• 11 Jul 2023

    My health story is a reminder that we need to rely on the right experts

    I'm back! After quite the hiatus dealing with a rare health condition, I'm coming back to life and getting better every day! My story is quite complicated...I'm currently writing a book on the whole situation and I will share that here once it's out. Briefly...I've been dealing with debilitating neck issues, namely something called cervical instability that led to a rare condition called Eagle syndrome. My surgeon did a documentary ...

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  • 03 Jul 2020

    The miracle of COVID-19 testing: more tests= more cases. (It works for security too!)

    I'm no jet fuel genius. Nor am I a statistician. I'm certainly no epidemiologist. I don't even consider myself to be one of the smartest people in my own field. But I do know enough to realize that when a problem exists (even if it's yet to be acknowledged), once it's sought after, it will be uncovered. And once it uncovered, does this newfound knowledge actually change anything? Not necessarily. ...

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  • 30 Aug 2019

    SQL injection is lurking…Are you looking for it?

    I don't always find SQL injection vulnerabilities in the web applications I test but I have been seeing it more and more recently. I can't figure out why... When I do uncover this grandest of all vulnerabilities, it's usually pretty ugly as it was with this recent finding: Using Acunetix Web Vulnerability Scanner to uncover SQL injection across various web pages and parameters Look for this flaw. Use good tools ...

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  • 07 Feb 2019

    Hacking For Dummies now in its 9th language

    I just found out from my publisher, Wiley, that my book Hacking For Dummies is being published in Dutch. That makes the ninth language for my book since its inception way back in 2003. Here's the full list of languages: English German (including the new 6th edition)DutchHindiFrenchPortugueseSimplified ChineseItalianBulgarian I'm eager to see what the next language will be! I really hope you'll check out my book. Of course, I'm a ...

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  • 12 Sep 2018

    Using Securolytics for enhanced IoT security

    I often say that you can't secure the things that you don't acknowledge...I can't imagine that reality applying to anything in IT or security as much as it applies to securing Internet of Things (IoT) devices that are on your network, creating risks...this very moment. The trouble with IoT devices that they can be not only hard to discover and manage but they're also extremely difficult to identify. Oftentimes, in ...

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  • 13 Jul 2018

    Introducing my brand new vulnerability and penetration testing book: Hacking For Dummies, 6th edition

    Want to learn the essentials of vulnerability and penetration testing? Looking for insight into which testing tools you need to use to get the job done right? Maybe you need help in determining the difference between the vital few security vulnerabilities and the trivial many that sidetrack so many people? Perhaps you need help selling information security to management and keeping them on board with what you're doing? Well, if ...

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