epiphany on the usefulness of AI for expert systems and personalized agents
Demonstration of Leo's custom AI assistants for Lisp and Emacs programming languages
Talk of Elon Musk's reputation decline after acquiring Twitter
Discussion of studies showing people perceive AI-generated faces as more human than real faces
Overview of lawsuit allowing school districts to sue social media companies for youth addiction
Interview with Alex Stamos, former Facebook CSO...
2023-11-162h 16Total Jason (Video)This Week in Google 742: More Eel Guys Than You Know
Discussion of upcoming Black Friday sales on Google Pixel phones and tablets
Concerns with the Pixel tablet including laggy performance, inability to use independently from dock, and high pricing
Leo shares his epiphany on the usefulness of AI for expert systems and personalized agents
Demonstration of Leo's custom AI assistants for Lisp and Emacs programming languages
Talk of Elon Musk's reputation decline after acquiring Twitter
Discussion of studies showing people perceive AI-generated faces as more human than real faces
Overview of lawsuit allowing school districts to sue social media companies for youth addiction
Interview with Alex Stamos, former Facebook CSO...
2023-11-162h 16Squawk PodExtremely Online Election, A Gavel Up for Grabs, & Money Laundering 10/5/23X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, has made cuts to its elections and disinformation team, eliminating almost all of the controls that were built after the 2016 election to prevent wide-scale manipulation. Former Facebook chief security officer, Alex Stamos describes the potential dangers ahead for the 2024 U.S. Presidential election. Singaporean authorities have seized more than 150 properties, luxury cars and thousands of gold bars in a family office money laundering scandal that has quickly grown to $2 billion. CNBC’s Wealth Editor Robert Frank reports on the international intrigue. Plus, the job opening in the House of Representatives, it’s already...
2023-10-0525 min
Moderated ContentMC Weekly Update: Why?Stanford’s Evelyn Douek and Alex Stamos weigh in on the latest online trust and safety news and developments:ActivityPub Hub A new Stanford Internet Observatory report by David Thiel and Renée DiResta found a significant issue with child abuse content in the largest decentralized social media communities that make up the Fediverse. They argue that current online safety tools must be adapted for decentralized social networks. - Cristiano Lima/ The Washington PostMeta’s Threads announced future support for ActivityPub, the technical protocol that powers the Fediverse, but Alex doesn’t think that will ever happen...
2023-07-2443 minSquawk PodInvestigating Instagram with Alex Stamos; An Evolving Middle East with NYT’s Tom Friedman 6/8/23New York Times foreign affairs columnist Tom Friedman discusses his most recent trip to the Middle East, comparing the region today with the region even six months ago. He weighs in on Saudi Arabia’s LIV Golf and its deal to merge with the PGA, and the rapid progressive evolution of Israel and the Kingdom. In a damning investigation into Instagram, The Wall Street Journal, Stanford University, and University of Massachusetts Amherst uncovered a network of pedophiles that connect with each other and with sellers of explicit imagery on social media. Meta’s former Chief Security Officer and Stanford Unive...
2023-06-0831 min
Moderated ContentMC Weekly Update 5/1: Flops and VLOPsStanford’s Evelyn Douek and Alex Stamos weigh in on the latest online trust and safety news and developments:Twitter CornerAs we predicted, Musk is complying with more government take-down orders than Twitter used to. - Russell Brandom/ Rest of World Don't expect more reporting though, Twitter has stopped sharing takedown orders with Lumen, which is how this data was compiled. - @lumendatabaseIt’s okay though, we have… this? What is this? Is this supposed to be a transparency report? - TwitterMeanwhile, Twitter is one of 19 online services designated as a very large online platform (VLOP) o...
2023-05-0229 min
Politics Is EverythingHow Can We Defend Against Cybersecurity Threats? ft. Chris KrebsChris Krebs, the first director of the federal Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), joins us to discuss a range of pressing national security and cybersecurity threats, AI, neural network models, machine learning, leaked classified information and more. The way to overcome election denialism, says Krebs, “is to push good policy ideas and good policy outcomes. Grievance politics, negative politics, fear politics, has a shelf life. Keep focusing on the positive and people will be more attracted to that in the long term. Yes, it looks pretty dark now, but there are posi...
2023-04-2048 min
Politics Is EverythingHow Can We Defend Against Cybersecurity Threats? ft. Chris KrebsChris Krebs, the first director of the federal Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), joins us to discuss a range of pressing national security and cybersecurity threats, AI, neural network models, machine learning, leaked classified information and more. The way to overcome election denialism, says Krebs, “is to push good policy ideas and good policy outcomes. Grievance politics, negative politics, fear politics, has a shelf life. Keep focusing on the positive and people will be more attracted to that in the long term. Yes, it looks pretty dark now, but there are posi...
2023-04-1755 min
Moderated ContentMC Weekly Update 2/27: APIns and APOutsStanford’s Evelyn Douek and Alex Stamos weigh in on the latest online trust and safety news and developments:Meta released its latest quarterly adversarial threat report, outlining influence operations it took down that were linked to Russia, Serbia, Cuba, and Bolivia. - Ben Nimmo, Nathaniel Gleicher/ Meta, Renée DiResta/ @noUpside, Alex Stamos/ @alexstamosMore: Alex and Evelyn are among those warning that the Q4 2022 report might mark the last time Meta and Twitter collaborated on addressing influence operations and resisting government data requests. Twitter failed to release its own quarterly report on government requests for data and obs...
2023-02-2828 min
Channels with Peter Kafka"Resist trying to make things better" - a conversation with internet security expert Alex StamosA new study in the journal Nature Communications finds "no evidence of a meaningful relationship" between Russian disinformation and voting behavior in the 2016 election. If disinformation maybe isn’t as effective as we assumed, does that change social networks’ responsibility to control it? Recode’s Peter Kafka discusses it with Alex Stamos, former chief security officer at Facebook and director of the Stanford Internet Observatory. They touch on the insurrection in Brazil, and Hunter Biden’s laptop.Featuring: Alex Stamos (@alexstamos), Director of the Stanford Internet ObservatoryHost: Peter Kafka (@pkafka), Senior Editor at...
2023-01-1653 min
Dead CatThe Musk Bubble in Tech Is Going to Pop (w/Alex Stamos)This past Thursday Elon Musk accused Alex Stamos, Facebook’s former chief security officer and the director of the Stanford Internet Observatory, of running a “propaganda platform.” That’s the sort of upside down thinking we’ve come to expect from Musk, given Stamos is one of the most fair-minded and serious thinkers about content moderation and social media platforms today. So, on Friday, we had Stamos on the Dead Cat podcast to talk about Musk’s choreographed leaks about the old guard at Twitter.Last time Stamos came on the Dead Cat podcast, he explained wh...
2022-12-141h 12
The Newcomer PodcastThe Musk Bubble in Tech Is Going to Pop (w/Alex Stamos)This past Thursday Elon Musk accused Alex Stamos, Facebook’s former chief security officer and the director of the Stanford Internet Observatory, of running a “propaganda platform.” That’s the sort of upside down thinking we’ve come to expect from Musk, given Stamos is one of the most fair-minded and serious thinkers about content moderation and social media platforms today. So, on Friday, we had Stamos on the Dead Cat podcast to talk about Musk’s choreographed leaks about the old guard at Twitter.Last time Stamos came on the Dead Cat podcast, he explained wh...
2022-12-141h 12
Moderated ContentMC Weekly Update 11/28: Alex the Demon OverlordStanford’s Evelyn Douek and Alex Stamos weigh in on the latest online trust and safety news and developments:As protestors against China’s zero-Covid policy fill the streets, images of them fill the internet and China’s censors are struggling to contain them. – Liza Lin, Karen Hao / Wall Street JournalThis is partly because the Chinese people have had years of practice at evading censors and know a trick or two. – Paul Mozur / TwitterSo China is trying to bury that content with its own spam about escorts, porn and gambling. – Jon Porter / The VergeSome of that spam includes … an AI-generate...
2022-11-2925 min
Moderated ContentMC Weekly News Roundup Halloween EditionSHOW NOTESStanford’s Evelyn Douek and Alex Stamos weigh in on the latest online trust and safety news and developments:Elon Musk has been busy since officially acquiring Twitter.He tweeted that the company will form “a content moderation council with widely diverse viewpoints.” That sparked comparisons to Meta’s Oversight Board while others noted that Twitter already has a Trust and Safety Council, but wondered if Musk was aware. He also said no major decisions will be made about reinstating accounts or changing content rules until that body comes together and reiterated in a quote twe...
2022-10-3127 minModerated ContentMC Weekly News Roundup 10/24: Fun Facts about RailroadsSHOW NOTESStanford’s Evelyn Douek and Alex Stamos weigh in on the latest online trust and safety news and developments:The Wire retracted recent coverage of Meta and will conduct an internal review of past coverage by staff involved with the reporting. - The WireFrench police are investigating severed fiber-optic cables that disrupted internet and phone services in the Marseille area. Alex urges caution before jumping to any conclusions. John Leicester/ Associated PressTurkey's parliament voted to adopt a law that could send social media users to jail for up to three years for spreading false in...
2022-10-2526 minModerated ContentMC's Weekly Update: Down to The Wire v. Meta in IndiaSHOW NOTESStanford’s Evelyn Douek and Alex Stamos weigh in on the latest online trust and safety news and developments:An article with bombshell allegations against Meta, the parent company of Instagram and Facebook, appears to be based on forgeries, but the news outlet continues to stand by the reporting and now claims a technical expert at the publication was hacked. - Aditi Agrawal/ newslaundry, OpIndiaMore: Last week, an article was published by The Wire, a nonprofit Indian digital news organization, claiming an internal Instagram report revealed an official in charge of social media for In...
2022-10-1830 min
Mama Needs a MovieTerminator 2: Judgment Day with Alex ScordelisTV writer and journalist Alex Scordelis (Difficult People) joins to discuss the sci-fi action classic, TERMINATOR 2: JUDGMENT DAY starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton, Edward Furlong and Robert Patrick. James Cameron's 1991 followup to the original THE TERMINATOR was the most expensive movie ever made in its time and paid off by being an even bigger box office success. 30 years later, T2 remains the prototypical CGI-boosted blockbuster and a forever-haunting vision of nuclear apocalypse and artificial intelligence run amok. Come with us if you want to *live it up* with an analysis of T2's impact in the year 2022, plus funny...
2022-09-202h 01
Redefining CyberSecurityA Keynote Conversation With Chris Krebs: Black Hat At 25: Where Do We Go From Here? | Black Hat 2022 And DEF CON 30 Las Vegas Event Coverage | Redefining CyberSecurity Podcast With Sean Martin And Marco CiappelliDuring his keynote at Black Hat 2022, former CISA Director, Chris Krebs, will reflect on 25 years of the information security community, discussing today’s risks and trends and what they mean for tomorrow’s network defenders. We get a sneak peek into some of these items during this Chats on the Road to Las Vegas.Chris Krebs is a Founding Partner of Krebs Stamos Group, founded in 2020 alongside Alex Stamos. He was the first director of U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), leading the nation’s civilian cyber defense and business resilience and risk management efforts. He wil...
2022-07-2642 min
The Cyberlaw PodcastTransatlantic Privacy ThreepeatWith the U.S. and Europe united in opposing Russia's attack on Ukraine, a few tough transatlantic disputes are being swept away—or at least under the rug. Most prominently, the data protection crisis touched off by Schrems 2 has been resolved in principle by a new framework agreement between the U.S. and the EU. Michael Ellis and Paul Rosenzweig trade insights on the deal and its prospects before the European Court of Justice. The most controversial aspect of the agreement is the lack of any change in U.S. legislation. That's simple vote-counting if you're in Washington, but the...
2022-03-2957 minThe Cyberlaw PodcastTransatlantic Privacy ThreepeatWith the U.S. and Europe united in opposing Russia's attack on Ukraine, a few tough transatlantic disputes are being swept away—or at least under the rug. Most prominently, the data protection crisis touched off by Schrems 2 has been resolved in principle by a new framework agreement between the U.S. and the EU. Michael Ellis and Paul Rosenzweig trade insights on the deal and its prospects before the European Court of Justice. The most controversial aspect of the agreement is the lack of any change in U.S. legislation. That's simple vote-counting if you're in Washington, but the...
2022-03-2957 min
In Lieu of Fun: #DogShirtTVAlex Stamos on Ukraine and CybersecurityWherein Stanford Internet Observatory's Alex Stamos returns to discuss why Russia-Ukraine conflict has put the cybersecurity world at "DEFCON 2." Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2022-02-211h 03
Ayna InsightsChris Krebs: Cybersecurity Risks and ControlsChris Krebs, a renowned expert in cybersecurity, shares his thoughts on the current issues facing cybersecurity around the world, including the current situation in Ukraine, the 2020 election, the Colonial Pipeline hack, and other attacks on critical infrastructure. He also discusses how organizations can anticipate, prevent, and recover from these types of attacks in the future.
Mr. Krebs is a former Director of the Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA). He recently founded a cyber consulting firm named Krebs Stamos Group with his partner Alex Stamos where their first assignment was the SolarWinds hack...
2022-02-2139 min
Scaling LawsThe Most Intense Online Disinformation Event in American HistoryThis week on Lawfare's Arbiters of Truth series on disinformation, Evelyn Douek and Quinta Jurecic are bringing you a conversation with Alex Stamos, the director of the Stanford Internet Observatory. Alex was last on the show in August to talk about the newly established Election Integrity Partnership, which he helped set up to focus on detecting and mitigating disinformation around the U.S. 2020 election. Well, the election is over! So Alex is back to talk about what the partnership saw, how well the information ecosystem held up and what the landscape looks like as the dust begins to settle. H...
2022-02-0350 minScaling LawsAlex Stamos on Fighting Election Disinformation in Real TimeThis week on Lawfare's Arbiters of Truth series on disinformation, Evelyn Douek and Quinta Jurecic spoke with Alex Stamos, the director of the Stanford Internet Observatory and former chief security officer of Yahoo and Facebook. Alex has appeared on the podcast before, but this time, they discussed a new coalition he helped set up called the Election Integrity Partnership—a coalition focused on detecting and mitigating attempts to limit voting or delegitimize election results. Disinformation and misinformation around the U.S. presidential election has already started popping up online, and it’s only going to increase as November draws closer...
2022-02-0355 minScaling LawsAlex Stamos on the Hard Tradeoffs of the InternetIn this episode of Lawfare's Arbiters of Truth series on disinformation, Evelyn Douek and Kate Klonick spoke with Alex Stamos, the director of the Stanford Internet Observatory. Prior to joining Stanford, Alex served as the chief security officer at Facebook, and before that, as the chief information security officer at Yahoo. They talked about Alex's experience at Facebook handling 2016 election interference, as well as his work on cybersecurity, disinformation, and end-to-end encryption. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2022-02-0358 min
The Alchemist LoungeWhat It Takes To Be A Heart-led Business Leader - Barry StamosToday's episode features a special guest, Barry Stamos, a leader with a golden heart who relates his tale of growing up in a progressive household to becoming one of the co-founders of a marketing firm specializing in personalized email marketing. Tune in to learn more! EPISODE NOTES What’s it like growing up in a very progressive household? Finding the inspiration to go entrepreneurial Understanding what is email marketing The leadership and entrepreneurial journey to building a startup company? ABOUT BARRY STAMOS Barry Stamos is CHO (Chief Heart Officer) and Co...
2022-01-1428 min
Pod Save AmericaOffline: Alex Stamos on Leaving Facebook and Zuckerberg’s ReignThis week on Offline, Jon is joined by Alex Stamos, Facebooks former Chief Security Officer. As Jon’s first guest whose worked at a social media company, Alex gives us a first-hand look at Facebook’s internal politics, delivering insight on Russian hackers and the Haugen papers He also makes the case that it’s time for Mark Zuckerberg to step down.For a closed-captioned version of this episode, click here. For a transcript of this episode, please email transcripts@crooked.com and include the name of the podcast.
2022-01-0959 min
Pod Save AmericaOffline: Alex Stamos on Leaving Facebook and Zuckerberg’s ReignThis week on Offline, Jon is joined by Alex Stamos, Facebooks former Chief Security Officer. As Jon’s first guest whose worked at a social media company, Alex gives us a first-hand look at Facebook’s internal politics, delivering insight on Russian hackers and the Haugen papers He also makes the case that it’s time for Mark Zuckerberg to step down.For a closed-captioned version of this episode, click here. For a transcript of this episode, please email transcripts@crooked.com and include the name of the podcast.
2022-01-0958 min
Pod Save AmericaOffline: Alex Stamos on Leaving Facebook and Zuckerberg’s ReignThis week on Offline, Jon is joined by Alex Stamos, Facebooks former Chief Security Officer. As Jon’s first guest whose worked at a social media company, Alex gives us a first-hand look at Facebook’s internal politics, delivering insight on Russian hackers and the Haugen papers He also makes the case that it’s time for Mark Zuckerberg to step down.For a closed-captioned version of this episode, click here. For a transcript of this episode, please email transcripts@crooked.com and include the name of the podcast.
2022-01-0958 min
podcast de Wilson mariano Mário FijamosOffline: Alex Stamos on Leaving Facebook and Zuckerberg’s ReignThis week on Offline, Jon is joined by Alex Stamos, Facebooks former Chief Security Officer. As Jon’s first guest whose worked at a social media company, Alex gives us a first-hand look at Facebook’s internal politics, delivering insight on Russian hackers and the Haugen papers He also makes the case that it’s time for Mark Zuckerberg to step down.For a closed-captioned version of this episode, click here. For a transcript of this episode, please email transcripts@crooked.com and include the name of the podcast.
2022-01-0959 min
Offline with Jon FavreauAlex Stamos on Leaving Facebook and Zuckerberg's ReignThis week on Offline, Jon is joined by Alex Stamos, Facebook’s former Chief Security Officer. As Jon’s first guest who has worked at a social media company, Alex gives us a first-hand look at Facebook’s internal politics, delivering insight on Russian hackers and the Haugen papers He also makes the case that it’s time for Mark Zuckerberg to step down.For a closed-captioned version of this episode, click here. For a transcript of this episode, please email transcripts@crooked.com and include the name of the podcast.
2022-01-0951 minThe Newcomer PodcastThe Media's Facebook Deflection (w/Alex Stamos)We talked to former Facebook Chief Security Officer Alex Stamos about what the media got right and wrong about its coverage of Facebook’s influence on the 2016 election. Stamos — who played a key role in bringing information to Robert Mueller about Russian election interference — is someone who is willing to criticize his former employer without letting the media off the hook. Stamos argues that Facebook inadequately addressed misinformation posted onto Facebook’s platform and downplayed its discovery of Russian election interference on its platform. BUT, Stamos argues that the media played a far larger role in helping Russian...
2021-11-2348 min
Dead CatThe Media's Facebook Deflection (w/Alex Stamos)We talked to former Facebook Chief Security Officer Alex Stamos about what the media got right and wrong about its coverage of Facebook’s influence on the 2016 election. Stamos — who played a key role in bringing information to Robert Mueller about Russian election interference — is someone who is willing to criticize his former employer without letting the media off the hook. Stamos argues that Facebook inadequately addressed misinformation posted onto Facebook’s platform and downplayed its discovery of Russian election interference on its platform. BUT, Stamos argues that the media played a far larger role in helping Russian...
2021-11-2348 min
Tech Policy LeadersJustin Brookman: Privacy Legislation at the State Level With Federal privacy regulation leaving much to be desired, it has fallen to individual states to make up the gap and establish their own privacy rules. This approach is problematic for many reasons, which is why Justin Brookman is on the show today. Correction: The name of the individual Joe referenced in the intro is Alex Stamos, from the Stanford Internet Observatory, not John Stamos as was stated in the episode Consumer Privacy Has a Home a Consumer Reports Justin Brookman is with Consumer Reports where he's the head of tech policy. He...
2021-10-1215 min
PressClub with Josh ConstineCan Facebook Fix Itself? With ex-CSO Alex Stamos & WSJ's Jeff Horwitz"I don't think that there will actually be significant cultural change until Zuckerberg steps down" Facebook's former Chief Security Officer Alex Stamos tells PressClub. The Wall Street Journal's Facebook Files scoops revealed that the company knew its algorithm incentivized hate, its XCheck system shielded VIPs from content moderation, that human traffickers used it to lure in victims, and that Instagram made 40% of users feel unattractive. On PressClub, we ask Stamos and the lead author of these scoops whether Facebook is trading our well-being for profits. Is it human nature to attack and envy others? Can social networks...
2021-09-211h 00
In Lieu of Fun: #DogShirtTVNate Persily and Alex StamosWherein Alex Stamos and Nate Persily joined us on April 6, 2020 to discuss what it would take to prevent an election meltdown in November. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2021-07-281h 03
National Security Law TodayAlgorithms – Who’s in Control? with Alex Stamos (Part 2)Part 2 of 2 – Algorithms are everywhere – feeding us daily news, friend suggestions, and targeted ads. Yet, the majority of us have neither the training nor the access to truly understand how these systems impact us and what protocols govern them. In part two of this series, hosts Elisa and Yvette sit down with Alex Stamos to talk all things algorithmic. How do we regulate amplification? Will Section 230 reform affect these platforms? And how can we better educate the masses on these issues?
Alex Stamos is the Director of the Stanford Internet Observatory:
cisac.fsi.stanford.edu/people/alex-stamos-0
References:
Section 230, Communication Dece...
2021-07-0819 min
National Security Law TodayAlgorithms – Who’s in Control? with Alex Stamos (Part 1)Algorithms are everywhere – feeding us daily news, friend suggestions, and targeted ads. Yet, the majority of us have neither the training nor the access to truly understand how these systems impact us and what protocols govern them. In this two part series, hosts Elisa and Yvette sit down with Alex Stamos to talk all things algorithmic. What is microtargeting? Who monetizes from sharing disinformation? And how have these systems and platforms changed our political landscape? What does the future look like?
Alex Stamos is the Director of the Stanford Internet Observatory:
https://cisac.fsi.stanford.edu/people/alex-stamos-0
References:
The El...
2021-07-0124 min
The HelpdeskUber Drivers are Workers in The UKIn the UK, Uber drivers are self employed First to London where the UK’s Supreme Court has ruled Uber drivers are indeed workers not self-employed. The decision means drivers could be entitled to employment benefits such as a minimum wage and holiday pay. The case dates back to a complaint made in 2016 by two Uber drivers. Uber maintained it was just a booking app, that requires independent contractors to provide the actual transport. The ruling could leave the ride-hailing app facing a hefty compensation bill, and have wider consequences for the gig economy.The AFR h...
2021-02-2206 min
SolarWinds TechPodSecure by Design | Our Plan for a Safer SolarWinds and Customer CommunityCompanies must change the way they operate to combat increasingly sophisticated cyberattacks across ever-expanding attack surfaces. What we learn from one attack can help us protect against the next. Because the next attack is always on the horizon. What should you do to raise your defenses? SolarWinds President and CEO Sudhakar Ramakrishna and cybersecurity expert and Krebs Stamos Group Founding Partner Alex Stamos discuss our plan for a safer SolarWinds and customer community – grounded in principles you can follow to secure your enterprise. Sudhakar addresses the steps SolarWinds is taking to: Further secure our internal...
2021-02-1751 min
DailypodBarr-Barr-Barr, Barr-Barr is Gone Podcast: Political Gabfest (LS 72 · TOP 0.05% what is this?)Episode: Barr-Barr-Barr, Barr-Barr is GonePub date: 2020-12-17Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationEmily, John and David discuss the massive Russian hack-- with guest Alex Stamos, Bill Barr’s resignation, and Joe Biden’s cabinet.Here are some notes and references from this week’s show:Alex Stamos for The Washington Post: “Enough Is Enough. Here’s What We Should Do to Defend Against the Next Russian Cyberattacks.”...
2020-12-201h 09
Political GabfestBarr-Barr-Barr, Barr-Barr is GoneEmily, John and David discuss the massive Russian hack-- with guest Alex Stamos, Bill Barr’s resignation, and Joe Biden’s cabinet.Here are some notes and references from this week’s show:Alex Stamos for The Washington Post: “Enough Is Enough. Here’s What We Should Do to Defend Against the Next Russian Cyberattacks.”John Dickerson for 60 Minutes: “Excited Delirium: The Controversial Syndrome That Can Be Used to Protect Police From Misconduct Charges”Here are this week’s cocktail chatters: John: Thomas B. Edsall for The New York Ti...
2020-12-171h 05Political GabfestBarr-Barr-Barr, Barr-Barr is GoneEmily, John and David discuss the massive Russian hack-- with guest Alex Stamos, Bill Barr’s resignation, and Joe Biden’s cabinet.Here are some notes and references from this week’s show:Alex Stamos for The Washington Post: “Enough Is Enough. Here’s What We Should Do to Defend Against the Next Russian Cyberattacks.”John Dickerson for 60 Minutes: “Excited Delirium: The Controversial Syndrome That Can Be Used to Protect Police From Misconduct Charges”Here are this week’s cocktail chatters: John...
2020-12-171h 09The Cyberlaw PodcastCould European Privacy Law Protect American Child Molesters?Our interview is with Alex Stamos, who lays out a complex debate over child sexual abuse that’s now roiling Brussels. The application of European privacy standards and artificial intelligence (AI) hostility to internet communications providers has called into question the one tool that has reduced online child sex predation. Scanning for sex abuse images works well, and even scanning for signs of “grooming” is surprisingly effective. But they depend on automated monitoring of communications content, something that has come as a surprise to European lawmakers hoping to impose more regulation on American tech platforms. Left unchanged, the new Europe...
2020-12-161h 12The Cyberlaw PodcastCould European Privacy Law Protect American Child Molesters?Our interview is with Alex Stamos, who lays out a complex debate over child sexual abuse that’s now roiling Brussels. The application of European privacy standards and artificial intelligence (AI) hostility to internet communications providers has called into question the one tool that has reduced online child sex predation. Scanning for sex abuse images works well, and even scanning for signs of “grooming” is surprisingly effective. But they depend on automated monitoring of communications content, something that has come as a surprise to European lawmakers hoping to impose more regulation on American tech platforms. Left unchanged, the new Europe...
2020-12-161h 12
SwayCan Big Tech Make Sure That 2020 Is Not 2016?In part one of Sway’s two-part election integrity series, Kara Swisher speaks to Alex Stamos, former Facebook chief information security officer and current director of the Stanford Internet Observatory, about what went wrong in 2016 and what Big Tech can do better in 2020.Mr. Stamos — known in Silicon Valley for his willingness to speak truth to power — rose to national prominence when he departed Facebook amid disagreement about the tech giant’s handling of Russian interference in the last presidential election.As Election Day draws nearer, social media platforms are amending their policies around political advertis...
2020-10-1553 min
PivotOracle wins Tik Tok, the future of AI chips, and Friend of Pivot Alex Stamos deep dives on TikTok privacyKara and Scott talk about Oracle beating out Microsoft in the bid to be Tik Tok's US partner. They also discuss Nvidia buying up a chip company from Softbank. Then Friend of Pivot and privacy expert Alex Stamos joins Kara and Scott to talk about privacy on Tik Tok.We are conducting an audience survey to better serve you. It takes no more than five minutes, and it really helps out the show. Please take our survey here: voxmedia.com/podsurvey. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/ad...
2020-09-1558 min
Stay Tuned with PreetCyber Space ft. Alex StamosCyber Space is the newest podcast for members of CAFE Insider. Every other Friday, host John Carlin, the former head of the Justice Department’s National Security Division, will explore issues at the intersection of technology, policy, and law with leaders who’ve made an impact in the world of cybersecurity.
In this inaugural episode, Carlin speaks with Alex Stamos, Facebook’s former Chief Security Officer who led the company’s investigation into Russia’s manipulation of the 2016 presidential election. Stamos was previously Chief Information Security Officer at Yahoo when the company dealt with a series of cyber attacks that resulted in...
2020-08-171h 22PivotAmazon under scrutiny; Zoom security expert Alex Stamos explains it all (and talks Facebook), plus some special Wins and FailsKara and Scott talk about Senate Democrats being vocal about breaking up Amazon, after a report that the company lied to the House Judiciary Committee. They talk about the Wall Street Journal investigation into Amazon's use of data from third-party sellers. Meanwhile, France upholds a ruling that is keeping Amazon warehouses in the country shuttered until they address workers' health protection concerns. Privacy expert Alex Stamos joins the show to talk about the $5 billion FTC/Facebook settlement and Zoom's new approach to privacy. Clorox is Kara's win and fail. Learn more about your ad choices...
2020-04-281h 05
First Contact with Laurie SegallEx-Facebook Security Chief Speaks Out on Russia & Spies in Silicon ValleyWhen the lights went out in his home, and his children asked if it was “Russia,” Facebook's former chief security officer Alex Stamos knew he was bringing his work home. In a candid interview, Stamos opens up about what it was like when his team discovered Facebook had been compromised by Russia, and the personal implications of being at the center of one of the most significant attacks on technology... and democracy. Plus, hear what Alex had to say when asked whether he uncovered spies within Facebook during his time there and why he worries foreign spies have infiltrated ever...
2020-02-171h 02
World ClassThe Fight Against Disinformation, with Alex StamosFollowing the Russian disinformation campaign surrounding the 2016 U.S. presidential election, election security and disinformation are now global issues. What should be done in order to protect the integrity of the upcoming 2020 U.S. presidential election, and who should be responsible for creating these protections?
Alex Stamos — the former chief security officer at Facebook, who is now a research scholar at the Cyber Policy Center — picks up where he left off when he was on World Class in May, discussing the growth of — and battle against — online propaganda.
If you like what you hear, you can...
2019-09-1822 min
The Cyberlaw PodcastAlex Stamos on Electoral Interference in Taiwan In this bonus episode of the Cyberlaw Podcast, Alex Stamos of Stanford’s Freeman Spogli Institute talks about the Institute’s recent paper on the risk of Chinese social media interference with Taiwan’s upcoming presidential election. It’s a wide-ranging discussion of everything from a century of Chinese history to the reasons why WeChat lost a social media competition in Taiwan to a Japanese company. Along the way, Alex notes that efforts to identify foreign government election interference have been seriously degraded by (what else?) privacy law, mixed with fear of commercial consequences when China is the attacker. If compa...
2019-09-0636 minThe Cyberlaw PodcastAlex Stamos on Electoral Interference in Taiwan In this bonus episode of the Cyberlaw Podcast, Alex Stamos of Stanford’s Freeman Spogli Institute talks about the Institute’s recent paper on the risk of Chinese social media interference with Taiwan’s upcoming presidential election. It’s a wide-ranging discussion of everything from a century of Chinese history to the reasons why WeChat lost a social media competition in Taiwan to a Japanese company. Along the way, Alex notes that efforts to identify foreign government election interference have been seriously degraded by (what else?) privacy law, mixed with fear of commercial consequences when China is the attacker. If compa...
2019-09-0636 min
The VergecastFormer chief security officer of Facebook Alex StamosNilay Patel interviews Alex Stamos, director of Stanford's Internet Observatory and former chief security officer for Facebook. Nilay and Alex talk about how Cambridge Analytica changed Facebook, the tradeoffs big tech companies make with working with law enforcement and keeping users secure, and how prepared Facebook is for the next presidential election. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
2019-08-271h 15
Decoder with Nilay PatelRecode Decode: Facebook’s former security boss Alex Stamos and Twitter co-founder Ev Williams (Live)Alex Stamos, the former Chief Security Officer at Facebook, and Ev Williams, the co-founder of Twitter and CEO of Medium, talk with Recode's Kara Swisher in these live interviews from the 2019 Collision conference in Toronto, Canada.In the Stamos interview: Is Facebook misunderstood?; Stamos’ proposed solutions; legitimate candidates vs. the Russians; how to protect ourselves from all election attackers; the weaponization of Facebook’s products; America’s reluctance to regulate; breaking up Facebook and Google; why big companies need to stop rewarding employees with stock; Stamos’ recommendations for Mark Zuckerberg; and is Facebook actually committed to change?And...
2019-05-2447 min
World ClassFacebook’s Former Chief Security Officer Alex Stamos Weighs in On the Mueller ReportThree weeks after the release of the Mueller Report, much of its content is still off-limits to the public. In this episode, former Facebook Chief Security Officer Alex Stamos shares his thoughts on what was and was not included in the public report, and what surprised him the most.
A cybersecurity expert, business leader and entrepreneur, Alex Stamos is an adjunct professor at the Freeman Spogli Institute and a visiting scholar at the Hoover Institution.
If you like what you hear, you can get additional content from scholars at the Freeman Spogli Institute for...
2019-05-0922 minThe VergecastThe future of Facebook and democracy with Casey Newton and Alex StamosFacebook's former chief security officer Alex Stamos joined Casey Newton onstage at SXSW to discuss the difficult issues that plague Facebook and democracy.Subscribe to The Interface, Casey Newton's newsletter about social platforms and democracy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
2019-03-1929 min
World ClassFormer Facebook Chief Security Officer Alex Stamos on Russian Election InterferenceWe are still learning the details about Russia’s disinformation and manipulation campaigns during the US 2016 elections. Tech companies have come under intense scrutiny, and, according to former Facebook’s Chief Security Officer Alex Stamos, much of the spotlight on Big Tech is warranted. However, Stamos also argues that our government, the media, and we as citizens all have a role to play in the security of our elections. Stamos is now the William J. Perry Fellow at FSI, and in this conversation he offers an unrivaled diagnosis of everything that went wrong during the 2016 election cycle. In a futu...
2019-01-1123 min
The Future of EverythingAlex Stamos: How do we preserve free speech in the era of fake news?It’s nothing we haven’t already heard – the news you read is being shaped by the ubiquitous presence of social media. So-called “fake news” spread by bots and social media may continue to influence American elections and, ultimately, democracy.
Alex Stamos, the former chief security officer at Facebook and an adjunct professor with Stanford’s Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, explained at a recent live taping of “The Future of Everything” that the emergence of social media has made everyone a potential publisher. “We will never go back to the era in which a small number of people c...
2018-12-2031 min
Slate Magazine Daily PodcastIf Then: Facebook's Former Security Chief on What Went WrongOn today’s show, host Will Oremus will discuss the fallout from last week’s New York Times expose about Facebook with the company’s former Security Chief Alex Stamos.
The Times story was headlined “Delay, Deny and Deflect: How Facebook’s Leaders Leaned Out in Crisis.” Stamos has been at the center of this story both as a critic and an advocate. The story has revolved partly around reports that Mark Zuckerberg and Sheryl Sandberg stifled or downplayed his revelations that their platform was still not free from Russian meddling months after the 2016 election. We’ll get his side of the story...
2018-11-2146 min
What Next: TBD | Tech, power, and the futureFacebook's Former Security Chief on What Went WrongOn today’s show, host Will Oremus will discuss the fallout from last week’s New York Times expose about Facebook with the company’s former Security Chief Alex Stamos. The Times story was headlined “Delay, Deny and Deflect: How Facebook’s Leaders Leaned Out in Crisis.” Stamos has been at the center of this story both as a critic and an advocate. The story has revolved partly around reports that Mark Zuckerberg and Sheryl Sandberg stifled or downplayed his revelations that their platform was still not free from Russian meddling months after the 2016 election. We’ll get his side o...
2018-11-2146 minWhat Next: TBD | Tech, power, and the futureFacebook's Former Security Chief on What Went WrongOn today’s show, host Will Oremus will discuss the fallout from last week’s New York Times expose about Facebook with the company’s former Security Chief Alex Stamos. The Times story was headlined “Delay, Deny and Deflect: How Facebook’s Leaders Leaned Out in Crisis.” Stamos has been at the center of this story both as a critic and an advocate. The story has revolved partly around reports that Mark Zuckerberg and Sheryl Sandberg stifled or downplayed his revelations that their platform was still not free from Russian meddling months after the 2016 election. We’ll get his side o...
2018-11-2144 min
Hoover InstitutionEx-Facebook security head Alex Stamos on cybersecurity, elections, and the Internet of ThingsIn this episode, ex-Facebook security head Alex Stamos discusses cybersecurity in relation to disinformation and elections, the emerging Internet of Things (IoT) ecosystem, the breaches we don’t read about, and the challenges of securing social networking services.
About the guest:
Alex Stamos is a cybersecurity expert, business leader, and entrepreneur working to improve the security and safety of the Internet through his teaching and research at Stanford University. Stamos is an adjunct professor at Stanford’s Freeman Spogli Institute, a William J. Perry Fellow at the Center for International Security and Cooperation, and a visiting scholar at the Hoover Inst...
2018-11-1327 min
Executive Protection and Secure Transportation PodcastTerrorist violence decreases worldwide in 2017, but remains historically highLarry Snow with the Secure Transportation and Executive Protection News for Thursday, August 2nd, 2018 In Vehicle News NHTSA Issues Recall Notice for 2017 Mercedes-Benz AMG G65 From Motor Authority The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and Mercedes-Benz USA have issued a recall notice for the 2017 Mercedes-AMG G65. The software that limits the vehicle speed when in reverse isn't correctly calibrated. Read More ===== And speaking of backing up an article from ISDA Center website on Backing Up Safely Many acci...
2018-08-0209 min
Paul's Security Weekly (Video)Alex Stamos, Facebook, Uber, and The Cuban Sonic Weapon - Paul's Security Weekly #552The Scarlett Johansson PostgreSQL Malware Attack, Alex Stamos might be leaving Facebook, is Mark Zuckerberg in trouble with the law again?, Uber self-driving car hits and kills pedestrian, and CIS releases revised top-20 critical security controls. Full Show Notes: https://wiki.securityweekly.com/Episode552 Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/securityweekly Visit our website: http://securityweekly.com Follow us on Twitter: https://www.twitter.comsecurityweekly
2018-03-2551 min
Paul's Security Weekly (Video)Equifax, Google, Alex Stamos, and Kaspersky - Paul's Security Weekly #532New Gmail security, who to blame for the Equifax breach, three billion compromised Yahoo accounts, embarrassing encryption ignorance, and why is Alex Stamos hunting down Russian political ads on Facebook? Full Show Notes: https://wiki.securityweekly.com/Episode532 Subscribe to YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCg--XBjJ50a9tUhTKXVPiqg Security Weekly Website: http://securityweekly.com Follow us on Twitter: @securityweekly
2017-10-0953 min![Black Hat Briefings, Las Vegas 2005 [Video] Presentations from the security conference](http://media.blackhat.com/bh-usa-05/bh-usa-05-itunes.jpg)
Black Hat Briefings, Las Vegas 2005 [Video] Presentations from the security conferenceAlex Stamos and Scott Stender: Attacking Web Services: The Next Generation of Vulnerable Enterprise AppsWeb Services represent a new and unexplored set of security-sensitive technologies that have been widely deployed by large companies, governments, financial institutions, and in consumer applications. Unfortunately, the attributes that make web services attractive, such as their ease of use, platform independence, use of HTTP and powerful functionality, also make them a great target for attack.
In this talk, we will explain the basic technologies (such as XML, SOAP, and UDDI) upon which web services are built, and explore the innate security weaknesses in each. We will then demonstrate new attacks that exist in web service infrastructures, and show how...
2006-06-051h 12Black Hat Briefings, Las Vegas 2005 [Audio] Presentations from the security conferenceAlex Stamos and Scott Stender: Attacking Web Services: The Next Generation of Vulnerable Enterprise AppsWeb Services represent a new and unexplored set of security-sensitive technologies that have been widely deployed by large companies, governments, financial institutions, and in consumer applications. Unfortunately, the attributes that make web services attractive, such as their ease of use, platform independence, use of HTTP and powerful functionality, also make them a great target for attack.
In this talk, we will explain the basic technologies (such as XML, SOAP, and UDDI) upon which web services are built, and explore the innate security weaknesses in each. We will then demonstrate new attacks that exist in web service infrastructures, and show how...
2006-06-051h 12![Black Hat Briefings, Las Vegas 2006 [Video] Presentations from the security conference](http://media.blackhat.com/bh-usa-06/bh-usa-06-itunes.jpg)
Black Hat Briefings, Las Vegas 2006 [Video] Presentations from the security conferenceAlex Stamos & Zane Lackey: Breaking AJAX Web Applications: Vulns 2.0 in Web 2.0The Internet industry is currently riding a new wave of investor and consumer excitement, much of which is built upon the promise of "Web 2.0" technologies giving us faster, more exciting, and more useful web applications. One of the fundamentals of "Web 2.0" is known as Asynchronous JavaScript and XML (AJAX), which is an amalgam of techniques developers can use to give their applications the level of interactivity of client-side software with the platform-independence of JavaScript.
Unfortunately, there is a dark side to this new technology that has not been properly explored. The tighter integration of client and server code, as well...
2006-06-0500 minBlack Hat Briefings, Las Vegas 2006 [Audio] Presentations from the security conferenceAlex Stamos & Zane Lackey: Breaking AJAX Web Applications: Vulns 2.0 in Web 2.0"The Internet industry is currently riding a new wave of investor and consumer excitement, much of which is built upon the promise of "Web 2.0" technologies giving us faster, more exciting, and more useful web applications. One of the fundamentals of "Web 2.0" is known as Asynchronous JavaScript and XML (AJAX), which is an amalgam of techniques developers can use to give their applications the level of interactivity of client-side software with the platform-independence of JavaScript.
Unfortunately, there is a dark side to this new technology that has not been properly explored. The tighter integration of client and server code, as well...
2006-06-0500 min