After the defacement and clean up, I was going about my normal business when a couple of friends noted that select pieces of reputation software are highlighting the site as either a phishing site or malicious content. This means folks would be blocked or have WARNING EVIL signs as they attempted to connect to this [...]
I received two gifts from a family member returning from China. It was a lovely thought and I was touched by the gesture. Both items are of the geek variety and bought from stalls, one a ball point pen with a built in 2GB USB stick that can act as a voice recorder and the [...]
One of the wonderful pieces of IT security defense is planning for when you get your arse handed to you. The more technical term is incident response, but it’s not as much fun to say to your mates at the pub. Being attacked and having to recover is sadly part of IT life these days, [...]
A new role has been created at a well known security firm in Sydney, and they want you – well, if you’re any good. These guys do great work, have excellent clients and the environment to sharpen your security skills to a razor’s edge. Normally, I’d leave you to hunt through your favorite job web [...]
I was sceptical before hand, but now this little thing has dropped 4 kilos from my book bag. I can read and carry all my geeks book, massive pdf files and evil security books without raising suspicions. I get curious glances on the bus, but none of the looks of outright horror and fear when [...]
