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Thoughts about the Apple vs FBI iPhone firmware case

Feb 17, 2016

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Not trying to provide the full story here, just a few thoughts and directions as to security, privacy and civil rights. (for the backdrop – Appleâ€™s Tim Cook letter explains it best: https://www.apple.com/customer-letter/) From a technical perspective, Apple is fully capable to alleviating a lot of the barriers the FBI is currently facing with unlocking…

An obituary to pentesting?

Nov 24, 2015

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in Opinion, Security Research

I just saw a blog post in which Mike Kemp discovers the realities of 2010Â (linkedin). (disclaimer – I know Mike and love him as a person, and this is my way of poking at him a bit – no disrespect here, but pretty much the opposite) Now, go read that post (yes, I know, it’s…

Amazonian Trojans and Marketing Fear-Mongering

Nov 13, 2015

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in Security Research

Hello there, welcome back to our scheduled programming on how to drum up clicks and views on your website “Powered by Fear Uncertainty and Doubt”. As most marketing organizations know, sometimes you need to be a little creative when coming up with news and research. You draw a target forÂ your security researchers to hit, and…

Debunking the “8200”, “81” and other #### ex-Israeli Army Intelligence myth

Oct 26, 2015

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in Opinion

I’m a known and pretty vocal advocate of self learning, self starting, and inquisitive entrepreneurial spirit. As such, I’ve witnessed over my years in the security industry, a lot of occasions where the halo or myth surrounding some so-called “elite” units in the Israeli Army Intelligence has blinded people. Such blindness comes from a very…