Curiosity in Practice
People ask me all time what the one thing they should do to “stay safe” on the internet is. If I had to pick one it would be to use a VPN when you are on a network you dont own or trust. It has always taken a little bit of technical skill to setup … Read more
What are you passionate about? My mentor asked me that question this week as we were talking about what “true success” looks like. In the end you will never feel truly successful if you are not doing what you are passionate bout. There are people who are passionate about being amazing help desk technicians … Read more
I attended the Kali Dojo at Blackhat this week where I was able to look at the new version of Kali 2.0 that is coming out next Tuesday. If you are interested in getting an early look here are instructions on how to build your own. Here are direct links to the two ISO’s I built: kali-linux-sana-amd64.iso kali-linux-light-sana-amd64.iso … Read more
Since it is that time of the year for all good security professionals to get ready to fly to Vegas I decided to put together my own “Surviving Blackhat” blog post. Make a Friend.Being in security is sometimes a thankless job. You are going to a place with 30,000 other professionals who do the same thing … Read more
I spend a lot of time working in the starbucks near my office. It is a great place to slip away from the office for an hour when I need to do some heads down work but dont want to be completely anti-social. Even though I always use a VPN one thing that always bothered my … Read more
I have been using the iOS 9 Public Beta 2 and one of the things that I do not like (and has really been freaking me out) is the Frequent Location Tracking. I was getting alerts like this: This made me have the following thoughts: I am not going to Columbia right now. Am I … Read more
At work this week I needed to compare two files to see if they had the same MD5 or SHA256 hash. After spending way too long trying to get hashdeep and md5deep to work correctly and not finding anything else to easily do this I wrote compare.py today. This script is the definition of utilitarian but I … Read more
I see these types of listicles on LinkedIn or Twitter a few times a week: 5 tips to protect your business against cyber crimeTen ways to prevent a data breach and protect your small business3 tips to keep your company secure from hackers They are written by *security experts* and they say effective security is as easy as: … Read more
“Mr.Gamblin this is your sixth year in the role of my father. How do you think this year has gone?” – My son during my imaginary yearly performance review. Most holidays are set aside to celebrate an event that happened in the past while father’s day is mostly a day to celebrate what was accomplished … Read more