In case anyone out there is interested, I’ve updated my resume to include recently obtained degrees and certifications.  Specifically, a couple of months ago I managed to obtain OSCP status, and today I graduated with my Associate of Science in Information Technology.
I’m continuing on to achieve my Bachelor’s by next summer and I hope to obtain another [...]

As I was perusing the Net this evening I discovered SmashTheStack was hosting a team-based CTF-style WarGame. Teams are given a remote box and need to secure it, but are required to keep at least 3 services at all times. Teams are given 24 hours to secure their boxes. After the grace [...]

I’ve been asked for some good links to help learn x86 Assembly.  The main source I have been using is “Programming from the Ground Up” by Jonathan Bartlett.  The target audience for this book is people who don’t already have any programming experience.  It begins by explaining the basics of how a computer works, how [...]

Last week I went to Louisville for the annual Louisville Metro Information Security Conference.  As part of this conference, Irongeek (Adrian Crenshaw), hosted a CTF event.  You can read more about the event at his site, but I’ll recap a bit for you here my experience.
The general concept behind the scenario was you were brought [...]

New comic!  Ya, I know, it’s been awhile.
I introduce a couple of new characters today, so here’s the background.  Some friends and I get together on a weekly basis, or so, and game.  We played ShadowRun for awhile, we’ve done PC gaming, and now we’re doing D20.  Specifically, we’re going through the Savage Tide campaign [...]

A practically emberassing bug in dd-wrt was released today.  It would allow anyone to get root access to your router if you have remote Web GUI turned on, which is always a bad idea.  If you don’t, anyone on your internal network could get root access pretty easily.  Details on the bug are on milw0rm [...]

This past week was a particular nasty week for Wordpress users who do not keep their software up-to-date.  If you’re Worpress installation is before 2.8.4 and you haven’t been hit by the worm circuling the globe, please update ASAP!  You can get the latest version at http://wordpress.org/download/.  This worm used a known and patched SQL [...]

I’m sure everyone knows by now that Twitter and Facebook both suffered from a Denial of Service (DoS) attack yesterday.  For those who don’t know what that means, a DoS attack is any kind of malicious attack against a server or service that causes that server to become unavailable.  In it’s simplest form a DoS [...]

Being budget-minded (read tightwad) I was excited to hear about Boost Mobile’s $50 unlimited plan.  That’s unlimited voice, data, and text for $50/month.  The only drawback is that it is slow, using Nextel’s IDEN network, and not the more modern 3G, but it’s definetly usable.
Most of the phones available through Boost aren’t that great, but [...]