analysis

05
Oct
Vulnerability annihilation since 1851

Vulnerability annihilation since 1851

"What Hobbs had in mind was not the usual cajoling of a provincial bank into an upgrade, but exposing weaknesses in the British Empire itself by revealing the faults of one of Day and Newell’s competitors."
1 min read
29
Sep
Information Asymmetry and the 1950s Nuclear Bounty

Information Asymmetry and the 1950s Nuclear Bounty

Props to Matt Ploessel for calling out this one... I'd not heard of a bounty around nuclear weapons until today.
3 min read
29
Sep
Are you making a Walkman? Or an iPod?

Are you making a Walkman? Or an iPod?

When the walkman was introduced, it created a category. It's brand also became the term of description for that category.
3 min read
31
Aug
The Nth Country Experiment and Coincident Vulnerability Discovery

The Nth Country Experiment and Coincident Vulnerability Discovery

Nth Country Experiment - Nuclear MuseumCould any country with the right knowledge and technology build a nuclear bomb? From May
1 min read
27
Aug
Public Comment from Casey Ellis, Bugcrowd re DRAFT BOD 20-01

Public Comment from Casey Ellis, Bugcrowd re DRAFT BOD 20-01

Dear Director Krebs and CISA/DHS team, Thank you for the opportunity to comment on this Binding Operational Directive...
6 min read
03
Aug
WTF is happening on tcp:0? 2020 edition - Update 1

WTF is happening on tcp:0? 2020 edition - Update 1

tl;dr: 0.06% of the publicly-addressable IPv4 space is listening to and responding on TCP Port 0. Why? idk…
1 min read
23
Mar

Changes

You know that awkward thing at the moment when you see someone and go to shake their hand or hug
1 min read
22
Mar

On #stopthespread and school closures

On the decision to keep schools open in Australia yesterday: It’s not that kids don’t catch covid. It
3 min read
31
Dec
The Future is Now: 2020 Cybersecurity Predictions

The Future is Now: 2020 Cybersecurity Predictions

How is it 2020 already? We’re in the last month of the decade, and the year that has long
3 min read
03
Sep

Mastering the mundane

I live a pretty frenetic and busy life both activity-wise and mentally. Some of this is environmental, most of this is my own making, and almost all of it I love… But it’s important to be reminded to appreciate the simple and sometimes boring things too.
1 min read