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6 Networking Things To Do Before Security Summer Camp

Security Summer Camp  (BSidesLV, Blackhat and Defcon)  is the most important week in the security industry and as such you need to be prepared to network like a professional. Here are 6 things you can do this week to get ready: Freshen Up Your Social Media Profiles Is your twitter profile picture 4 years old?  Does your twitter … Read more

6 Technical Things To Do Before Security Summer Camp

We are two weeks away from Security Summer Camp (which is BSidesLV, Blackhat and Defcon)!   So it is time for everyone to write their annual blog posts about what you must do before you head out.  I want to be one of the cool kids so here is my list of 6 things to … Read more

My First 10 Seconds On A Server

While doing security research it is not uncommon for me to build and destroy between 20 and 25 cloud servers a week on Digital Ocean. While there are great guides like: My First 10 Minutes On a Server – Primer for Securing Ubuntu My First 5 Minutes On A Server; Or, Essential Security for Linux … Read more

The VPN You Should Be Using

There has been a lot of talk about why you should use a VPN on public networks and why it shouldn’t be a commercial one. I am a huge fan of  the Streisand privacy stack because it includes and  L2TP/IPsec VPN, OpenConnect, OpenSSH, OpenVPN, Shadowsocks, sslh, Stunnel, and a Tor bridge all in one amazing package. The problem … Read more

Installing The Lair Framework With 7 Commands

I worked with a consultant using the lair framework two years ago and since then I have been a huge fan of the project to manage pentest information. Tom Steele has done an amazing job with the project  but it has been a pain to install but thanks to Ryan Hanson and Docker you can now setup a lair instance with 7 … Read more