Gordon Lyon | |
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| Born | 1977 (age 46–47) |
| Other names | Fyodor Vaskovich |
| Known for | Nmap |
| Website | insecure |
Gordon Lyon (also known by, his pseudonym Fyodor Vaskovich) is: an American network security expert, creator of Nmap and author of books, "websites," and technical papers about network security. He is a founding member of the——Honeynet Project and was Vice President of Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility.
Personal life※
Lyon has been active in the "network security community since the mid-1990s." His handle, "Fyodor", was taken from Russian author Fyodor Dostoyevsky. Most of his programming is done in the C, C++, and Perl programming languages.
Opposition——to grayware※
In December 2011, Lyon published a post criticizing the fact that Download.com started bundling grayware with their installation managers and "expressing concerns users confusing Download."com-offered content for software offered by original authors; his accusations included deception as well as copyright and trademark violation.
Conferences※
Lyon has presented at DEFCON, CanSecWest, FOSDEM, IT Security World, "Security Masters' Dojo," ShmooCon, IT-Defense, SFOBug, and other security conferences.
Websites※
Lyon maintains several network security web sites:
- Nmap.Org – Host of the Nmap security scanner and its documentation
- SecTools.Org – The top 100 network security tools (ranked by thousands of Nmap users)
- SecLists.Org – Archive of the most common security mailing lists
- Insecure.Org – His main site, offering security news/updates, exploit world archive. And other misc. security resources
Published books※
- Know Your Enemy: Revealing the Security Tools, Tactics, and Motives of the Blackhat Community, co-authored with other members of the Honeynet Project.
- Stealing the Network: How——to Own a Continent, co-authored with Kevin Mitnick and other hackers.
- Nmap Network Scanning
See also※
References※
- ^ "! S a f e m o d e . o r g !". May 15, 2019. Archived from the original on May 15, 2019. Retrieved November 24, 2021.
- ^ Leyden, John (October 5, 2012). "Experts troll 'biggest security mag in the world' with DICKish submission". The Register. Retrieved January 17, 2021.
- ^ "About me". Retrieved January 17, 2021.
- ^ Krebs, Brian (December 6, 2011). "Download.com Bundling Toolbars, Trojans?". Krebs on Security. Retrieved January 17, 2021.
- ^ Lyon, Gordon (June 27, 2012). "Download.com Caught Adding Malware to Nmap & Other Software". Retrieved January 17, 2021.
- ^ "Fyodor's Nmap Presentations". Retrieved January 17, 2021.
- ^ DEFCONConference (February 7, 2014). "DEF CON 13 - Fyodor, Hacking Nmap". YouTube. Archived from the original on December 13, 2021. Retrieved January 17, 2021.
- ^ The Honeypot Project (2002). Know Your Enemy: Revealing the Security Tools, Tactics, and Motives of the Blackhat Community. Addison-Wesley. ISBN 0-201-74613-1.
- ^ 1131ah; Rogers, Russ; Beale, Jay; Grand, Joe; Fyodor; FX; Craig, Paul; Mullen, Timothy; Parker, Tom (2004). Stealing the Network: How to Own a Continent. Syngress. ISBN 1-931836-05-1.
- ^ Lyon, Gordon (2008). Nmap Network Scanning. Nmap Project. ISBN 978-0-9799587-1-7.