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The Relativity of Wrong… in the security industry. Randy Raw, my professional mentor (not that I pay him, but I look to him for guidance in my profession… although he probably deserves to be paid for putting up with me) sent me a link to an article by Isaac Asimov on the relativity of wrong. … Read more

What do you do when the Status quo becomes the Status:NO? Recently I have noticed a disturbing trend in my professional and personal life.  It has become way easier for me to say “Sorry, I can’t help with that.  I do (this) at (that time) already” or “no, it works ok now let’s not change … Read more

Here is my slide deck from last nights Ignite COMO event. Ignite talks are five minute lightning talks with auto advancing slides every 15 seconds. It is honestly one of the hardest talks I have ever given.

For a long time it was nearly impossible to tell who owned a cell phone because it didn’t provide a name on the caller ID. Recently tnid.us has came to the attention of the security community and is giving out that information for free. I am not exactly sure how they do it but out … Read more

QR codes are pretty awesome right?  They are the new cool thing to stick on websites, menus, billboards, real estate signs, shirts, etc. I mean you hold your phone up to them and they can give you a secret message, they can send txt messages from your phone, or give you a URL to visit.  … Read more

One Saturday a month I get up and drive nearly 100 miles round trip to go and purchase some of the best meat in Missouri. About 5 miles south of Freeburg Missouri is The Butcher Shop LLC Even with gas at $3.60 a gallon it is worth the gas money and the time investment. What … Read more

I really wanted an HDTV for my office for the last couple of months and after talking to my buddies I rigged together this setup for my office. Supplies:AccuSync LCD71V LCD Monitor (I bought in 2004)KWORLD 1440 external TV tuner (my buddy had sitting around).RCA DTA800 (Free from the government during the HD conversion)  Some … Read more

I will be giving a talk at Secureworld Expo in St.Louis on September 13th on the topic: What we can learn from LULZSEC (Yes I am trying to get the picture changed). I really think there are a ton of lessons the average security professional can take from the mayhem they caused that they shouldn’t … Read more

Do you 2FA? No its not a cool new dance. It stands for two factor authentication and its a great way to secure your accounts. If you have a smart phone you have no good excuse not to take advantage of the extra security banks, email providers and social networks are building into their websites. … Read more