For people looking to get into reverse engineering, the barrier to entry can be…
Archives for 2018
Sensors + Algorithms Are the New Camera
Don’t call them cameras or microphones anymore. Those are human-centric…
The Difference Between a Penetration Test and a Red Team Engagement
One of the most frustrating things to me as a security person is having sales…
Medium Just Became an Even Worse Option for Blogging
Medium has quietly been making a series of changes that are all bad news for writers…
Do Great Minds Come from Lives of Comfort?
I’m not sure where all I am getting this from, but I know it’s multiple…
The Strange Game of Shared, For-profit Cybersecurity Risk Scores
Brian Krebs ran a story recently about how FICO has a new service for rating the…
The Future of Config-file-based IT Infrastructure
To me the main feature is that they’re the beginning of config-file-based infrastructure.…
Remote Doctor Visits Are Spectacular
I just recently did my first remote doctor visit, and it was life-changing. I’m…
How to Survive if You Wake Up in the Past
My friends and I have always had a fun game we play, where we imagine what we’d…
Why I Believe Postmodernism is Causing Depression
There’s a lot of confusion about the term Postmodernism. To people on the…
What I Found Most Interesting from Amazon re:invent 2018
Amazon has completely crushed it again at this year’s re:invent conference.…
My Friend Chris Romeo Died Yesterday
I used to work at Aflac with a bunch of cool guys. One of them was named Chris…
Why You Should Directly Support as Many News Sources as Possible
By now most people understand that there’s a serious problem with the news,…
Some of My Favorite Shell Aliases From Over the Years
Aliases are one of those things that follow you, from laptop to laptop, and server…
The Few Are Winning, The Many Are Losing
I was just watching the mid-term results come in this evening and was struck with…
Building Your Own Dedicated IPSEC VPN in Less Than 10 Minutes
There are tons of VPN options out there, and the field is confusing enough that…
What If Corporations Provided For Their Customers?
I was talking about books with my friend Jon Robinson the other day, and he said…
Entropy and Security
I’ve been obsessed with entropy since I learned about it in high school.…
Falling Testosterone, Poverty, and Violence, and How That Will Combine With Rising Inequality
It’s interesting to think about all the different trends happening at the…
The Cybersecurity Hiring Gap is Due to The Lack of Entry-level Positions
If you haven’t heard yet—which is unlikely—there’s a problem…
On the History of Watches
Some friends just commented about a video on Twitter where a watch guy basically…
Preparing to Release the OWASP IoT Top 10 2018 (Updated: Released)
[ UPDATE: The project is now live here. ] Please give your feedback on the list…
Humanity’s Ultimate Red Pill
Man can do what he wants, but he cannot will what he wills. Arthur Schopenhauer…
How I Reduced My Spam Phone Calls by 90%
Many of the calls are actually in Mandarin, which I don’t speak. Over the…
Stop Trying to Violently Separate Privacy and Security
I just stumbled upon an article by Mark R. Heckman, Ph.D, CISSP, CISA that—like…
