Curiosity in Practice
I wanted to do a year end blog post and couldn’t come up with a good topic so I figured I would just list all the federal felonies people asked me to commit for them this past year by hacking the following: Bosses Gmail account Blog of a business rival Multiple wireless networks Twitter account … Read more
I have been asking my son for the last month what he wants Santa to bring him for Christmas. After many discussions and a huge list I had to tell him Santa only takes list of 5 items or less and that he would have to figure out what he really wanted. It got me … Read more
Yesterday was my 2nd day at Dell World and I spent a lot of to time talking to some really smart people about the future of the company. One of the coolest things I did was get some hands on time with Dell’s new ChromeBook the will come out next year. I also spent some … Read more
Yesterday was my first full day in Austin. I took some time early in the day to walk to the Capitol and discuss some security related issues with a friend of mine who works there. In the evening I was lucky enough to hop on the Dell DP bus and attend the #vBBQ at the … Read more
I am lucky enough to be an invited guest of Dell this week at DellWorld. They picked up the flights and hotel this week so I can share with you guys as a “social influencer”. I was scheduled to fly to Austin this morning but due to an ice storm in Dallas on Sunday my … Read more
Thanksgiving, after all, is a word of action. – W.J. Cameron I stumbled across this quote late last week and it has kind of stuck with me while I get ready for some much needed time off and some quality family time. I don’t spend enough time heading that call to action beyond some … Read more
Please Vote For My Ugly Sweater!
From time to time I get called by small organizations, law firms and companies in my local area to do some consulting on security issues. Yesterday afternoon <redacted organization> called me and told me they were getting this pop up on one of their computers: That pop-up is known as CryptoLocker and once your machine … Read more
One of my close British friends said I had one of the most naturally ebullient personalities of anyone he ever met. After I looked up the word “ebullient” to make sure he wasn’t insulting me I came to understand that it defines my character better than any other single English word. Cheerful and full of … Read more
I was lucky enough to spend last week in London attending one of the best organized and friendly conferences I have ever had the pleasure of speaking at. 44CON has the DerbyCon “All in The Family” model of a small intimate conference down with a crew that DefCon would die to have. I arrived in … Read more