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In December 2011, Lyon published a post criticizing the fact that [[Download.com]] started bundling [[Malware#Grayware|grayware]] with their installation managers and expressing concerns users confusing Download.com-offered content for software offered by original authors; | In December 2011, Lyon published a post criticizing the fact that [[Download.com]] started bundling [[Malware#Grayware|grayware]] with their installation managers and expressing concerns users confusing Download.com-offered content for software offered by original authors; he accused them of using deception as well as copyright and trademark violation.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://krebsonsecurity.com/2011/12/download-com-bundling-toolbars-trojans/ |title=Download.com Bundling Toolbars, Trojans? |first=Brian |last=Krebs |author-link=Brian Krebs |work=Krebs on Security |date=2011-12-06 |access-date=2021-01-17}}</ref><ref name="fiasco">{{cite web |url=https://insecure.org/news/download-com-fiasco.html |title=Download.com Caught Adding Malware to Nmap & Other Software |date=2012-06-27 |first=Gordon |last=Lyon |access-date=2021-01-17}}</ref> | ||
==Conferences== | ==Conferences== | ||
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Latest revision as of 04:21, 21 November 2025
Template:Short description Script error: No such module "about". Template:Use mdy dates Script error: No such module "infobox".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Script error: No such module "Check for clobbered parameters".Template:Wikidata image Gordon Lyon (also known by his pseudonym Fyodor Vaskovich)[1] is an American network security expert,[2] creator of Nmap and author of books, websites, and technical papers about network security. He is a founding member of the Honeynet Project and was Vice President of Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility.
Personal life
Lyon has been active in the network security community since the mid-1990s. His handle, "Fyodor", was taken from Russian author Fyodor Dostoyevsky.[3] Most of his programming is done in the C, C++, and Perl programming languages.
Opposition to grayware
In December 2011, Lyon published a post criticizing the fact that Download.com started bundling grayware with their installation managers and expressing concerns users confusing Download.com-offered content for software offered by original authors; he accused them of using deception as well as copyright and trademark violation.[4][5]
Conferences
Lyon has presented at DEFCON, CanSecWest, FOSDEM, IT Security World, Security Masters' Dojo, ShmooCon, IT-Defense, SFOBug, and other security conferences.[6][7]
Websites
Lyon maintains several network security web sites:
- Nmap.Org – Host of the Nmap security scanner and its documentation
- SecTools.Org – The top 100 network security tools (ranked by thousands of Nmap users)
- SecLists.Org – Archive of the most common security mailing lists
- Insecure.Org – His main site, offering security news/updates, exploit world archive, and other misc. security resources
Published books
- Know Your Enemy: Revealing the Security Tools, Tactics, and Motives of the Blackhat Community,[8] co-authored with other members of the Honeynet Project.
- Stealing the Network: How to Own a Continent,[9] co-authored with Kevin Mitnick and other hackers.
- Nmap Network Scanning[10]
See also
References
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