Vista’s Security Hobbled By Microsoft’s Own Insecure Past
Yesterday I wrote about Joanna Rutkowska’s work that highlighted a serious security flaw in Windows Vista. Her finding was that in Vista, many applications require…
Month: April 2025
Don’t Wait for The Next IT Audit To Address High-Risk Threats
Too Many Organizations Look to Scheduled Audits to Dictate Patching Efforts Though it may seem obvious that patches to critical vulnerabilities in IT systems need…
Rolex: It’s Not What You Think
Since getting my watch I’ve received some pretty interesting reactions from people. The biggest misconception people seem to have about Rolex is that any Rolex…
How To Search Your Site Using Google From Firefox’s Address Bar (with code)
I’ve recently started searching my site using Google rather than using the built-in WordPress search. That’s nothing new — pretty much everyone knows that if…
My Letter To A Linux Desktop User
I know you don’t believe me, as we’ve had this conversation before. But there will come a time in your life when you will grow…
You Are Wrong About President Bush
President Bush isn’t the hateful warmonger people make him out to be. I agree that he’s hurting the United States to an obscene degree (as…
Security Filters Are All The Same
Let me start by stating that much of what I’m about to cover was seeded by a wonderful talk I heard by Marcus Ranum back…
The Whitehouse.gov Website’s Robots.txt File Has 1839 Lines In It
1839? I’m sure they’re not trying to hide anything, as doing so with a robots.txt file would be asinine, but 1839 entries is just insane.…
Why The Valentine 1 Radar Detector Is Stupid
If you’re into cars, driving fast, or just technology in general you’ve likely heard of the Valentine 1 radar detector. It’s widely accepted to be…
7 Relatively Unknown But Very Powerful Vim Features
I’m a bit obsessed with mastering vim. I kind of feel like I’m killing kittens every time I do something inefficiently. I know plenty of…
Cognitive Dissonance: Materialism | Daniel Miessler
I really, really like stuff. Particularly high-quality stuff. I’m a pretty philosophical guy, and I fully understand that material things don’t ultimately matter, yet I…
Malicious PyPI Package Targets E-commerce Sites with Automated Carding Script
Cybersecurity researchers from Socket have exposed a malicious Python package on PyPI, named disgrasya, designed to automate credit card fraud on WooCommerce-based e-commerce sites. Unlike…