AppSec California 2017
After attending both Defcon and HOPE, I thought I should open my mind to other, more traditional security conferences. Since it was a short flight and of modest cost, I […]
Hacking
Weak Crypto in Star Trek Beyond (SPOILERS!!)
Let’s get this out of the way upfront: the most recent installation of the Star Trek reboot, “Beyond”, was exactly what I’d hoped it would be. It was an action […]
MapTable.js for all your table and map needs!
I’m proud to announce that I played a small role in releasing a great new JavaScript library called MapTable. This is an open source JavaScript library that accepts longitude and […]
Scanning multiple subnets for SSH servers that accept passwords
At work I was tasked to see if any of our servers are running SSH which allow passwords instead of strictly only allowing SSH keys. You can tell if they […]
Web App Security Cheat Sheet
I recently documented best security practices for writing a web app. Since I was most of the way there for a nice tidy blog post on the topic, I’m using […]
Penance for forgetting basic debugging
I was working on implemented a nonce to fight CSRF requests on all our forms. The nonce worked liked you expect: by setting a cookie and then putting the same […]
How to test PHPs memory_limit setting
So, we all know that in PHP, you configure it with a php.ini file. And in there, you can set the amount of RAM a script can use with the […]
MultiPressDev
I’ve just released 1.0 of a github project that easily allows you to develop plugins across multiple versions of WordPress. It uses Vagrant to easily provision an Ubuntu Virtual Machine […]
Named anchor navigation using JavaScript
Recently I wanted to implement simple way to load a number of gallery images on an a static HTML page. JavaScript was my go to, specifically jQuery. I started by […]
On The Register’s security posts
Intro: 2 posts, 1 bored security tinkerer I was stuck on a cross-country plane trip recently, and I started reading up on some security posts. I found two interesting ones, […]