Disposable emails

Everybody hates spam. I do. You do (if you don’t I’ll force you to). Waking up to a inbox full of spam from a company you once registered your email address to eons ago is a drag. Especially from those companies offering “free” white papers. Today I’ll look into ways to combat this by looking

les UX – an aura of secrecy

I’ll let you in on a secret. I love urban exploration (UX). There’s an undefined thing about the whole concept of exploring abandoned buildings and places that peaks my interest. Lately after coming home from work, feeling exhausted, I’ve spent my time reading UX reports. In one of the reports I found a reference to something called les

A history lesson on SSL and TLS

This blog post will totally change the way you look at SSL and TLS. It will be story of war, love, betrayal and dragons. As a direct follow-up on my post “HTTPS is DROWNING“, may I present you the history of SSL and TLS (and HTTPS)! SSL history lesson Once upon a time in a country

HTTPS is DROWNING

Did you know that 33% of all HTTPS servers are vulnerable to a bug named DROWN? Yup – they totally are. DROWN is a new  cross protocol bug targeting HTTPS and TLS/SSL enabled services. It was made known in early March 2016 and the acronym stands for “Decrypting RSA with Obsolete and Weakened eNcryption”. DROWN allows attackers to

These documentaries will melt your heart into a happy puddle

It’s Easter holiday and time to relax. The telly is mostly  full of boring shows and there’s no new episodes of the series I follow. Sigh. Thank God for YouTube and Chromecast. Here’s a few documentaries I’ve seen this week. People & Power – Syria’s Electronic Armies By happenstance I managed to catch this excellent

Norwegian Bank Account Numbers

Today I’ll teach you how to extract information from Norwegian bank account numbers. History lesson The Norwegian account number system was introduced in 1967 for automatic data processing of checks and other documents. Norwegian Bankers’ Association and the Savings Banks Association in Norway decided on using an eleven-digit number for account representation. Format Digits of an account number

Hacker documentaries – the great popcorn massacre

Some evenings I just feel to sit down and watch documentaries together with my cats colleagues. Today I bring you a small selection of my favorites. So, hook up your Chromecast and enjoy! Defcon 20 documentary Defcon is one of the world’s largest annual hacker conventions, held every year in Las Vegas. I haven’t attended it,

Forensics approach to handling vulnerability scanner results

  I was scratching my head this week as I ventured deeper into the world of vulnerability scanners. Not actually the scanners themselves, but rather the process of handling the process surrounding them. I.e. validating results. Finding no proper methodologies on the Net, I set out penning my own based on one of my older methods

Henry Fords dreams of cars and telesurgery

Back in the day an ingenious man strolled about with huge important plans. He wanted to make life easier by offering technology, but the road wasn’t paved with gold. After some struggle he stated something incredible smart: “When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with

Pig went to market

Dear “Enlightened Masters (EM)”, your memo reached my desk earlier this week. This is my response – shared in public. The time is nigh. Information Technology is moving forward in a rapid pace. Every year we see new and important tools powered by IT to make life easier. We’re talking about banking, online shops and