Dave Aitel
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Dave Aitel (born 1976) is a computer security professional. He joined the NSA as a research scientist aged 18 where he worked for six years before being employed as a consultant at @stake for three years.[1][2] In 2002 he founded a security software company, Immunity, where he was the CTO[3] up until December 31, 2020.[4]
Aitel co-authored several books:
- The Hacker's Handbook: The Strategy Behind Breaking into and Defending Networks. Template:ISBN
- The Shellcoder's Handbook. Template:ISBN
- Beginning Python. Template:ISBN
He has also written several security tools:
- SPIKE, a block-based fuzzer
- SPIKE Proxy, a man-in-the-middle web application assessment tool
- Unmask, a tool to do statistical analysis on text to determine authorship
Dave Aitel is an infrequent guest on the Fox News Channel, where he provides commentary on information security news.[5]
References
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- ↑ Canvassing all security cracks. Retrieved on April 16, 2008.
- ↑ Aitel, Dave. How hacking really works Template:Webarchive. Retrieved on July 8, 2007.
- ↑ Immunity company information Template:Webarchive. Retrieved on July 8, 2007.
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