security

How to Install the Parler App

Jan 9, 2021 security android

Manual Install on Android Allow installation of apps from unknown sources. Refer to the following video for details. Download the Parler app APK file. Install it!

Dumping Twitter Will Make You Smarter

Nov 22, 2020 Jan 14, 2021 career security health

About three years ago, the following phrase popped into my head: "Social media is making you have stupid opinions." Now that's obviously not directed at you, and when I had the thought it wasn't about anyone in particular. It was more of a general observation that social media is antithetical to critical …

Finding Suspicious Traffic using CloudWatch Log Insights and VPC Flow Logs

Jul 28, 2019 aws cloud networking security

While playing around with AWS CloudWatch Log Insights to analyze VPC flow logs, I thought of a couple of fun ways to identify (probably) malicious traffic. Finding Vulnerability Scanners These are the guys that hammer your box looking for anything from silly SQL injection attacks (so 2005) to CSRF vulnerabilities. The …

Architecting for Security on AWS

Sep 7, 2018 aws security

My latest course “Architecting for Security on AWS” is now available on Pluralsight! You’ll learn how to secure your data and AWS services using a defense-in-depth approach, including: Protecting your AWS credentials using identity and access management Capturing and analyze logs using CloudTrail, CloudWatch, and …

Understanding the Meltdown Attack

Jan 5, 2018 security

This month, security researchers released a whitepaper describing the Meltdown attack, which allows anyone to read the full physical memory of a system by exploiting a vulnerability in Intel processors. If that sounds bad, that’s because it is. It means that if you’re running workloads on a public cloud provider, and …

4 Inconvenient but Effective Security Measures

Oct 5, 2017 security

Security usually requires sacrificing convenience (or money). So naturally, we tend to get away with as little security as possible. But if you’re a glutton for punishment, here are 4 very inconvenient but highly effective measures you can take right now to protect yourself from the evils lurking on the interwebs. …

Blockchain is a Passing Fad

Oct 4, 2017 security blockchain networking

Whenever a tech fad comes to an end, it becomes so obvious why it failed. Yet during the hype, it’s easy to miss the problems lurking just below the surface. I want to explore some of the problems I see with public blockchain and why I think it’s not going to live up to the hype. Blockchain can’t track real things …

PowerShell and Donald Trump

Jun 15, 2016 powershell windows security

Still not convinced that you should learn Windows PowerShell? A popular conspiracy theory asserts that Russia used some awesome PowerShell tricks to hack the Democratic National Committee and get Donald Trump’s opposition research file. While you shouldn’t (and hopefully won’t) use PowerShell for international …