Technology Scary Stories
As we approach Halloween, why not check out the scarier side of technology at home?
Tagged: security
The Long Tail of IoT and How We Handle It
There’s the perennial joke that the “S” in IoT stands for “Security”. With cases like the recent spate of WD storage appliances being wiped on mass, which turned out to be an old, but...
Naively Detecting Pivots with NetFlow
The experiment started with a simple question – can you detect interesting behaviour with only NetFlow data? There are numerous tools on the market that can do this will full network taps but that’s...
Secure Your Network, Break Your Branding
It’s not often I look at a headline I’ve written and think “are you serious”? But this one’s for real. The problem is with Windows 10 and the deployment of an 802.1x Group Policy...
A Matter of Wireless Trust
For various very good reasons, we’ve recently had to change the the certificate presented by our RADIUS server for the wireless networks. The process of accepting the new certificate was a breeze on the...
There’s Nothing New in IT
Ok, I’ll admit the headline might be a bit much. Especially as we’re now in a world where automation is king (really, stop hand cranking stuff!) and mobile devices are everywhere. However, when you’ve...
Default Passwords Strike Again – This Time On Air
Breaking into broadcast transmissions isn’t anything new. We can go back to 1977 and the interruption of Southern Television, replacing the audio feed with some “interesting” content. Doing similar nowadays, where digital studio to...
Making Debian Play Nice with 802.1x and User VLAN Switching
As you could probably guess from previous posts, I’m currently working on a project that will see the deployment of 802.1x on the wired network. The ultimate aim would be to authenticate both the...
Thunderstrike (Na Na Na Na)
It almost sounds like something out of a movie: the evil villain quietly drops into the conference room and replaces the DisplayPort to VGA adapter with an evil one. Ok, I’ll admit, it’s not the...