Things I hearted last week (and the week before)

It's been an interesting few weeks which is why I haven't posted my usual updates. I was out in Vegas for Blackhat and BsidesLV, both of which were great as always. I also had a chance to pop off to visit the Grand Canyon with my partner-in-crime Adrian Sanabria. Video coming soon, but this vine … Continue reading Things I hearted last week (and the week before) →

Be in a Vegas music video

Apologies if you found the title of this post to be a bit click-baity. But bear with me, I'm pretty excited about this. Next week is hacker summer camp aka Blackhat, Defcon, and BsidesLV in sunny Las Vegas. I asked myself, other than the talks, the networking, and the things we won't talk about - … Continue reading Be in a Vegas music video →

Keeper Security Password Manager And Secure Vault Continues To Advance

It is no secret that data breaches are a growing epidemic, with the average cost of a data breach being nearly $3.8 million, according to the IBM-sponsored Ponemon 2016 Cost of Data Breach Study. As a result, businesses of all sizes have found themselves searching for tools to better manage the security of their data, … Continue reading Keeper Security Password Manager And Secure Vault Continues To Advance →

Things I hearted last week

For the week ending 24th July 2016 Lessons learnt from trying to negotiate with five different ransomware gangs. If you're willing to haggle, you can get a discount. This isn't a new talk by Jim Manico, but the first time I saw it and serves as a great lesson on TSL/SSL and how HTTPS should … Continue reading Things I hearted last week →

Open Source Threat Awareness Comes Out Of The Shadows

Even for the largest organizations, threat awareness is a serious challenge. How can you tell whether sensitive corporate documents have been leaked online, or if someone is impersonating and undermining your brand online, without committing significant numbers of people to finding out? Digital Shadows aims to make this process much easier. Its flagship product, SearchLight, … Continue reading Open Source Threat Awareness Comes Out Of The Shadows →

Breaking in, and through security: Leron Zinatullin

Just over four years ago I received a LinkedIn email from a young man in Russia. It wasn’t too different from emails I occasionally receive. He was someone wanting to build a career in information security and was looking for some advice. He was on his way to London to start his MSc and wondered … Continue reading Breaking in, and through security: Leron Zinatullin →

Things I hearted Last Week

For the week ending 17th July 2016 Pokemon Go took the cybers by storm. There was much hullabaloo over the excessive permissions the app was asking for, which seem to have been fixed. Still, I liked this writeup by Dan Guido on the permissions Pokemon Go got. Four cyber attacks on UK railways in a … Continue reading Things I hearted Last Week →

Answering The Million Dollar Question: Are We Secure?

There’s a prevailing school of thought that the best way to deal with security issues is with the endless and senseless acquisition of appliances and services. Rather than having a silver bullet, we in the security world have silver shotgun shells. But like most mantras, this one is fundamentally flawed. Technology, no matter how good, … Continue reading Answering The Million Dollar Question: Are We Secure? →

Things I hearted last week

For the week ending 10th July 2016 The recorded talks from BsidesLondon are up! Check out the playlist here. There are some really good talks in there - I haven't seen all of them yet, but Steve Lords Naughty Toys for Wicked Girls and Boys and Holly William's Offensive Anti-Analysis are definitely worthwhile. Ashley Madison … Continue reading Things I hearted last week →

Czech mate, AVG sold for Avast figure of $1.3bn

In a merging of titans, Avast intends to acquire free-antivirus vendor AVG for approximately $1.3bn at $25 per share. The combined entity will give significant scale and market penetration for the Czech pair. Avast states that beyond market penetration, it is will also leverage the pairing to delve further into providing security for IoT devices. … Continue reading Czech mate, AVG sold for Avast figure of $1.3bn →