Collaborate Disseminate
Last month, Disney launched their new streaming service Disney+; “The best stories in the world, all in one place”, apparently. The service was obviously rather popular because within days the tech (and mainstream) headlines were proclaiming that thousands of hacked Disney+ accounts were already for sale on hacking forums. This
Continue reading Generated Passwords, UX and Security Absolutism
I’m presently on the YOW! conference tour which means doing the same keynote three times over in Sydney, Brisbane and Melbourne. It’s my first time back at YOW! since 2015 and it’s always a nice way to wrap up the year, especially the Brisbane leg I’m on at the moment
It’s summer! Yes, I know it’s back to front for many of you but Dec 1 means it’s sunnier than ever here. Regardless, this week I’ve been at DDD in Brisbane, written my 10 year old son Ari and I running kids coding clubs in Oslo (cold) and London (rainy)
I recently had the pleasure of spending a few days in Switzerland, firstly in Geneva visiting (and speaking at) CERN followed by a visit to the nation’s capital, Bern. There I spent some time with a delegation of the National Cybersecurity Centre discussing the challenges they face and where HIBP
Continue reading Welcoming the Swiss Government to Have I Been Pwned
When I first started writing code a few decades ago, it was a rather bland affair involving a basic text editor and physical books for reference. I didn’t have an opportunity to create anything usable by others until years later and perhaps most importantly in the context of this blog
Continue reading Teach Your Kids to Code with Ari in Oslo and London
Kangaroos! I’ve been trying to line these guys up for weeks to no avail but finally, they’ve delivered. Speaking of delivering, I actually got 3 blog posts out this week which I’ve not done for a while, the most significant of which relates to “data enrichment” companies (also often referred
Until this month, I’d never heard of People Data Labs (PDL). I’d certainly heard of the sector they operate in – “Data Enrichment” – but I’d never heard of the company itself. I’ve become more familiar with this sector over recent years due to the frequency with which it’s been
Continue reading Data Enrichment, People Data Labs and Another 622M Email Addresses
You know how banks really, really want to avoid their customers falling victim to phishing scams? And how they put a heap of effort into education to warn folks about the hallmarks of phishing scams? And how banks are the shining beacons of light when it comes to demonstrating security
Continue reading When Bank Communication is Indistinguishable from Phishing Attacks
Over the last couple of years, I’ve been increasingly providing governments with better access to their departments’ data exposed in breaches by giving them free and unfettered API access to their domains. As I’ve been travelling around the world this year, I’ve been carving out time to spend with governments
Yes, I’m in my car. I’m completely disorganised, rushing to the next event and really didn’t plan this very well. But hey, what an awesome little soundproof booth it is! That said, I did keep this week deliberately concise… until I went to edit it and then Adobe Premiere (or