7 Minute Security

Episode show notes are here: https://7ms.us/7ms-154-friday-infosec-news-and-links-roundup/ .

Today's episode is a movie review of Ex Machina (how the FRICK do you pronounce that?) and closes out with special musical guest, Sweet Surrender!

This is a mini-review of the Almond 2015 router by Securifi. This is NOT a paid advertisement or endorsement. I just happen to REALLY like this little router.

Here are some of my favorite stories and links for this week! Training opportunities NMAP course from Udemy - $24 for a limited time (I think) How to handle the the thoughtless compliance zombie hordes - by BHIS is coming up Tuesday February 16th from 2-3 ET. The price is free! Pivot Project touts itself as "a portfolio of interesting, practical, enlightening, and often challenging hands-on exerci...

Preview16 wordsIn today's off-topic episode I review the following movies: Bone Tomahawk Goodnight Mommy Misery Loves Comedy

This episode continues the series on securing your life - making sure all the security stuff related to your life is in order. Today we're particularly focusing on preparing to travel. What if (God forbid) the plane goes down? Who has access to your money, passwords, etc.?

Yep, there are tons of people/blogs/magazines/children/pets who have provided reviews of the Apple Watch. This is mine.

In this episode I talk about how to build a cheap hosted Mutillidae server to safely hack away on while keeping other Internet prowlers out. Here are the basic commands to run to lock down the Digital Ocean droplet's iptables firewall: *Flush existing rules* **sudo iptables -F** *Allow all concurrent connections* **sudo iptables -A INPUT -m conntrack --ctstate ESTABLISHED,RELATED -j ACCEPT** *Allo...

Here are some of my favorite stories and links for this week! If you missed last week's BURN IT ALL! Webcast, it's now online as a Youtube video . There is still time to register for the Real World Web Penetration Testing Webinar. It's(Thursday, January 28 @ 1 p.m. CST) and $25 (cheap!) Trustwave is in big trouble after failing to find hackers under their noses . Their noses mustreally hurt becaus...

In today's off-topic episode I review two movies: Sicario and The Walk.

I recently had the opportunity to shoulder-surf with some seasoned Webapp pentesters, and wanted to share what I learned about their tools, techniques and methodologies.

Here are some of my fav' stories and links for this week! * Burn it all...The New Security Fundamentals **(Wednesday, January 20 @ 1 p.m. CST)**: a free Webinar on setting up the "*core technical things you need to do for your security program*." I've attended many Webinars from the BHIS group and they're always informative and humorous. * Real World Web Penetration Testing **(Thursday, January 28...

This off-topic episode covers: * Media servers - I'm a newb in this area and could use your help in setting up a config that actually works! * Making a Murderer - this is a fantastic documentary on Netflix. Stop what you're doing (once you listen to this episode) and watch *immediately* please.

Happy (belated) new year! This episode is more of a "What am I listening to, a PBS telethon?!" kind of thing, and I'm sorry for that. But I want to cover: * Scheduling changes for 2016 - we're gonna be 3 times a week! * A new documentation project I'm working on called BPATTY (Brian's Pentesting and Technical Tips for You) * A way you can support the podcast financially.

This episode talks about some cool video games I've been playing lately: * Metal Gear Solid Phantom Pain (Xbox 360) * Rise of the Tomb Raider (Xbox 360) * Luminocity (iPhone) * Super Mario Maker (Wii U) I recommend 'em all!

Back in episode #93 I talked about securing your life - in other words, asking yourself "What would happen if I was dead right now? Do I have adequate insurance? Are my finances in order? How about estate planning?" This episode continues that train of thought, and I share some new changes I've made in my "life security" department.

Looks like I'm one of the few people in the world who did NOT love this movie. I found it painful slow and claustrophobic. #diappointed.

This off-topic episode talks about one of the most gripping and disturbing documentaries I've ever seen. Welcome to Leith, in a nutshell, asks the question: What would you do if a white supremacist group moved in next door?

One skill that's been kind of a hinderance in my IT/security career is I have exactly zero experience in programming/coding. Zero. Zip. Nil. Nada. Nothing. . But I'm trying to remedy that in 2016 by learnin' me some Python, and I picked up a great book called Python Crash Course , which has been exactly what this newb needed. At the time of publishing, you can get 30% off with the coupon code CRAS...

This is a four-part series about my transition to a new job! The topics are as follows: * Part 1: When it may be time to look for a new job (or not) * Part 2: How to stand out during phone screenings and interviews * Part 3: How to gracefully transition from old job to new job * Part 4: Here's what I'm doing in my new gig!

This is a four-part series about my transition to a new job! The topics are as follows: Part 1: When it may be time to look for a new job (or not) Part 2: How to stand out during phone screenings and interviews Part 3: How to gracefully transition from old job to new job Part 4: Here's what I'm doing in my new gig!

This is a four-part series about my transition to a new job! The topics are as follows: Part 1: When it may be time to look for a new job (or not) Part 2: How to stand out during phone screenings and interviews Part 3: How to gracefully transition from old job to new job Part 4: Here's what I'm doing in my new gig!

This is a four-part series about my transition to a new job! The topics are as follows: Part 1: When it may be time to look for a new job (or not) Part 2: How to stand out during phone screenings and interviews Part 3: How to gracefully transition from old job to new job Part 4: Here's what I'm doing in my new gig!

The title says it all. I had two days to pentest a network that probably would've taken two or more people two weeks or more. I laughed. I cried. I had fun.

This episode talks about some fun I had using sqlmap, and how using it in conjunction with Sqlninja makes me happy to be alive.