*World's First Internet Computer Worm- History, Impact and What's New?"

Gabe Lawrence of Qualcomm fame....is paying us folks in Pasadena/LA a special visit. You don't want to miss this one!

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"The Morris worm or Internet worm of November 2, 1988 was one of the first computer worms (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_worm) distributed via the Internet (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet). It was the first to gain significant mainstream media attention. It also resulted in the first felony conviction in the US under the 1986 Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_Fraud_and_Abuse_Act).[1] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morris_worm#cite_note-1) It was written by a graduate student at Cornell University (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornell_University), Robert Tappan Morris (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Tappan_Morris), and launched on November 2, 1988 from the computer systems of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massachusetts_Institute_of_Technology)."*

History Repeats:

The Morris Worm is often credited as the inception of modern information security. This talk will look at the worm, the technical and legal environment in the late 1980’s. We will examine what challenges have changed and which have stayed the same over the last 30 years.

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Bio:

Gabriel Lawrence has been working with enterprise systems for 25 years. His background includes system administration, software development, information security, technical management and entrepreneurship. Lawrence currently heads red team, vulnerability management, and application security at Qualcomm. Previously, Lawrence was the Director of Information Security at UC San Diego, founder of Butterfly Security, and Principal Architect at Kovair Software. He is on the board of OWASP San Diego and a co-organizer of BSides San Diego.

As always, parking validation provided by Pasadena Towers and CBRE. RSVP and see everyone soon. Cheers!