Digital and Personal Self-Care at #hackersummersamp - "New Normalish" Edition
I usually write a piece for first-timers and newbies on how to get the most out of Hacker Summer Camp and how to stay safe digitally and physically. This tradition began in the early days of Bugcrowd, when DEF CON was part of new-hire induction.
The iOS FaceTime vulnerability: What it means and what you can do to protect yourself
Yesterday news broke that a bug in FaceTime that allows callers to listen to the audio of the person they
Election Security 2020: Don’t Let Disinformation Undermine Your Right to Vote
A tweet of a voting machine that “looks like” it’s infected by ransomware could be as effective at deterring voter turnout and confidence as the real deal, which is a cost-effective and asymmetric means to manipulate election results.
Help! My Social Media has been hacked!
I know you do security stuff with computers and my Twitter/Facebook/Instagram/etc has been hacked! It's posting all kinds of strange stuff that isn't from me. What do I do to stop this???
A message to folks providing "free testing" at the moment
TLDR: If you’re performing any active, unsanctioned testing on healthcare systems: Please stop it. Don’t make their job any harder than it is right now.
Practical prepping for Hacker Summer Camp
Here are some last-minute security and general “staying vertical” notes I shared with a few folks who are headed to
Solve 99% of Your Infosec Problems with this One Weird Trick!
99% of good infosec is equivalent to remembering to wash your hands after you use the bathroom. As an industry, we should be working to make that easier.
Sms Scams - What Can Be done?
First things first… If you receive a spam SMS you should forward the message to the Australian Media and Communications
Rdpcheck Checks Your Network for the New Rdp Vulnerability
We’ve created a tool at RDPCheck to help you test your exposure to an attack from the outside on
The Golden Rule of Avoiding Fraud
This is a simple one that I told my mother-in-law the other day. It won’t protect you from everything,
