Anatomy of Cryptophishing – Hydro Project

Cross-posted to “AdventuresInCyberSecurity.com” and “BecomeACyberSecurity.Expert” Logo is stolen from the real Hydro Protocol folks. I get some interesting emails, and in particular, some interesting phishing emails. Most of them are quite poor, and fairly easy to spot, and the people constructing them don’t go through a lot of effort. I received one today that was […]

On Hacking Automated Trucks #cybersecurity #y2k #iot

Regarding this article from a post on Linked In: https://www.bizjournals.com/phoenix/news/2017/07/25/is-cybersecurity-the-y2k-of-this-generation.html Is #cybersecurity the #Y2K of this generation? This author seems to think so. This is telling: “Yes, that [hacking automated trucks] is possible, but the designers of these systems are aware of the issue and are putting measures in place to avoid it.” This completely […]

Amazon Review: Logitech K830 Illuminated Living Room Wireless Keyboard

Logitech K830 Illuminated Living Room Wireless Keyboard (Affiliate Link) First, let me clear up something – if this is touted as a Bluetooth keyboard, it is NOT Bluetooth in the traditional sense. It requires a “sense” connection which requires you to plug a small receiving into a USB port. You will NOT be able to […]

U.S. Government Releases “Proof” of U.S. Election Hacking by Russians

Gary Markstein, as above. Edit: Original post still below, but I’ve been informed by several of the Threat Researchers with whom I work that this report is not supposed to be considered as the government’s proof, merely things that organisations can use in order to protect themselves. With that understood, it still furthers a narrative […]

Google Pixel XL (128GB) Review

I own a Google Pixel XL in Very Black with 128GB onboard storage. I have had a Samsung Galaxy Note since the first one. I still have my Galaxy Note 4. (Actually, I have two of them! Unfortunately, I couldn’t go any further with the Note series for two big reasons. Samsung in their <sarcasm>infinite […]

Why I Need More Than 16GB RAM @apple @timcook

This is a screenshot of my desktop as it exists at the time of this writing. As of right now, I have the following programmes open on my Macbook Pro: TextEdit SpiderOakOne (suspended) Google Chrome (dozens of suspended tabs) Google Hangouts VM for Work (Windows 10, Outlook, Jabber, Edge) MacJournal TweetDeck Google Chrome Canary (dozens […]

Wolfram Announces Version 11 of Mathematica and the Wolfram Language

You can now 3D print directly from Mathematica or the cloud! Stephen Wolfram, MacArthur Genius Grant winner and PhD by age 20, has just announced his company’s latest version of Mathematica and the Wolfram Language. They’re available for both desktop and cloud. The former means I have to free up some space on my hard […]

Malware via Email

I can tell just by looking what kind of malware this is likely to be. I imagine that many people don’t look forward to getting malware on their machines, but I do. It’s great – as a person who fights this sort of thing on a regular basis, the “enemy” is kind enough to regularly […]

What has the #EU ever done for Us? #leaveEU #Brexit @independent

Picture taken from the linked article. In the Independent, there is this article which talks about Boris Johnson being as trustworthy as David Cameron. Aside from the obvious joke about trusting politicians, there’s an interesting gallery entitled “What has the EU ever done for us?” and which lists seven things, as follows: It gives you […]

See, Now That’s How You Do Business — @DigixGlobal @Trello

This is an example of my Trello board that I use to keep track of things for our flat. Yes, that is the view from our flat, looking NNW. 🙂 If you look at my Twitter feed, it would appear that I complain a lot. I do. There’s a good reason for that – I […]