“Recently the eccentric security researcher Michal Zalewski
published his first book, entitled Silence on the Wire: A Field
Guide to Passive Reconnaissance and Indirect Attacks. Because the
book is everything except a security manual, Federico Biancuzzi
chose to interview Michal and learn more about his curious approach
to information security. Among other things, they discussed the
need for randomness, how a hacker mind works, unconventional uses
for search engines such as Google, and applying AI to security
tools…”