The Center for Education and Research in Information Assurance and Security (CERIAS)

The Center for Education and Research in
Information Assurance and Security (CERIAS)
Center for Education and Research in Information Assurance and Security

Courtney Falk - CERIAS, Purdue University

Students: Fall 2025, unless noted otherwise, sessions will be virtual on Zoom.

The Bride of the Pod People

Oct 25, 2023

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Abstract

Courtney Falk will discuss his ongoing research into Pod People, the ongoing search-engine optimization spam campaign. This talk combines threat hunting and threat intelligence with real-world applications including insights into how cybercriminals work and how organizations can collaborate. All publicly-accessible indicators collected by this project are published online to contribute to the good of the commons.

About the Speaker

Courtney Falk
Dr. Courtney Falk is an information security professional with over fifteen years of experience in the government, academic, and public sectors.  He earned his doctorate of philosophy from Purdue University in the interdisciplinary information security program.  When Courtney is not researching critical infrastructure for Purdue, he enjoys painting miniature figures and playing tabletop war games.


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