Security Research Done Badly
On the face of it, demonstrating an exploit in an automotive system and finding a 0-day in a consumer piece of software and exploiting it are two completely different things, one is a criminal act and one is security research. But equally, there is also a similarity between attacks and “security research” when that research is done badly.…
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Conference Survival Guide
Do you go to many conferences ? Class yourself as a professional conference attendee? Here are my tips for attending a conference and how to ‘survive’ ! Before you get there Plan in advance, who you want to see, seminars, meet ups seminars etc. If there is an app for the show, it might be…
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Passwords, the good, the bad and the interesting ones !
It’s currently Get Safe Online week and so I thought I’d do a quick post on passwords. I’ve been using the internet for decade(s) now and it is amazing that I can remember most of my passwords – but that is a bad thing – it probably means I haven’t changed it enough. The only…
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Pointers for a career in cyber security
So you wanna be a hacker ? Well, this is not the blog for you I’m afraid. I say that because a hacker is very different to a criminal which is very different to cyber security. There is some cross over but I recommend you have a read of Steve Levy Hackers and you’ll get…
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best practice, career, CV, Hack, infosec, Inspiration, Interview, life skills, Personal, security, tips, Twitter, WhoAmIDid someone put you in the TO: instead of the BCC: ? Do This…
Has anyone ever put you in the TO: address bar instead of the BCC: field and you end up with a ton of email addresses staring at you? Feel like your privacy was affected somehow? Well it was… this is what can happen when you tally that data up. All you need is Excel ! Open…
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I’m more in #ShellShock about the speed of the attackers !
If you haven’t caught up with it yet, there is a vulnerability out there which is quite a serious one. What’s gone wrong now ? If you have Linux, Unix or Mac OS X then you need to keep your eyes out for updates … and then learn how to test them for vulnerabilities ! …
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Underground, overground, travelling free !
So the Tube – the London Underground is going NFC for payment transactions then … [LINK] … can you see the weakness here ? We’ve had Oyster cards for some time now in London as a means to pay at the turnstiles to travel on the London networks – bus, Underground etc. I assume some contractual…
The movie list
This list is for my kids. Let’s face it, I hate most of the stuff you watch – Barbie and the Dreamhouse was the low point. So this is a list of films I want you to watch. Not in any particular order (although I’ll guide you on the proper order for Star Wars!)…
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I’m seeking new opportunities
After nearly 3 1/2 years in my previous role, I have decided to move on to find to pastures new. Security is a personal passion of mine as you may have seen from my Twitter account (@SPCoulson) and I want to now bring security to the doorstep of organisations and help highlight and repair weaknesses, but also demonstrate how they can effectively…
Undersea data – the evidence of the snoop ?
It’s been a while since I put out a blog, but this caught my eye. This [LINK] interactive graphic shows the undersea cable maps of the world. It’s a really good graphic and is very useful in giving us some intelligence. We’ve seen other graphics of the undersea cable maps [LINK] but this new interactive one…
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