I Am Security

Author: iamit

  • Relying on AV? Really?

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    I tried to hold back on this one, but if you’ve read this blog (or met me in person) you know it’s hard… Another amazing research coming out of your favorite AV vendor – uncovering ground breaking security implications. Take a minute to read this: http://www.symantec.com/connect/blogs/simple-njrat-fuels-nascent-middle-east-cybercrime-scene Admittedly, I have stopped reading any AV vendor’s blog…

  • Hacking, Business, and Politics

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    I’ve recently had the great fortune to be called in as an industry expert to comment on current news at the Fox Business “Money with Melissa Francis”. I’ll be the first one to tell you that every (read: EVERY) mass media outlet has an agenda. From Fox, through CBS, NBC, CNN to Al-Jazeera. They have…

  • Women in infosec? That thing again?

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    I usually don’t weigh in on the topic, well, because I don’t have the right equipment for once, and furthermore, I think that the majority of discussions around it are led by people who woefully misrepresent most of the women in infosec that I know. But I have to share this: Jennifer J. Minella (@jjx on twitter)…

  • Breaking news: Spy agencies are spying!

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    Please say it ain’t so! Spy agencies are spying? I’m actually going to go out on a limb here and present my (again – MY) opinion, which might pass as complicated by people with very deterministic views (or are being spoon-fed said views through the media of their choice). First – I think that the…

  • On BadBIOS and Bad Behavior

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    So, unless you are in the security industry and have been living under a rock in the last couple of weeks, you probably know what this #BadBIOS thing refers to. It started when Dragos Ruiu, a highly respected researcher and the founder and organizer of CanSecWest (and PacSec, and EuSecWest) started posting about his exxperience…