hacker/hustler. chairman/founder/cto @bugcrowd and cofounder @disclose_io. husband, dad, musician, believer. pioneer of crowdsourced security as-a-service.
entrepreneurship
I was approached with a simple brief… The client, a start-up rookie trying to make a break from his 9-to-5 as a builder, wanted to have some level of comfort that the initial production run of his product would sell. The product we were marketing is targeted at the 15
opinion
This is a quick little how-to that will hopefully save a few people some pain. I’m going to presume you know what eBay is and how their auctions work. eBay auctions are designed to make potential buyers nervous about the idea of losing the auction to someone else. The
dontgetpwned
This is a simple one that I told my mother-in-law the other day. It won’t protect you from everything, but it will greatly reduce your exposure. Don’t comply with any request that you didn’t expect. Simple right? Put differently – any time your “computer” is proactive about asking
business-strategy
Excuse the profanity, but this is really worth watching. [2011/03 Mike Monteiro F*** You. Pay Me.](http://vimeo.com/22053820) from San Francisco Creative Mornings on Vimeo. Mike talks specific to the design industry but it applies really to any professional services or consulting business (tech, security, financial, business,
entrepreneurship
Sellerwise.net was my first real tech start-up. As a business it had a lot of potential – a genuine need in the market, lack of competition, a massive potential customer base, and fantastic initial take-up… And then one day the company I was singularly reliant on (eBay) decided they’d
entrepreneurship
“Here’s the difference between a visionary and an entrepreneur. Both have visions, which are a dime a dozen. But an entrepreneur has, in addition to visions, plans. In addition to plans, actions.” – Bob Metcalfe (Founder of 3Com and inventor of Ethernet) from this article in Technology Review.
entrepreneurship
entrepreneur (n): a person who’s prepared to work 16 hours a day for themselves to avoid working 8 hours a day for someone else. …hat tip to Nick Ellsmore for that one…
business-strategy
An interesting trend in Internet marketing is to deliberately under-inform prospects re what your product is about. You provide just enough info to get them to click on the link to the next thing, which provides them with just enough info to get them to the next thing… etc, etc,
threat-analysis
This is a ridiculously awesome post from Dancho Danchev which dives into the mechanics of the sale, distribution and fraudulent processing of credit cards on the Internet. Congratulations Dancho.
entrepreneurship
If I’m really honest I’d have to say that I don’t really know what the Tall Poppy Group is yet. I know what I want it to be – But how does one describe across the gap between present reality and future potential? The best I’ve come
dontgetpwned
Here’s some food for thought… Would you trust a 3 year old: * …with access to your mortgage? * …to keep your house secure? * …with the security of your bank accounts? Of course you wouldn’t. Let me try another question then… Is your smartphone PIN access code the same as
historical-perspective
The word “corporation” was originally a shipping term – A group of people would pool their resources to fund and form a corporation which was usually an expedition to go out and find treasure, new lands, etc. A famous example of this is the Dutch East India Company. The term “all