Johnny Long

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Johnny Long
Occupation Founder, Hackers for Charity
author
Website http://johnny.ihackstuff.com

Johnny Long, otherwise known as "j0hnny" or "j0hnnyhax", is a computer security expert, author, and public speaker in the United States.

Long is well known for his background in Google hacking, a process by which vulnerable servers on the Internet can be identified through specially constructed Google searches. He has gained fame as a prolific author and editor of numerous computer security books.

Career in computer security

Early in his career, in 1996, Long joined Computer Sciences Corporation and formed the corporation's vulnerability assessment team known as Strike Force. Following a short position at Ciphent as their chief scientist, Long now dedicates his time to the Hackers for Charity organization. He continues to provide talks at many well-publicized security events around the world. In recent years, Long has become a regular speaker at many annual security conferences including DEF CON, the Black Hat Briefings, ShmooCon, and Microsoft's BlueHat internal security conferences. Recently, his efforts to start the Hackers for Charity[1] movement have gained notable press attention.[2] His talks have ranged from Google hacking to how Hollywood portrays hackers in film.

Google hacking

Through his work with CSC's Strike Force,[3] Johnny was an early pioneer in the field of Google hacking.[4] Through specially crafted search queries it was possible to locate servers on the Internet running vulnerable software. It was equally possible to locate servers that held no security and were openly sharing personal identifiable information such as Social Security numbers and credit card numbers. These efforts grew into the creation of the Google Hacking Database,[5] through which hundreds of Google hacking search terms are stored. The field of Google hacking has evolved over time to not just using Google to passively search for vulnerable servers, but to actually use Google search queries to attack servers.

Hackers for Charity

In his latest endeavor, Johnny has created the Hackers for Charity[1] non-profit organization.[6] Known by its byline, "I Hack Charities", the organization collects computer and office equipment to donate to underdeveloped countries. Along with coordinating the donation of goods and supplies, Johnny traveled to areas of Africa to personally setup computer networks and help build village infrastructures.

Personal life

Long is known to publicly pronounce his faith in Christianity. He begins and ends each of his presentations with information regarding Hackers for Charity[1] and regularly donates proceeds from his books to help HFC.

Published works

Long has contributed to the following published works:

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Hackers for Charity (HFC)".
  2. ↑ "News interview". Baltimore Sun. February 17, 2008.
  3. ↑ "First Hand Interview with Johnny Long" (PDF). CSC.
  4. ↑ "Google hacking". Network World.
  5. ↑ johnny.ihackstuff.com
  6. ↑ "Interview: SANS Pen Test Summit Part 2 - Johnny Long". EthicalHacker.net.

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