Category: Mix

Rijndael is Pronounced “Rhine Dahl”
09
Apr
2025

Rijndael is Pronounced “Rhine Dahl”

Well, technically [rɛindaːl], but “Rhine Dahl”, or even, “Rine Doll” is pretty close. Although there’s a joke that it’s now…

Security and Obscurity: Does Changing Your SSH Port Lower Your Risk?
09
Apr
2025

Security and Obscurity: Does Changing Your SSH Port Lower Your Risk?

My opinion on security and obscurity is that obscurity can in fact help improve an already sound security posture. That’s…

The Craziest Thing You’ll Ever Learn About Pi
09
Apr
2025

The Craziest Thing You’ll Ever Learn About Pi

First off, happy pi day. According to a physicist at the Exploratorium in San Francisco, the number Pi has been…

Three Powerful Safari Features That Few People Use
09
Apr
2025

Three Powerful Safari Features That Few People Use

[Edit: An updated version of this post, with 6 additional features, can be found here] Safari is an excellent browser…

Time to Switch From Debit to Credit When Paying for Things?
09
Apr
2025

Time to Switch From Debit to Credit When Paying for Things?

I tend to prefer debit when purchasing things. It hasn’t really been a security thing for me; it’s been more…

A Logical Approach to the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) and One World Government [NWO] Conspiracy
09
Apr
2025

A Logical Approach to the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) and One World Government [NWO] Conspiracy

Let me just say that I am highly resistant to conspiracy theories in general. I think most of them are…

Capturing Traffic Once and Making That Traffic Available to Multiple Tools
09
Apr
2025

Capturing Traffic Once and Making That Traffic Available to Multiple Tools

I’ve been obsessed with an idea for a while now of a networking and security tool that captures network data…

Economy Failing, Exxon Making Record Profit
08
Apr
2025

Economy Failing, Exxon Making Record Profit

Does anyone else think it’s (shameful | criminal | wrong | outrageous) for Exxon to be making record profits (10.7…

Internet Security Love | Daniel Miessler
08
Apr
2025

Internet Security Love | Daniel Miessler

The information security community is a relatively small one, and it remains so even on the Internet. It feels good…

Is Risk Assessment a Snake-Oil Discipline?
08
Apr
2025

Is Risk Assessment a Snake-Oil Discipline?

I’ve been thinking a lot recently about the usefulness of risk assessment. A while back I had an interesting conversation…

Performing a “Cold-Boot” Proof of Concept Without Princeton’s Bit-Unlocker
08
Apr
2025

Performing a “Cold-Boot” Proof of Concept Without Princeton’s Bit-Unlocker

Most in the information security community have heard of the “cold-boot” attack against encryption products that was recently released by…

A GTD Approach to Organizing and Reading Your Feeds
08
Apr
2025

A GTD Approach to Organizing and Reading Your Feeds

The fundamental problem when managing feeds is input management. Most of us simply have too many feeds to read in…