Multi-Function Devices – Will they comply…?

Okay, so you did a Penetration Test and all you found was an insecure printer right? The fun things that you can find on Multi-function Printing devices and how it might affect compliance… Printers, scanners, copiers, and fax machines have become more and more complex over the years. I find that this is largely due to a […]

Book Review – BackTrack 5 Wireless Penetration Testing Beginner’s Guide

If you want an easy to follow, step by step guide to analyzing and testing Wi-Fi security, look no further than Vivek Ramachandran’s “BackTrack 5 Wireless Penetration Testing Beginner’s Guide“. The author guides you on a path from the basic principles of Wi-Fi to advanced monitoring and attacks. Vivek starts you out by preparing your […]

Security Assessments You’ve Never Had – But Should…

You are probably familiar with the classic security assessments:  internal and external penetration testing, security risk assessments, and PCI gap assessments.  You may not be as familiar with, or even aware of, other assessments that may be just as valuable for strengthening your security program.  Some of these less familiar assessments are new, the result […]

TheRegister.co.uk – Ensuring SPAM emails live on

 It seems the team at the popular tech news and review site TheRegister.co.uk didn’t quite have enough Coffee this Monday morning as they mistakenly sent an email out to 3,521 of it’s subscribers with the email address details of 46,524 of it’s readers. It seems a lot less people subscribe than actually read the articles. The following […]

Anonymous Hackers Target Child Porn Websites

The Anonymous campaign began Oct. 14, when members of the hacktivist group found a cache of child-pornography websites while browsing a secret website called the Hidden Wiki, a guidebook to hundreds of underground websites invisible to search engines and regular Internet users. The hackers singled out Lolita City, a file-sharing site used by pedophiles, and […]

Not enough hours in the day

It’s been a while since I posted a good old blog article on here and that is mainly as I’m sure you can tell from the title because it’s a little hectic. But the blog is important to me and deserves my attention. Time at the moment just seems to flying by. First September and […]