Profile of Maddie Stone, who leads Google's Project Zero team that studies and neuters actively exploited Android malware
The Project Zero reverse engineer shuts down some of the world's most dangerous exploits—along with antiquated hacker stereotypes. — EVEN WITH A knee injury, Maddie Stone is formidable. Tweets: @howelloneill , @themadstone , @k8em0 , @saffronsec , @kimzetter , @petermbl_ , @evacide , @a_greenberg , and @lilyhnewman Tweets: Patrick Howell O'Neill / @howelloneill : A very very good @lilyhnewman profile of @maddiestone. Jam packed with lots of interesting details about the work, doesn't hurt that everyone involved seems cool as hell https://www.wired.com/... Maddie Stone / @themadstone : Wow the other Maddie Stone would totally destroy me in hand to hand combat. Nice profile, tho! cc @maddiestone https://www.wired.com/... Katie Moussouris / @k8em0 : Want to be inspired? Read up on one of my heroes @maddiestone who has helped protect billions of devices as a hardware and software reverse engineer, & summited Kilimanjaro. 💪🏼👩🏻 💻 https://twitter.com/... Saher Naumaan / @saffronsec : Recognizing the unstoppable @maddiestone for the brilliant reverse engineer, determined athlete, and wonderful human that she is. Great profile from @lilyhnewman https://www.wired.com/... Kim Zetter / @kimzetter : Great profile of @maddiestone and her work at Google combating zero days. “Stone's most important job isn't just to check the mouse traps. It's to figure out how Project Zero and the security industry as a whole can build a better one.” by @lilyhnewman https://www.wired.com/... Peter Mbele / @petermbl_ : An enjoyable read and look into the life of someone who is doing awesome stuff in #infosec. Thanks @stevensidley ! https://twitter.com/... Eva / @evacide : Maddie Stone is objectively badass. This profile in Wired is both excellent and well-deserved. https://twitter.com/... Andy Greenberg / @a_greenberg : For your Sunday afternoon, a nice, extremely well-deserved profile by @lilyhnewman of @maddiestone, a Google Project Zero researcher who has spent her career burning both used-in-the-wild zero days and hacker stereotypes. https://www.wired.com/... Lily Hay Newman / @lilyhnewman : There's an important movement in security to smash the common conception of who can be a hacker. Anyone who isn't a hoodie-wearing white male prodigy “misfit” still faces major challenges and barriers. But people like @maddiestone are blazing a new trail https://www.wired.com/...