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Information Security & Occasional Forays Into Adjacent Realms

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Via the Erudite Security Mindset of Robert M. Lee & the Superlative Illustration Talents of Jeff Hass at Little Bobby Comics.

Robert M. Lee and Jeff Hass' Little Bobby Comics 'Like The Shake-Weight'

October 28, 2018 by Marc Handelman in Sarcasm, Satire, Little Bobby Comics, BlockWhat?
October 28, 2018 /Marc Handelman
Sarcasm, Satire, Little Bobby Comics, BlockWhat?

DerbyCon 2018, Walter Legowski's 'Invoke-EmpireHound - Merging BloodHound And Empire For Enhanced Red Team Workflow' →

October 28, 2018 by Marc Handelman in Irongeek, Information Security, Education, DerbyCon, Conferences

Videography Credit: Irongeek (Adrian Crenshaw).

October 28, 2018 /Marc Handelman
Irongeek, Information Security, Education, DerbyCon, Conferences

ISOC Paper Targeting Border Gateway Protocol Routing And Trust

October 28, 2018 by Marc Handelman in Networks, Network Security, Information Security, BGP Routing Security

via Ryan Polk - policy advisor at the Internet Society (ISOC), comes this outstanding paper displaying admirably clear thinking applied to the challenge of security-in-internetwork-routing (especially when that security is encapsulated in BGP Routing). Enjoy!

October 28, 2018 /Marc Handelman
Networks, Network Security, Information Security, BGP Routing Security

DerbyCon 2018, Marcello Salvati's 'IronPython... OMFG' →

October 27, 2018 by Marc Handelman in Irongeek, Information Security, Education, Conferences

Videography Credit: Irongeek (Adrian Crenshaw).

October 27, 2018 /Marc Handelman
Irongeek, Information Security, Education, Conferences

DerbyCon 2018, Aaron D. Campbell's 'Lessons Learned By The WordPress Security Team' →

October 27, 2018 by Marc Handelman in Irongeek, Information Security, Education, DerbyCon, Conferences

Videography Credit: Irongeek (Adrian Crenshaw).

October 27, 2018 /Marc Handelman
Irongeek, Information Security, Education, DerbyCon, Conferences

Join The Club

October 27, 2018 by Marc Handelman in Linux Security, OpenBSD, Operating System Security, Information Security

Via Dan Goodin, Security Editor at Ars Technica, comes news of OpenBSD, Debian, CentOS, Ubuntu and Red Hat Linux flaws - in existence for an estimated 23-months (and just discovered).

'An advisory X.org developers published Thursday disclosed the 23-month-old bug that, depending on how OS developers configure it, lets hackers or untrusted users elevate very limited system rights to unfettered root.' - via Dan Goodin, Security Editor at Ars Technica

October 27, 2018 /Marc Handelman
Linux Security, OpenBSD, Operating System Security, Information Security

DerbyCon 2018, Lee Christensen, Will Schroeder and Matt Nelson's 'The Unintended Risks of Trusting Active Directory' →

October 26, 2018 by Marc Handelman in Irongeek, Information Security, Education, Conferences

Videography Credit: Irongeek (Adrian Crenshaw).

October 26, 2018 /Marc Handelman
Irongeek, Information Security, Education, Conferences

via the comic delivery system monikered Randall Munroe at XKCD!

XKCD, Carnot Cycle

October 26, 2018 by Marc Handelman in XKCD, Sarcasm, Satire
October 26, 2018 /Marc Handelman
XKCD, Sarcasm, Satire

DerbyCon 2018, zerosum0x0's 'MS17-010?' →

October 26, 2018 by Marc Handelman in Irongeek, Information Security, Education, DerbyCon, Conferences

Videography Credit: Irongeek (Adrian Crenshaw).

October 26, 2018 /Marc Handelman
Irongeek, Information Security, Education, DerbyCon, Conferences

The Data Industrial Complex

October 26, 2018 by Marc Handelman in Data Industrial Complex, Truth

Enough is Enough, my friends... Interestingly, Apple Inc.'s (Nasdaq: AAPL) CEO Tim Cook apparently agrees. And, whilst speaking at the International Conference of Data Protection and Privacy Commissioners (ICDPPC), Mr. Cook - in his usual exacting manner, elucidates both the truth and evil of the modern day Data-Industrial Complex that trades in your data. Today's Must Watch video. Hat Tip to Jon Brodkin, writing at ArsTechnica.

October 26, 2018 /Marc Handelman
Data Industrial Complex, Truth

DerbyCon 2018, Sean Metcalf's 'From Workstation To Domain Admin: Why Secure Administration Isn't Secure And How To Fix It' →

October 25, 2018 by Marc Handelman in Irongeek, Information Security, Education, DerbyCon, Conferences

Videography Credit: Irongeek (Adrian Crenshaw).

October 25, 2018 /Marc Handelman
Irongeek, Information Security, Education, DerbyCon, Conferences

Via Luke Kingma and Lou Patrick-Mackay at Futurism Cartoons

Luke Kingma and Lou Patrick-Mackay's Futurism 'Doorbell RoboRingers' →

October 25, 2018 by Marc Handelman in Survey Says!, Robots, Robo-Visits, Artificial Irony, Sarcasm, Satire
October 25, 2018 /Marc Handelman
Survey Says!, Robots, Robo-Visits, Artificial Irony, Sarcasm, Satire

DerbyCon 2018, Josh Pitts' 'I Can Be Apple, And So Can You' →

October 25, 2018 by Marc Handelman in Irongeek, Information Security, Education, DerbyCon, Conferences

Videography Credit: Irongeek (Adrian Crenshaw).

October 25, 2018 /Marc Handelman
Irongeek, Information Security, Education, DerbyCon, Conferences

via wehatetowaste.com, original photo credit: Living Green Magazine

Rothman's Data Security Reset, What To Target And Protect

October 25, 2018 by Marc Handelman in Security Innovation, Security Research, Information Security, Data Security

via the inimitable Mike Rothman, comes this tour de force research effort targeting of all things - Data Security. In which, the Securosis organization takes on what to protect and preserve. Today's Must Read.

October 25, 2018 /Marc Handelman
Security Innovation, Security Research, Information Security, Data Security

DerbyCon 2018, Cheryl Biswas's 'Draw A Bigger Circle: InfoSec Evolves' →

October 24, 2018 by Marc Handelman in Irongeek, Information Security, Education, Conferences

Videography Credit: Irongeek (Adrian Crenshaw).

October 24, 2018 /Marc Handelman
Irongeek, Information Security, Education, Conferences

via the comic delivery system monikered Randall Munroe at XKCD!

XKCD, Barnard's Star

October 24, 2018 by Marc Handelman in XKCD, Satire, Sarcasm, Astrophysics, Astronomical Humor
October 24, 2018 /Marc Handelman
XKCD, Satire, Sarcasm, Astrophysics, Astronomical Humor

DerbyCon 2018, Joff Thyer & Derek Banks's Android App Penetration Testing 101 →

October 24, 2018 by Marc Handelman in Irongeek, Information Security, Education, DerbyCon, Conferences, Application Security

Videography Credit: Irongeek (Adrian Crenshaw).

October 24, 2018 /Marc Handelman
Irongeek, Information Security, Education, DerbyCon, Conferences, Application Security

Cybering the Rus

October 24, 2018 by Marc Handelman in Information Warfare, Information Security, Information Operations

Yup. A new information operation - this time, from our Cyber Command, turning their attention to The Rus, and their own operatives. Via Julian E. Barnes, writing at the venerable New York Times, comes this piece, ostensibly discussing a sanctioned military-run information operation targeting the Russian apparatchiks running their own information operation against the world, as they have for years...

October 24, 2018 /Marc Handelman
Information Warfare, Information Security, Information Operations

DerbyCon 2018, Amanda Berlin's 'Hackers, Hugs, & Drugs: Mental Health In Infosec' →

October 23, 2018 by Marc Handelman in Irongeek, Information Security, Education, DerbyCon, Conferences

Videography Credit: Irongeek (Adrian Crenshaw).

October 23, 2018 /Marc Handelman
Irongeek, Information Security, Education, DerbyCon, Conferences

DerbyCon 2018, Paul Asadoorian's 'Everything Else I Learned About Security I Learned From Hip-Hop' →

October 23, 2018 by Marc Handelman in Irongeek, Information Security, Education, DerbyCon, Conferences

Videography Credit: Irongeek (Adrian Crenshaw).

October 23, 2018 /Marc Handelman
Irongeek, Information Security, Education, DerbyCon, Conferences
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