jgamblin

One of my personal projects this year is to understand and build a SLAM (Simultaneous localization and mapping) robot. To get started I bought the Xaxxon OpenLidar and after a few struggles getting it to work correctly in a VM I finally did and decided to throw together my build notes for future reference. Virtual … Read more

As the 2010s come to an end I started to think about what security stories from the last ten years changed how we think about security in this decade and the next. While this list is in no way complete these are the ten stories that I think had a lasting impact on security in … Read more

I had a new years resolution to Read More Books this past year and actually read around 20 books this year. Out of those books here is a quick list of some of my favorites from the past year that I really enjoyed. Stillness Is the Key This book was probably one of the most … Read more

I spent the last week at AWS re:Invent 2019 in Las Vegas with over 65,000 other AWS users. This conference is always jammed packed with announcements and interesting discussions with people both inside and outside of my normal security bubble. Overall I really enjoy this conference even though it is ridiculously large and I spent … Read more

This week I gave a talk on Hacking Holiday Lights at Kenna Security and here is the promised accompanying blog that outlines the hardware and software I demoed for easy reference for anyone who wants to build their own holiday lights. Controller Boards I looked at a bunch of different boards that ended up having … Read more