For the week ending Friday 20th May 2016 CESG's password guidance advises against password expiry. Grab some popcorn and let the debates rage on. Stuart Winter-Tear gives an overview to the new General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and profiling. Dr Jessica Barker never fails to bring a unique perspective, particularly where it comes to the … Continue reading Things I hearted last week
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How to have an epic RMISC experience
I made a short video on how to make the most of your time if you ever find yourself in Denver, CO for the Rocky Mountain Information Security Conference. Of course, any conference experience is a lot more fun if you have some friends. Which reminds me about a simple tip my friend Scot Thomas gave me … Continue reading How to have an epic RMISC experience
Things I hearted last week
Week ending Friday 13th May 2016 FireEye and Imperva stock hurt as targets are missed and revenues are shifting more towards the cloud. New CompTIA Research Reveals Cybersecurity Breaches Hit Almost 50 percent of Organisations in the UAE Another great post as always by Troy Hunt on Test data done right with SQL Data Generator … Continue reading Things I hearted last week
Building a billion dollar security company, with John McAfee
At RMISC I got a chance to catch up with the infamous John McAfee. Prior to meeting John, I only knew him through what I'd read about or watched of him in the media. I'm not sure I'm much wiser about the man behind the mystery after this brief meeting. What I can say though, … Continue reading Building a billion dollar security company, with John McAfee
Things I hearted last week
Roundup for the week ending 6th May 2016. Remember Orange Tsai wrote about how he hacked Facebook as part of their Bug Bounty program and found evidence of another hacker. Violet Blue digs a bit deeper to see how far the rabbit hole goes. This looks so cool - Build a Raspberry Pi-Powered Linux Laptop … Continue reading Things I hearted last week
Hacker Party
Following yesterday's video, a couple of people asked whether the "Hacker Party" song was actually a full-length song. I can neither confirm nor deny that Host Unknown is working on a full music video for this. But here's the track extracted for those who asked - it's a rough sample, so nothing we'd use in … Continue reading Hacker Party
Don’t vote for me
With infosec around the corner, the European Security Blogger Awards is imminent. If you're a blogger, you're eligible to nominate your favourite security blogger, podcast, and corporate security blog here. If you're wondering what kind of people I'd want to see nominated, I'd say, Holly Graceful, Stuart Winter-Tear, Steve Lord's Raw Hex, Ryan Dewhurst, Robin … Continue reading Don’t vote for me
Doing all the things you want to do
Someone dropped me an email a couple of days ago asking how one can best balance out all the things they want to achieve and learn professionally with limited time. I think this is a deeper question than he may have realised. Because time is our most valuable commodity and you don't want to look … Continue reading Doing all the things you want to do
Things I hearted Last Week
Roundup for the week ending 29th April 2016. BAE systems published a write-up on the hack against the Bangladesh Bank SWIFT system. Hacked Firm Cares More About Its Users' Security Than Its Image. Could this become a thing? Grab a coffee and set aside a few minutes to read this. A Leak Wounded This Company. Fighting … Continue reading Things I hearted Last Week
Android Malware
We often hear of the latest and greatest malware that targets android phones. However, many can be avoided by following simple steps such as not rooting your device or downloading files from dodgy sources. Matt Roxburgh inspired this video with this tweet on a common way malware gets on android phone with this image. I felt … Continue reading Android Malware
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