Cameron Camp

Cameron Camp

Security Researcher


Education: CISSP, RHCSA

Highlights of your career? Reverse engineering human brain patterns.

What malware do you hate the most? Nation state sponsored low and slow.

Favorite activities? Building and flying airplanes.

What is your golden rule for cyberspace? Stupid hurts.

When did you get your first computer and what kind was it? 1988, Radio Shack TRS-80.

Favorite computer game/activity? Java/Big Data algorithms to find brain patterns.


274 articles by Cameron Camp

Virus Bulletin PUA – a love letter

Virus Bulletin PUA – a love letter

Virus Bulletin PUA – a love letter

Late nights at VB2023 featured intriguing interactions between security experts and the somewhat enigmatic world of grayware purveyors

Cameron Camp10 Oct 20233 min. read


Can open-source software be secure?

Can open-source software be secure?

Can open-source software be secure?

Or, is mass public meddling just opening the door for problems? And how does open-source software compare to proprietary software in terms of security?

Aryeh Goretsky and Cameron Camp26 Sep 20235 min. read


Black Hat 2023: Hacking the police (at least their radios)

Black Hat 2023: Hacking the police (at least their radios)

Black Hat 2023: Hacking the police (at least their radios)

Hiding behind a black box and hoping no one will hack it has been routinely proven to be unwise and less secure.

Cameron Camp15 Aug 20232 min. read


Black Hat 2023: AI gets big defender prize money

Black Hat 2023: AI gets big defender prize money

Black Hat 2023: AI gets big defender prize money

Black Hat is big on AI this year, and for a good reason

Cameron Camp14 Aug 20233 min. read


Black Hat 2023: Cyberwar fire-and-forget-me-not

Black Hat 2023: Cyberwar fire-and-forget-me-not

Black Hat 2023: Cyberwar fire-and-forget-me-not

What happens to cyberweapons after a cyberwar?

Cameron Camp11 Aug 20233 min. read


Quantum computing: Will it break crypto security within a few years?

Quantum computing: Will it break crypto security within a few years?

Quantum computing: Will it break crypto security within a few years?

Current cryptographic security methods watch out - quantum computing is coming for your lunch.

Cameron Camp01 Aug 20233 min. read


RSA Conference 2023: How AI will infiltrate the world

RSA Conference 2023: How AI will infiltrate the world

RSA Conference 2023: How AI will infiltrate the world

As all things (wrongly called) AI take the world’s biggest security event by storm, we round up of some of their most-touted use cases and applications

Cameron Camp26 Apr 20233 min. read


Discarded, not destroyed: Old routers reveal corporate secrets

Discarded, not destroyed: Old routers reveal corporate secrets

Discarded, not destroyed: Old routers reveal corporate secrets

When decommissioning their old hardware, many companies 'throw the baby out with the bathwater'

Cameron Camp and Tony Anscombe18 Apr 20233 min. read


Will ChatGPT start writing killer malware?

Will ChatGPT start writing killer malware?

Will ChatGPT start writing killer malware?

AI-pocalypse soon? As stunning as ChatGPT’s output can be, should we also expect the chatbot to spit out sophisticated malware?

Cameron Camp20 Feb 20233 min. read