Tips for Researchers When Working with Eduard Kovacs, Cyber Journalist from SecurityWeek

In this episode of the Future of Cybercrime podcast, Zaira speaks with Eduard Kovacs, a contributing editor to SecurityWeek. They discuss Eduard’s decade-long background as a cybersecurity journalist, the evolving trends in cybercrime over the past decade, the collaborative relationship between journalists and cybersecurity researchers, and how information is obtained from underground forums. 

Topics discussed: 

• Eduard’s approach to write with individual readers in mind, even if he is covering a technical topic
• Cyber threat actors are seen as humans, just like journalists and researchers.
• Why collaboration between journalists and cybersecurity researchers is critical.
• The role journalists play in bringing attention to critical vulnerabilities or breaches that companies may ignore.
• The importance of empathy when covering cyber threat actors and why simplicity is key in understanding their behavior.
• What Eduard is seeing in the space as cybersecurity researchers work more and more collaboratively to advance the industry.
• Exploring the accessibility of cybercrime forums for journalists and researchers
• How the threat hunting ecosystem has evolved to evade law enforcement. 

Resources: 

• Eduard on SecurityWeek: https://www.securityweek.com/contributors/eduard-kovacs/
• Eduard on Twitter: https://twitter.com/EduardKovacs
• Eduard on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/eduard-kovacs-7b796134/