CISSP MOFO

As immortalized in the infamous video, the poster you’ve all been waiting for. Use as your desktop background, print out onto your T-Shirts, mugs or mouse mats. Or better still, just email to non-CISSP’s just to reinforce who the boss is. Compatible with most recruitment agencies, just email along in place of a covering letter. … Continue reading CISSP MOFO →

Size Isn’t Everything

I’ve often been criticized for skimming over issues at a high level, or not explaining some of the technical nuances of security in greater depth. For those who know me, or have read any of my articles or watched any of my videos for any period of time, you may note that I do try … Continue reading Size Isn’t Everything →

The Great Infosec Cop-Out?

When someone starts a sentence by saying, “I don’t mean to offend but....” you know that they’re going to say something offensive. So you put your guard up. That’s got no relevance to what I’m about to say, because I’ve not got a fully formed opinion that I wish to share. Rather it’s more of … Continue reading The Great Infosec Cop-Out? →

Digital McDonalds

During the Cold war, there were lots of terms thrown around such as, Capitalism, Communism, iron curtain, nuclear winter, damn commies, Ivan Drago and the like. As a young lad who had no understanding of the whole concept, someone gave me a tip. If it’s got a McDonalds, it’s a friendly place. As a marginally … Continue reading Digital McDonalds →

Passwords

Passwords are everywhere on the internet. You need them to log onto your banking, emails and a ton of other websites. They are extremely important, yet do we give them the respect they deserve?

Fake Infosec Experts

How many times do you hear someone talking about information security, the digital underground, 'cyber' warfare and clearly not have an idea what they're talking about? Well time to drop the politeness and call them out!

Video Game Influences

Does playing video games for long periods of time leave you unable to distinguish between what is real and what is game? And if it is true... do we see this behaviour manifest itself in people who do other things for long periods of time?

Ghostwriter Gone Rogue

I was scanning the twitters today and @infosanity and others had pointed out that something was a bit wrong with the twitter stream of Mark Davidson. Personally I don’t know who Mark Davidson is, but apparently he’s an internet marketer of sorts. But with over 54,000 twitter followers, I assume he’s pretty popular. Anyway, it … Continue reading Ghostwriter Gone Rogue →

Another celebs pictures leaked

Many celebrities have had their 'personal' pictures or videos leaked onto the internet. What can we learn from this and what can people do to prevent this happening to themselves?

Motor racing, Infosec and Models

Quantainia (www.quantainia.com) sponsored some motor cars, so I went along to see what it was all about. Aside from having a great day, I picked up some similarities between racing and information security... oh and there were some nice looking models there too! Guess that's where they go when they're not on booth babe duties … Continue reading Motor racing, Infosec and Models →