Author Archives: brad

Two Factor Auth & The Yubikey

Posted on July 18, 2010 by brad

I have now upgraded the blog to use two factor authentication for logins to the WordPress back end. Meaning, to login you have to present something you know (username/password – ho hum) and either something you have (keyfiles / SSL … Continue reading →

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Even Russian Spies Need A Helpdesk

Posted on June 30, 2010 by brad

If you’ve been following the news recently, by now you’ve heard about the Russian spy ring infiltrated and formally charged by the US. The operatives spying on us make a lot of critical mistakes. Back during the cold war, spies … Continue reading →

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Mario Marathon 3 Ends

Posted on June 30, 2010 by brad

After 4+ days of nonstop gaming, the 3rd annual Mario Marathon is complete after having raised over $81,000 for Child’s Play charity. Amazing! Congrats and thanks to all the fellow donors.

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Mario Marathon 3

Posted on June 26, 2010 by brad

As I type this, a small group of dedicated gamers is playing a marathon of Mario games nonstop. Why are they doing this? To benefit the Child’s Play charity. Child’s Play provides toys, games and books to sick kids in … Continue reading →

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Heavy Data

Posted on June 23, 2010 by brad

Wouldn’t it be cool if data had weight? Yes I know a lot of the things that data can do are due to the fact that you can send it across the globe at nearly the speed of light. But … Continue reading →

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Hullo

Posted on June 21, 2010 by brad

That’s right, this site is back from the dead. I feel rather bad for not having written anything here for awhile. That and WordPress 3.0 has just been released, and I figured that was just the impetus I needed to … Continue reading →

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The New Insider Threat

Posted on February 16, 2009 by brad

It’s not a new threat really. People inside an organization can always be a threat. It’s just that many people, some of them prominent security professionals, have been downplaying the insider threat lately in order to hype other emerging threats. … Continue reading →

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Rubber Hose Cryptanalysis

Posted on February 15, 2009 by brad

via xkcd

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Nmap Network Scanning Review

Posted on February 5, 2009 by brad

Title: The long winded title for this book is Nmap Network Scanning: The Official Nmap Project Guide to Network Discovery and Security Scanning, but I’ll just be calling it NNS. Author: Gordon “Fyodor” Lyon Rating: ***** Bottom Line: The definitive … Continue reading →

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Bookmark Backup?

Posted on February 2, 2009 by brad

Are you backing up your bookmarks? Oh, you don’t store local bookmarks? You use a social bookmarking website you say? Well I hope you weren’t using Ma.gnolia. They announced on Friday morning that they’ve experienced a catastrophic data loss. Wired … Continue reading →

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