Michael Schearer

Michael Schearer
Michael "theprez98" Schearer

Born 28 November 1975 (1975-11-28) (age 35)
Residence Flag of the United States.svg U.S.
Citizenship Flag of the United States.svg American
Fields Leverage Consulting, Computer security, military
Institutions Booz Allen
United States Navy
Alma mater Georgetown University
Bloomsburg University
Known for Computer security, military

Michael Schearer (born 28 November 1975) is an American computer security researcher and writer who is known for his research and presentations on the technology of improvised explosive devices,[1] wireless security, cryptography, and privacy. He is a contributing author to multiple books on computer security, and was formerly an Associate for Booz Allen Hamilton. He currently works for his own small business, Leverage Consulting & Associates as a penetration tester. In the computer hacker community, he is known as theprez98.

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Education

Originally from Reading, Pennsylvania, Schearer currently lives in Glen Burnie, Maryland. Schearer has a Master's degree in national security studies from Georgetown University and a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science from Bloomsburg University. Before Booz Allen, he worked for the United States Navy.

Military

From June 1999 until February 2008, Schearer served as a Naval Flight Officer and Electronic Countermeasures Officer (ECMO) in EA-6B Prowler aircraft. During 2003 and 2004, Schearer flew combat missions for VAQ-139 from the USS Abraham Lincoln over Afghanistan during Operation Enduring Freedom, Iraq during Operation Southern Watch, and again over Iraq during the initial phase of Operation Iraqi Freedom. From May 2005 until February 2008, Schearer was an Assistant Professor of Naval Science for the NROTC unit located at the Pennsylvania State University. During that time, he was deployed to Iraq for nine months as an electronic warfare officer tasked to train military forces in the use of counter-IED equipment. After returning from Iraq, Schearer gave several public presentations concerning the technology of improvised explosive devices.

Writings on computer security

In 2007, Schearer was a contributing author to Penetration Tester's Open Source Tookit, Volume 2. In 2008, Schearer contributed to two other books: Netcat Power Tools and Kismet Hacking. Most recently, he contributed to the forthcoming book Defense Against the Black Arts: How Hackers Do What They Do and How to Protect Against It by CRC Press.

Other writing

Schearer has written several articles published by Naval Safety Center publications Sea & Shore [2] and Approach.[3][4] He also maintains a weblog, MikeBlog, which focuses on his interests in sports, politics, computer and technology projects, and reading.

Organizations

Schearer is a founding member of the reformed Church of WiFi, a wireless security research group. The Church hosts member-contributed projects related to wireless security issues and has presented research at DEF CON, H.O.P.E., Penn State Security Day and ShmooCon.

Schearer is also a founding member and keyholder of the central Maryland hackerspace Unallocated Space.

Presentations

Schearer has presented his research at a number of conferences including DEF CON,[5][6][7] ShmooCon,[8][9][10][11] and Penn State's Security Day.[12]:

Publications

  • Schearer, Michael. How safe is your neighborhood? Sea & Shore, Fall 2005.
  • Schearer, Michael, et al. Penetration Tester's Open Source Tookit, Vol 2, Syngress Publishing, 2007. ISBN 1-597-49213-2
  • Schearer, Michael, et al. Netcat Power Tools, Syngress Publishing, 2008. ISBN 978-1-59749-257-7
  • Schearer, Michael, et al. Kismet Hacking, Syngress Publishing, 2008. ISBN 978-1597491174
  • Schearer, Michael, et al. Defense Against the Black Arts: How Hackers Do What They Do and How to Protect Against It, CRC Press, 2011. ISBN 978-1439821190

References

  1. ^ ShmooCon 2007. "The Church of WiFi presents: A Hacker in Iraq". www.MediaArchives.com. http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8632958463215961477. Retrieved 2008-05-10. 
  2. ^ Schearer, Michael. "How safe is your neighborhood?". Sea & Shore. http://safetycenter.navy.mil/media/seashore/issues/fall05/how_safe.htm. Retrieved 2008-05-09. [dead link]
  3. ^ Schearer, Michael. "The value of postflighting your aircraft". Approach. http://safetycenter.navy.mil/media/approach/vault/articles/2002/0366.htm. Retrieved 2008-05-09. [dead link]
  4. ^ Schearer, Michael. "The mishap that never happened". Approach. http://safetycenter.navy.mil/media/approach/vault/articles/2002/0365.htm. Retrieved 2008-05-09. [dead link]
  5. ^ DEF CON. "Defcon 15 Speakers". Defcon 15. http://www.defcon.org/html/defcon-15/dc-15-speakers.html#Schearer. Retrieved 2008-05-08. 
  6. ^ Greenberg, Andy (August 7, 2007). "Middle America, Meet the Hackers". Forbes.com. http://www.forbes.com/2007/08/06/security-hacking-challenge-tech-cx_ag_0806toughhack.html. Retrieved 2008-05-09. 
  7. ^ Greenberg, Andy. "Hacking Outside the Box". Forbes.com. http://www.forbes.com/2007/08/06/security-hacking-challenge-tech-cx_ag_0806toughhack_slide_8.html?thisSpeed=15000. Retrieved 2008-05-10. 
  8. ^ ShmooCon. "2007 ShmooCon Presentations". ShmooCon 2007. Archived from the original on 2008-04-21. http://web.archive.org/web/20080421164412/http://shmoocon.org/2007/presentations.html. Retrieved 2008-05-08. 
  9. ^ ShmooCon. "2008 ShmooCon Presentations". ShmooCon 2008. Archived from the original on 2008-04-16. http://web.archive.org/web/20080416034706/http://www.shmoocon.org/schedule.html. Retrieved 2008-05-08. 
  10. ^ McAuthur, Hugh. "e2e Security". e2e Security. http://e2e-security.blogspot.com/2007/03/shmoocon-07-day-2.html. Retrieved 2008-05-08. 
  11. ^ Hines, Matt. "ShmooCon 07 - Day 2". InfoWorld Security Watch. http://weblog.infoworld.com/zeroday/archives/2007/03/hacking_the_ied.html. Retrieved 2008-05-08. 
  12. ^ Penn State SOS. "Conference Agenda". 2008 Penn State Security Day. Archived from the original on 2008-02-01. http://web.archive.org/web/20080201081418/http://sos.its.psu.edu/ConferenceAgenda2007.html. Retrieved 2008-05-08. 

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