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Things I hearted last week
Spies rejoice! Gmail, Facebook Messenger, Breached once again Dell compiles a list of current hacking prices. Interesting analysis of the price trends over the last 3 years with most prices going up. The economist has an in-depth piece on how the AI industry is booming with Tech firms luring AI experts from universities with big salaries … Continue reading Things I hearted last week
Things I recently Hearted
Interesting article on challenging bad behaviour by a video game company This is a new form of scriptless attacks, using HTML5. Basically if you can inject HTML but not JavaScript, the site is still at risk. Whatsapp turned on encryption for it’s <Dr. Evil voice> ONE BILLION users </Dr. Evil voice> From Bill Brenner over … Continue reading Things I recently Hearted
Going to Colombia
Hola! I'm rather excited to have been invited to speak at Tactical Edge in Colombia this October. It will be the first time I'll get to see that part of the world and am really looking forward to visiting. Unfortunately, I don't know any Spanish, so wasn't able to make a video addressing my Colombian peers … Continue reading Going to Colombia
Prepare to be influenced
Most of the time I don’t put an awful lot of emphasis on awards and lists. Now don’t get me wrong, I am truly appreciative of all the awards and recognition I’ve received over the years. I even have the words “award winning” plastered at the top of the website. But that’s really a cyber-peacock … Continue reading Prepare to be influenced
Things I recently hearted
The folk at Cloudflare posted a blog detailing the trouble with Tor citing a trade-off needed between security, anonymity and convenience. Reddit has removed its warrant canary for its transparency report for 2015. It can only mean one thing - investigators are after user data and Reddit is gagged from openly discussing the matter. It … Continue reading Things I recently hearted
A new approach to writing E-Mail
Have you recently sent an E-Mail and when the recipient responds, it is clear that they only read the first couple of lines of the message? Perhaps you wondered why your entire message was not carefully pondered by the recipient with the same diligence and attention to detail as when you wrote it. We all … Continue reading A new approach to writing E-Mail
RSA 2016: Selfies and Alcatraz
Another year, another RSA is in the bag. From a filming perspective – it was pretty much static. Sure, I could have walked around the expo floor or the winding streets of San Francisco, but the footage would have been virtually indistinguishable from previous years. Instead, I took time out on my last day before … Continue reading RSA 2016: Selfies and Alcatraz
Things I recently hearted
I’ve been following Steve Lord’s rawhex blog / project / thing for a while now and he never ceases to put out some great content. There are plenty of great articles which are worth checking out. Last week he posted a play-along guide to recognising backdoors using Metasploitable 2. [Info-wall warning] Yes, you have to … Continue reading Things I recently hearted
Breaking into infosec through the backdoor: Lee Munson
“It’s a horrible feeling. Knowing that you’ve lost everything. It puts knots in your stomach and you want to run away from it all. But you’re unable to move - as if you’re completely paralysed.” It was a cold December afternoon, and I was speaking with Lee Munson. I detect an ’Essex boy’ accent in … Continue reading Breaking into infosec through the backdoor: Lee Munson
