The age of security, or lack thereof.

I saw a tweet today that reminded me of a quick tale from a few years ago, from before my blog existed. I’d like to think this post qualifies me as a “real hacker”β„’. Dear infosec Twitter, I'm looking for the crappiest IoT device I can buy on Amazon or anywhere in the EU. Something … [Read more…]

MacOS Finder URL extension overflow bug

Edit: Dec 2020. Apple fixed this bug in Finder late last year. Keeping this article up here for posterity. Here’s a fun one. Load this page in Firefox, on a Mac. Drag the red square below to your Desktop. Finder will crash and restart.   Yes, I have reported this to apple. This is a … [Read more…]