In 2012 I had 859,381 sessions, and 1,162,723 pageviews In 2013 I had 784,914 sessions, and 1,046,691 pageviews In 2014 I had 1,454,231 sessions, and 2,009,500 pageviews In 2015 I had 1,934,424 sessions, and 2,479,962 pageviews In 2016 there were 2,553,483 sessions, and 3,286,000 pageviews. Those are both 32% increases over 2015.
Archives for 2016
InfoSec Has an Attribution Problem, But Not Just the One You’re Thinking Of
When you hear “Attribution Problem” in infosec spheres you naturally think of the fact that there was a phase where everything was blamed on China, and then everything was blamed on China. And a lot of it was marketing crap, or people blaming sophisticated attackers when they lacked even the most basic security. [ NOTE: Even worse, lacking…
How the Left Won the War for the Right
This tweet got Steve Martin bashed online as a sexist. He had to remove the tweet from all the backlash. Here’s a question: At what point does it become sexist to simply acknowledge someone’s feminine beauty? I mean think about it. It’s the epitome of a gender-based observations. It’s something that you can’t say about men. And it…
How to Interact with Someone More Accomplished or Well-known Than You
There are right and wrong ways to attempt to interact with someone far more important than you—however you define that in the context. I’ve some experience with it myself. I’ve been the scrambling 20-something sending too much to someone I respect, which was ignored. I’ve learned how to send that mail properly, and had meaningful interactions with people…
Attacking AI-based Digital Assistants
I think one of the coolest new attack surfaces in coming years will be figuring out cool ways to trick our new AI buddies into doing things they shouldn’t. Here are a couple of examples: Mass-effect control changes It’s a super hot day in the United States in 2023, with many big cities showing over 105 degrees. Everyone…
Why Law Firms Are Such Attractive Hacking Targets
When you’re choosing victims as an attacker it’s important to waste as little time as possible. That means picking targets well, which in turn means: Easy to compromise Lucrative when compromised It’s a simple formula. The lucrative component can take multiple forms. Recently we’ve seen massive success with ransomware, where people lose what’s important to them (not to…
2017 Interests: New and Existing
The week between Christmas and New Years is a particularly good time to plan for the following year. I realized the other day that I’m orienting myself to take on a number of interests this coming year, so I thought I’d capture them here. Software Defined Radio (SDR). I already have my HackRF One kit and have already…
Sisense: A Voice-activated and Contextual Data Interface
A connected lightbulb, such as Phillips’, is setup on WiFi and then shows up as an IP address on the Sisense dashboard. A user determines which KPIs will trigger which available colors.If the daily sales goal is being met, your lamp might shine as a normal white bulb. But if it drops below, the lightbulb might turn red.Source:…
The Future of Warfare is Drones
One of the most important things in war is knowledge of what the enemy is doing. Detecting early moves. Countering covert operations. Etc. Another is getting high-value attack forces deep into enemy territory without losing those assets. Drones address both of these issues, and it seems clear to anyone paying attention that drones are the future of war.…
Free Will’s Endgame is Absurdism
Absurdism is fundamentally about the inherent disconnect between what humans seek and what exists in reality. With meaning, humans seek an objective and universal version that can make sense of everything. It doesn’t exist, and we have to make our own. We want the same thing with morality, but it also doesn’t exist, and we again have to…
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