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Decoding the SANS Bsides london 2012 t shirt

Now that I've had a little while to recover from my tip to Atlantis ... sorry, London last week I thought I'd turn my hand to something that's been bothering me ever since I saw it.

Let me introduce the SANS variant of the offical bsides London t shirt.

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Why the London 2012 WiFi network will be a boon for information theives

  •   Wed 11 January 2012
  •   InfoSec

image0I was reading twitter the other day and came across a report on London getting blanketed by free WiFi coverage courtesy of O2 and this got me thinking. If I were a bad guy this would present me with such a very tasty target. Lots of tourists coming into the …

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OWASP Birmingham registration is now open!

  •   Thu 01 December 2011
  •   InfoSec

OWASP Birmingham needs you!

  •   Mon 14 November 2011
  •   InfoSec

We have a date for the first OWASP Birmingham event, December 15th. We have Dave Rook (aka SecurityNinja) lined up as one of our first speakers. He was awesome when I saw him at BsidesLondon, and I can't think of a better way to start the brum chapter than with …

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OWASP Birmingham

  •   Fri 04 November 2011
  •   InfoSec

The inception of OWASP Birmingham is well under way now. It's starting to feel very real. Already have 2 speakers lined up for the first meeting on December 15th. Meeting the rest of the board next week to iron out the details.

If anyone is interested in attending then drop …

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Beardcon

  •   Fri 21 October 2011
  •   InfoSec

Thanks to @jimmyblake the Brucon Beardcon photo has been located!

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My first BruCON experience

  •   Fri 23 September 2011
  •   InfoSec

BruCON logoI've been back from BruCON for a couple of days now so I think it's about time I put my thoughts in order and write up my experience of going to this awesome event.

After playing musical platforms at Brussels airport train station and finally getting to the hotel at …

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Brum 2600 - Becoming part of the community

  •   Mon 05 September 2011
  •   InfoSec

As part of becoming part of the greater community I decided to go along to the monthly brum2600 meeting last Saturday (3/9). Anyone who is familiar with 2600 meetings will realise that this isn't an "official" meeting as they are only held on the first Friday  of the month …

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Virgin Media TiVo Review

Now that I've got that rant off my chest it's time for my Virgin Media TiVo review.

We've had it in for 2 weeks now so I'm pretty sure that I've got to grips with the way they system works and can give it a fair review. If you've ever …

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Why I left Sky TV

  •   Thu 01 September 2011
  •   Rant

For most of the 10 years that we've been in our house we were Sky customers, having been exposed to Virgin's old analogue cable service at my parents house before that we decided that satellite was the way for us. However, as everyone knows, ADSL broadband sucks. It sucks hard …

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