Proper Planning and Preparation Prevents Piss Poor Penetrations I was asked for good references on pre-operation phases of hacking. I recommended Matt Monte’s “network attacks and exploitation: a framework”, and Bill McRaven’s “Spec Ops: Case Studies in Special Operations Warfare: Theory and Practice”. The Monte book is the best book on cyber written so far. […]
Propaganda, harder than it looks
A poor effort at “black propaganda” The success or failure of black propaganda depends on the receiver’s willingness to accept the credibility of the source and the content of the message. Care has to be taken to place the sources and messages within a social, cultural, and political framework of the target audience. If the […]
Security thinking ruined secure messengers
…I’m more of a “blog half full of COMSEC” kinda guy… Secure instant messengers are a miracle of the modern age. They enable literally anyone to communication with security and privacy guarantees that were the exclusive capability of nation states just a few decades ago. In real-time, regardless of geographic location. Telephones connect places, mobile […]