RandomMAC.py

I spend a lot of time working in the starbucks near my office.  It is a great place to slip away from the office for an hour when I need to do some heads down work but dont want to be completely anti-social.  Even though I always use a VPN one thing that always bothered my … Read more

Disable Frequent Location Tracking in iOS 9

I have been using the iOS 9 Public Beta 2 and one of the things that I do not like (and has really been freaking me out) is the Frequent Location Tracking.  I was getting alerts like this: This made me have the following thoughts: I am not going to Columbia right now. Am I … Read more

Compare Two Files

At work this week I needed to compare two files to see if they had the same MD5 or SHA256 hash.  After spending way too long trying to get hashdeep and md5deep to work correctly and not finding anything else to easily do this I wrote compare.py today.  This script is the definition of utilitarian but I … Read more

Just Say No To Security By Listicle!

I see these types of listicles on LinkedIn or Twitter a few times a week: 5 tips to protect your business against cyber crimeTen ways to prevent a data breach and protect your small business3 tips to keep your company secure from hackers They are written by *security experts* and they say effective security is as easy as: … Read more