I have two favorite conferences of the year: AppSec Cali ENIGMA ENIGMA 2019 ended…
Archives for January 2019
Unsupervised Learning: No. 162 (Member Edition)
This is a member-only even episode. Members get the newsletter every week, as…
Machine Learning’s Effect On Humanity Will Be Magnifying Our Successes and Failures
AI—and specifically machine learning—are going to empower humans the…
DNS Servers That Offer Privacy and Filtering
If you’re a programmer, a systems administrator, or really any type of IT…
We’re Heading for Something Ugly in 2020
I’ve had a sense of foreboding for the last month or so about the mental health…
Unsupervised Learning: No. 161
Unsupervised Learning is my weekly show where I spend 5-20 hours finding the most…
Those Bashing Smart Locks Have Forgotten How Easy it is to Pick Regular Ones
There’s currently a major backlash in the InfoSec community against so-called…
Unsupervised Learning: No. 160 (Member Edition)
This is a member-only even episode. Members get the newsletter every week, as…
Why I Think the NSA is Releasing a Free Reverse Engineering Tool This Year at RSA
The NSA is releasing a free reverse engineering tool this year at the RSA security…
A Remarkably Clear Overview of The Border Security Situation
I recently stumbled onto a podcast with Scott Adams about border security, and…
Unsupervised Learning: No. 159
Unsupervised Learning is my weekly show where I spend 5-20 hours finding the most…
How to Monitor a Website’s Uptime for $0.75/month on Amazon
If you’re like me, you care if your website goes down. There have been services…
How Nassim Taleb is Both Right and Wrong About IQ
Nassim Taleb is making loud noises about how IQ is basically a big scam, and how…
How to Ctrl-Alt-Delete in VMware
Few things are more annoying than being stuck inside a bad UI, and withinin virtualization…
Site Traffic Metrics for 2018
So the biggest story for my site’s traffic in 2018 is the Google Algorithm…
The Difference Between Security and Privacy
Short answer: it’s a trick question. Privacy is part of security. But just…
It Appears China is Building a Massive Espionage Database on America
I’ve mentioned this in numerous places for the last few years, so I decided…
The Differences and Similarities Between IoT and ICS Security
I saw a tweet recently by Robert M. Lee—a highly respected ICS Security…
Things I Like to Do In January
January always feels fresh to me—a chance to be better. But at the same…
The Polarization of the Bay Area’s Quality of Life
I’m a life-long Bay Area resident—born and raised—and I’m…
Unsupervised Learning: No. 158 (Member Edition)
This is a member-only even episode. Members get the newsletter every week, as…
Red Teaming is Vaccination for the Enterprise
I was doing the Twitter thing recently, and someone was talking about red teaming…
Inflammation in the Body Keeps Being Tied to Depression
If a rat is experimentally injected with infectious bacteria, it behaves a bit…