Interview with Wilson Mendes

Would you kindly introduce yourself to our readers?

Hello world!

My name is Wilson Mendes, and I am an Information Technology (IT) professional specializing in Information Security with extensive experience in various areas including cybercrime, artificial intelligence, cryptography, firewall, and data security. My experience also covers Malware, Reverse Engineering, Chatbot, Crawlers, Commercial Automation, Microservices and Embedded Systems. I have in-depth knowledge of security protocols, privacy and anonymity, network administration and Linux systems, FreeBSD (my eternal passion), NetBSD, and OpenBSD.

Throughout my career, I have worked as a consultant, focused on cybercrime prevention, forensic investigation, reverse engineering, cryptography deployment, ISO/SCADA standards adoption, ethical hacking, network auditing, and distributed malware detection systems. I also participated in the adequacy and implementation of artificial intelligence and security devices, developing anti-tracking devices and ensuring secure transactions on public networks through the elaboration of risk and failure containment plans.

I currently work as a Pentest Red Team member and actively contribute to the dissemination of knowledge in the area through lectures, interviews, and articles in reputable magazines, such as eForensics Magazine and Hakin9 Magazine.

Please elaborate on your decision to work in this field.

Since I was a child, I've always been passionate about electronics, televisions, portable radios, recorders... I've always been curious about how these objects worked, I wanted to know what each electronic device was for, their respective functions. When I had contact for the first time with walkie-talkies, it was love at first sight, I was....

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