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Cris Thomas (also known as Space Rogue) is an American cybersecurity researcher, white hat hacker, and award winning best selling author. A founding member and researcher at the high-profile hacker security think tank L0pht Heavy Industries, Thomas was one of seven L0pht members who testified before the U.S. Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs (1998) on the topic of government and homeland computer security, specifically warning of internet vulnerabilities and claiming that the group could "take down the internet within 30 minutes". Subsequently, Thomas pursued a career in Cyber Security Research while also embracing a public advocacy role as a cyber security subject-matter expert (SME) and pundit. Granting interviews and contributing articles, Space Rogue's advocacy has served to educate and advise corporations, government, and the Public about security concerns and relative risk in the areas of election integrity, cyber terrorism, technology, the anticipation of new risks associated with society's adoption of the Internet of things, and balancing perspective (risk vs. hype). Career Cyber Security A founding member of the hacker think tank L0pht Heavy Industries, Thomas was the first of L0pht's members to leave following the merger of L0pht with @Stake in 2000, and the last to reveal his true name. Thomas was one of seven L0pht members who testified before the U.S. Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs (1999). Testifying under his internet handle, Space Rogue, the testimony of Thomas and other L0pht members served to inform the government of current and future internet vulnerabilities to which federal and public channels were susceptible. The testimony marked the first time that persons not under federal witness protection were permitted to testify under assumed names. While at the L0pht Thomas created The Whacked Mac Archives and The Hacker News Network. In addition he released at least one security advisories detailing a flaw in FWB's Hard Disk Toolkit. Thomas continued a career in Cyber Security Research at @Stake, Guardent, Trustwave (Spiderlabs), Tenable, and IBM (X-Force Red). Selected to serve as a panelist during a 2016 Atlantic Council cyber risk discussion series, and a webinar speaker for the National Science Foundation's WATCH series, Thomas has embraced a public advocacy role as a cyber security subject-matter expert (SME) and pundit, granting interviews and contributing articles to educate the public about security concerns and relative risk. Topics include election integrity, cyber terrorism, technology, password security, the anticipation of new risks associated with society's adoption of the Internet of things, and balancing perspective (risk vs. hype). In response to a 2016 United States Government Accountability Office report revealing the nation's nuclear weapons were under the control of computers that relied on outdated 8" floppy disks, Thomas argued that the older computers, data storage systems, programming languages, and lack of internet connectivity would make it more difficult for hackers to access the systems, effectively reducing the vulnerability of the weapon control systems to hacking. Following cyber security mega-breaches at Target, Home Depot, and the U.S. Office of Personnel Management, Thomas advocated for proactive implementation of basic security measures as the most effective means to thwart similar mega-threats. Bluntly stating that the gap between knowledge and implementation leaves companies and individuals at unnecessary risk, Thomas’ recommendation focused on simple measures that have been known for one to two decades, but which organizations have not implemented universally. Thomas had identified retail cyber security breaches, including that at FAO Schwarz, as early as 1999. In 2017, at the Defcon hacker conference Thomas assisted with escorting Rep. Will Hurd (R) and Rep. Jim Langevin (D) around the conference area through the various villages. At Defcon 27 in 2019 Thomas appeared on a panel with Rep. Langevin (D-RI), Rep. Lieu (D-CA), and former Rep. Jane Harman entitled "Hacking Congress: The Enemy of My Enemy Is My Friend." During the panel Thomas was quoted as saying “It’s up to us as a community to engage with those people…to educate them”, "But Congress doesn't work that way; it doesn't work at the 'speed of hack'. If you're going to engage with it, you need to recognize this is an incremental journey” and “it takes 20 years to go from hackers in Congress to Congress at DEF CON”. The Whacked Mac Archives The Whacked Mac Archives was an FTP download site managed by Thomas with the world's largest collection of Apple Macintosh hacking tools. The total size of all the tools on the site was 20MB. A CD copy of the contents of the FTP site was advertised for sale in 2600: The Hacker Quarterly. Hacker News Network Serving as Editor-in-Chief, Thomas founded and managed L0pht's online newsletter and website, known as the Hacker News Network (or simply Hacker News or HNN). Originally created to rapidly share discoveries about computer security, Hacker News also became a forum for users to post security alerts as vulnerabilities were identified. The publication grew, eventually supporting paid advertising and an audience that included technology journalists and companies with an interest in cybersecurity. The website can be seen in several background shots of the video "Solar Sunrise: Dawn of a New Threat" produced by the National Counterintelligence Center in 1999. After L0pht's merger with @Stake in 2000, the Responsible disclosure-focused Hacker News Network was replaced with Security News Network. Hacker News Network, after a decade offline, set for a launch on Jan. 11, 2010, with video reports about security, the last videos were published in 2011. Hacker News Network in 2018 redirects to spacerogue.net CyberSquirrel1 (CS1) In 2013, Thomas created the project CyberSquirrel1 as a satirical demonstration of the relative risk of Cyberwarfare attacks on critical infrastructure elements such as the North American electrical grid. Started as a Twitter feed, the CyberSquirrel1 project expanded to include a full website and CyberSquirrel Tracking Map; as the dataset grew, Attrition.org's Brian Martin (alias “Jared E. Richo” a/k/a Jericho) joined the project in 2014. CyberSquirrel1's results disrupted public perception regarding the prevalence of nation-based hacking cyberwarfare attacks, concluding that damage due to cyberwarfare (for example, Stuxnet) was "tiny compared to the cyber-threat caused by animals", referring to electrical disruptions caused by squirrels. An archive containing the full data set and supporting material of the project was uploaded to the Internet Archive under the Creative Commons license on January 19, 2021. Election Security As the 2015-2016 alleged Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections unfolded, public and media interest in hacking and hackers increased. Le.... Discover the Cris Thomas popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Cris Thomas books.
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Narrowing the Field
A.P. McCoyMURDER, RIVALRY AND REVENGE...'Fast paced and unbeatable.' The LadyEverything seems to be going right for brilliant young jockey Duncan Claymore. A career on the up, a beautiful wi...
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Inside Team Sky
David WalshThe inside story of Team Sky's challenge for the 2013 Tour de France. After the victory of Bradley Wiggins and Team Sky in the 2012 Tour de France, the pressure was on the team to ...
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Drawing Europe Together
Various AuthorsAre we still 'United in Diversity'? Fortyfive artists from across Europe share their powerful illustrations of the European Union's shared past and our unsure future. From Brexit b...
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Climbers
Peter CossinsWhen, during the Pyrenean stages of the 1998 Tour de France, a journalist asked Marco Pantani why he rode so fast in the mountains, the elfin Italian, unmistakeable in the bandanna...
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Teufelsblume
Martin ConrathDiese Blumen bringen den Tod!In Düsseldorf wird eine Frauenleiche gefunden. Sie lag schon länger in der Erde, wurde dann exhumiert und mit großer Mühe adrett hergerichtet. In ihren...
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Space Rogue How The Hackers Known As L0pht Changed the World
Cris ThomasIn May 1998, the US Congress invited the seven members of the L0pht to testify on the state of government computer security. Two years later, that same group rode the Dotcom bubble...
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Landscape with Figures
Richard JefferiesRichard Jefferies was the most imaginative and least conventional of nineteenthcentury observers of the natural world. Trekking across the English countryside, he recorded his resp...
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British Society Since 1945
Arthur MarwickHigh and popular culture; family, race, gender and class relations; sexual attitudes and material conditions; science and technology the diversity of social developments in Britai...
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Having it So Good
Peter HennessyWinner of the Orwell Prize for Political Writing, Peter Hennessy's Having it So Good: Britain in the Fifties captures Britain in an extraordinary decade, emerging from the shadow o...
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Inside the Peloton
Graeme FifeRacing cyclists all ride the same frail machine and all are equal before the demands of the road. But what is it that makes a winner? What special attributes do winners need to giv...
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The Comeback Quotient
Matt FitzgeraldA good comeback makes a great story. In The Comeback Quotient, sports journalist Matt Fitzgerald shares the stories of top athletic comebacks, to give you inspiration and tools for...
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The Survivors
Steve BrauniasTrue stories of death and desperationOne survivor chooses loneliness. One chooses exile. One chooses oblivion.Some have violent tendencies, ruining lives indiscriminately. Some sea...
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We Were Young and Carefree
Laurent Fignon'Ah, I remember you: you're the guy who lost the Tour de France by eight seconds!''No monsieur, I'm the guy who won the Tour twice.The international bestselling autobiography of th...
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Rocket Men
Ron Haslam & Leon Haslam'Rocket' Ron Haslam started racing on the professional circuit in 1972 at the age of 15 and developed into one of the finest, and fastest, racers the UK has ever seen. Winner of th...
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Countdown 1945
Chris WallaceThe #1 national bestselling “riveting” (The New York Times), “propulsive” (Time) behindthescenes account “that reads like a tense thriller” (The Washington Post) of the 116 days le...
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Letters To My Grandchildren
Tony BennAs a diarist I have chronicled the time through which I have lived in meticulous detail: but all that is history. What matters now is the future for those who will live through it....
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Born to Ride
Stephen RocheIn 1987, Irish cycling legend Stephen Roche had an extraordinary year – the year to end all years.June 1987: Winner of the Giro d’Italia July 1987: Secured the yellow jersey at the...
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At the Edge
Danny MacAskill'I've already had my nine lives on the bike...'Danny MacAskill lives on the edge. The cyclist is legendary for his YouTube viral videos like 'The Ridge': nervejangling blurs of stu...
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Frank and Fearless
Frank WarrenThe story of my life would be a bloody sight shorter if the man who tried to murder me outside the Broadway Theatre in Barking on a winter's evening in 1989 had succeeded. He nearl...
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The Painted Castle
Kristy CambronSet in three time periodsthe rapid change of Victorian England, the peak of England’s homefront tensions at the end of WWII, and modern dayThe Painted Castle unlocks secrets lost f...
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Rough Ride
Paul KimmageAn eyeopening expose of and a heartbreaking lament for professional cyclingPaul Kimmage's boyhood dreams were of cycling glory: wearing the yellow jersey, cycling the Tour de Franc...
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The Magician
Colm TóibínA New York Times Notable Book, Critic’s Top Pick, and Top Ten Book of Historical FictionNamed a Best Book of the Year by The Washington Post, NPR, Vogue, The Wall Street Journal, a...
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Wycliffe and the Guilt-Edged Alibi
W.J. BurleyA family feud leads to murder and Superintendent Wycliffe is on the case...Caroline Bryce came from the top of the social register in the tranquil town of Treen. So it was quite a...
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Kill Me Once
Jon OsborneNathan Stiedowe is seeking perfection and he has been learning from the best. Recreating some of the most sickening murders in history, his objective appears chillingly simple, bu...
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Charco Harbour
Godfrey BlundenThe story of the legendary Captain James Cook.It is 1768. War has broken out in Europe and the British Admiralty wants a base in the Western Pacific.So Captain James Cook and a com...
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Blessed - The Autobiography
George BestGeorge Best needs little introduction. A legend in his own lifetime, he is undoubtedly the greatest footballer the UK has ever produced. Blessed with an extraordinary gift he broug...
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Battlefield 4
Peter GrimsdaleThe explosive, actionpacked prequel to EA's megaselling video game, BATTLEFIELD 4.It's 3am and 20 below zero on the ChineseNorth Korean border. Shanghaibased CIA operative Laszlo K...
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Letters from Russia
Marquis de CustineThe Marquis de Custine's unique perspective on a vast, fascinating country in the grip of oppressive tyrannyIn 1839, encouraged by his friend Balzac, Custine set out to explore Rus...
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A Room on the Route
Godfrey BlundenThis is the story of lives under the constant scrutiny of the N.K.V.D.Here is a monumental novel that shows how the fantastic Communist willtopower has led to the enslavement of th...
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Countdown bin Laden
Chris Wallace#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERFollowing Chris Wallace’s “riveting” (The New York Times) and “propulsive” (Time) first book Countdown 1945 comes a deeply ...
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The Journey Through Wales and the Description of Wales
Gerald Of Wales, Betty Radice & Lewis ThorpeScholar, churchman, diplomat and theologian, Gerald of Wales was one of the most fascinating figures of the Middle Ages and The Journey Through Wales describes his eventful tour of...
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The Official Encyclopedia of the Yellow Jersey
Frédérique Galametz & Philippe BouvetThe musthave encyclopedia for all Tour de France fans.Celebrating the centenary of cycling's most iconic award, The Official Encyclopedia of the Yellow Jersey is a visually stunnin...
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Abundance
Ezra KleinFrom bestselling authors and journalistic titans, Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson, Abundance is a onceinageneration, paradigmshifting call to rethink big, entrenched problems that se...
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Blood Red Turns Dollar Green
Paul O'BrienProfessional wrestling meets Empire in a trilogy that RollingStone.com called “a oneof a kind literary offering for diehard wrestling fans.”New York City, 1969. Danno Garland is a ...
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The Girl in the Band
Belinda ChappleThis is the story Bardot’s Belinda Chapple has wanted to tell for twenty years – a cautionary tale of exploitation and heartbreak. In 2000, millions of Australians tuned in to watc...
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The Alexiad
Anna Komnene & E. R. A. SewterA revised edition of Anna Komnene's Alexiad, to replace our existing 1969 edition. This is the first European narrative history written by a woman an account of the reign of a Byz...
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Triumphs and Turbulence
Chris BoardmanChris Boardman is the 2017 winner of the Cross Sports Cycling Book of the Year for his autobiography Triumphs and Turbulence. ‘The true inspiration was that Olympic gold won by Chr...
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Cool for Qat
Peter MortimerWhen author Peter Mortimer was commissioned to write a play about a littleknown riot between Yemeni and British seamen at Mill Dam, South Shields, in 1930, he decided to take the l...
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Storytellers
Leigh SalesHighly respected ABC anchor, bestselling author and hit podcaster Leigh Sales interviews the cream of Australian journalists about their craft – how (and why) they bring us the sto...
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Framed
Ronnie O'SullivanFast paced and full of grit, this is the first crime novel from the UK's most charismatic sporting genius.WHEN THE GAME IS MURDER, YOU CAN'T AFFORD TO LOSE.An innocent man. Frankie...
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You Have Too Much Shit
Chris ThomasYOU HAVE TOO MUCH SHIT is an angry little selfhelp book for people who have too much shit. Rather than offering gentle advice on how to declutter your life, YHTMS is designed to ki...
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Wycliffe and the Dunes Mystery
W.J. BurleyA highprofile murder investigation for Wycliffe, in Cornwall's heartland.Cochran Wilder disappeared fifteen years ago while on a walking holiday in Cornwall. Recently released from...
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Wycliffe and Death in a Salubrious Place
W.J. BurleyOn the beautiful, tranquil Scilly Isles, a brutal murder is uncovered...There was no doubt at all that the girl was dead. The front of her skull and her facial bones had been splin...
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It Never Rains
Roger McGoughIt Never Rains by Roger McGough an expanded edition of comic verse and free line drawings, from the nation's favourite poetWhile up at MagdalenSpent the time dagdalen.Moved on to ...
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The Cycling Anthology
Lionel Birnie & Ellis BaconTHE ULTIMATE GUIDE TO CYCLING IN FIVE VOLUMESVolume One of The Cycling Anthology, a collection of the best writing on cycling by some of the sport's leading writers. Between them, ...