What is the most stupid thing from an infosec perspective on the internet? Surely nothing tops the recklessness of those kids who get their first debit or credit card, take a picture and post it on the internet. The problem is so widespread, there are several twitter accounts setup specifically for the purpose of tracking … Continue reading The most stupid thing on the internet →

This video was inspired by the blog post by @ErrataRob entitled "You are committing a crime right now"  which was based upon the legal woes of Andrew Auernheimer aka Weev who recently got convicted for accessing stuff that AT&T just put out there on the internet.

In this action-packed episode we talk about how best to name a new infosec product. Before we get to that though, we give a reverse shout out to @zyx2k as he kindly mentioned us in a talk he gave... so we mentioned him because he mentioned us and I guess now he's got to mention … Continue reading Naming an infosec product →

A lot of companies let employees bring their own devices, like mobiles to connect to work and be more productive at less cost - but how do you manage the data on these devices that aren't owned by the business? What happens when someone loses the phone? As long as you can track it down, … Continue reading BYOD (Bring your own device) →

We hear a lot about the death of Anti-virus software, how it's obsolete, doesn't do much, can be bypassed and all that good stuff. It's the kind of topic I avoid exposing young Girl Cynic to, but she read about it and so we ended up having a discussion around it. Did we reach any … Continue reading The Death of AV? →

That time of year when I get in a reflective mood.

Security and privacy are sometimes used synonymously, at other times they are used as separate entities and at other times they are used as co-dependent on each other. But what is the truth? I ended up having this discussion with Brian Honan whilst at RSA Europe and he explained his point of view with this good … Continue reading Security Vs Privacy →