Stick This! Review of Five Sticker Vendors
Stickers are an underappreciated ephemeral art form. While closely related to stamps, stickers have their own unique styles and uses that differ from stamps. While stickers may have evolved from…
Book Review: cDc The Long Version
I wrote this long version a year ago after I posted the short version of my review of “Cult of the Dead Cow: How the Original Hacking Supergroup Might Just…
The Continuing Evolution of Cyber
I don't think there is another word in the English language that provokes as much of an emotional response from information security professionals as much as 'cyber'. In fact, half…
SouthWest Password Ad is both Good and Bad.
Southwest Airlines recently aired a TV ad in their "Wanna Get Away" series that features some serious password blunders. In the ad a General is asked for his password so…
Tilting It Sideways
Trying to track down the origins of an Internet meme can be an almost fruitless endeavor. Other than giving credit to its originator and perhaps giving them a few minutes…
I watched CSI:Cyber so you don’t have to.
CSI has a proven formula for making popular TV shows. Unfortunately that history does not include accurate TV shows. When it comes to tech and things ‘cyber’ this is probably…
All of this has happened before and all of this will happen again
Two teenagers in Winnipeg Canada somehow got the idea to see if the default password on a Bank of Montreal ATM machine was still valid. The got the default password…
Everybody must get stoned
Apparently FBI Director James Comey thinks that everyone in the Information Security Industry is a dope-smoking pothead who gets high just before an interview. “I have to hire a great…
Is it time for an industry wide MAPP program?
As you might suspect, the bad guys have much better exploit notification than the good guys. While there is no central repository of vulnerability information that is only released to…