Collaborate Disseminate
Code is an essential skill of the infosec professional, but there are so many languages to choose from. What language should you learn? As a heavy coder, I thought I’d answer that question, or at least give some perspective.The tl;dr is JavaScript… Continue reading Programming languages infosec professionals should learn
Politico has an article from a former spy analyzing whether the “spy” they caught at Mar-a-lago (Trump’s Florida vacation spot) was actually a “spy”. I thought I’d add to it from a technical perspective about her malware, USB drives, phones, cash, and … Continue reading Was it a Chinese spy or confused tourist?
Politico has an article from a former spy analyzing whether the “spy” they caught at Mar-a-lago (Trump’s Florida vacation spot) was actually a “spy”. I thought I’d add to it from a technical perspective about her malware, USB drives, phones, cash, and … Continue reading Was it a Chinese spy or confused tourist?
In today’s news, after 9 years holed up in the Ecuadorian embassy, Julian Assange has finally been arrested. The US DoJ accuses Assange for trying to break a password. I thought I’d write up a technical explainer what this means.According to the US DoJ… Continue reading Assange indicted for breaking a password
In today’s news, after 9 years holed up in the Ecuadorian embassy, Julian Assange has finally been arrested. The US DoJ accuses Assange for trying to break a password. I thought I’d write up a technical explainer what this means.
According to the US Do… Continue reading Assange indicted for breaking a password
I keep seeing this article in my timeline today about the Raspberry Pi. I thought I’d write up some notes about it.
The Raspberry Pi costs $35 for the board, but to achieve a fully functional system, you’ll need to add a power supply, storage, and heat… Continue reading Some notes on the Raspberry Pi
I keep seeing this article in my timeline today about the Raspberry Pi. I thought I’d write up some notes about it.The Raspberry Pi costs $35 for the board, but to achieve a fully functional system, you’ll need to add a power supply, storage, and heats… Continue reading Some notes on the Raspberry Pi
In my experience, hacking investigations are driven by ignorance and confirmation bias. We regularly see things we cannot explain. We respond by coming up with a story where our pet theory explains it. Since there is no alternative explanation, this th… Continue reading A quick lesson in confirmation bias
In my experience, hacking investigations are driven by ignorance and confirmation bias. We regularly see things we cannot explain. We respond by coming up with a story where our pet theory explains it. Since there is no alternative explanation, this th… Continue reading A quick lesson in confirmation bias
So on Twitter, somebody asked this question:I have a very basic computer networking question: when sending a TCP packet, is the packet ACK’ed at every node in the route between the sender and the recipient, or just by the final recipient?This isn’t jus… Continue reading A basic question about TCP