I’m a geek (no surprises there), and thanks to too many hours hunched of the keyboard in the dark coding away into the small hours I’ve come to resemble the stereotype; overweight, four-eyed and (preferably) in black. I always assumed that this was me, and was happy with that; but towards the end of last summer there appeared to be an increase in geeks and hacker-types pushing to get fitter: Hackerrun came and went, and a couple of my clients participated in a local 10k run. So I thought I’d see what all the fuss was about and join in.
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2010: A Review
Originally I wasn’t planning on reviewing this year, didn’t think that much had happened, but during some end of year house keeping came across the InfoSanity review of 2009 and wanted to keep the trend going. In keeping with last years review.
Return from intermission
Firstly, apologises for the break in regular postings, I was caught by surprise when I realised that it had been over a month since the last InfoSanity post.
Random 419
I want to say thank you to everyone who has supported this site and blog, but it is closing down as I am now rich thanks to the Central Bank of Nigeria. No, seriously, they sent me an email and everything….
Okay, maybe not, but it’s a while since I’ve seen a 419 (advance fee fraud) slip through to my inbox so thought I’d share. Originally I hand planned to critique different parts of the email, but I still can’t believe people fall for these so instead I’ll just share the ‘wealth’ for all.
Too contactable?
Yesterday I got curious:
When you power on your primary machine on, how many ways could someone get in contact with you? email/twitter/etc
EuroTrash Security podcast is live
The first episode of EuroTrash Security has been released this week. The stated goal is to create an infomation security podcast focused on happenings within Europe. Which provides one of the best taglines for a podcast I’ve heard: Security with funny accents.
Dissecting the Hack
When I first heard about Jayson’s book, Dissecting the Hack: The F0rb1dd3n Network I was really looking forward to getting my hands on a copy. Without going through the backstory, getting a copy could now be difficult. The community response to the situation has been outstanding, I don’t think any other industry would pull together […]
Clouds in BlackHat's conference
Being the other side of the pond I wasn’t able to attend Black Hat, but I have been keeping a keen eye on the posted conference materials and talk recordings being released after the conference’ close. As I’ve recently been researching the latest buzz of Cloud Computing, naturally I was initially drawn to the talks […]
Links from my inbox (2009-08-17)
Going through my inbox, today seems to be a good day for sharing links. So I thought I pass some of these on, may be of use to others too. IronGeek’s Security and Forensic podcasts: Links to the latest episodes of the podcasts that are regularly listened to by IronGeek, in chronological order. Shouldn’t be […]
BCS Exit Survey
I recently recieved my renewal reminder for the BCS, I’ve been increasingly disappointed with the ‘advantages’ of being a member. Whilst I don’t like not being a member of a professional body for my craft, I simply cannot justify the cost any longer.