HP Printer Bloatware & Wifi Security

After experiencing each of the major printer brands, I quite liked HP for their quality and reliability. A short while back, I was on the prowl for a new printer and happened to come across a couple of wireless printers. Being a geek, I immediately knew this was some tech that I definitely needed in my life…

Sony, you disgust me!

It disgusts me whenever I think about the manner in which Geohot is be prosecuted by Sony. Unfortunately, there are number of journalists (with absolutely no concept of vulnerability research or security for that matter) determined to portray George as a criminal that hacked the PS3 only so that pirated games could be played on the games console.

Mobile History (P2): Nokia E51

While Nokia had always been a popular brand, there was always that “little something” that kept me away from their products. The D500 had done well to protect me from myself, but this was only accomplished by restricting everything I did.

Mobile History (P1): Samsung D500

Like many of my other possessions, I have always tried my best to preserve my mobile phones in proper condition … at very least until I am willing to replace them. As such, it’s not surprising to me when I look back and recall how each of my phones had lasted me a good few years of service.

SourceForge, US Laws and FOSS

FOSS = Free and Open Source Software.

Casually reading through my usual list of news websites, I stumbled across a link which led me to a recent post about Notepad++’s new website. It turns out that Notepad++ has moved hosting of their site due to SourceForge compling with US law to deny access for some countries.

Pixel-based Reverse Engineering

With rare exceptions, source code is never released for proprietry software applications. This is primarily in an attempt to prevent other developers from cloning the application (and its functionality), as well as to protect the security of the application (security through obscurity).

Copyleft Hardware: Ben NanoNote

All geeks know that new (and sometimes not so new) hardware doesn’t always work with our chosen operating systems. Often it’s not a lack of drivers or driver developers holding back progress, but rather hardware manufacturers who prolong the release of chipset information and documentation.

Folding@Home 100k Points

Having recently updated / replaced my home network with new hardware, I felt it would be best to donate the extra power to something useful.

The Leap to SensePost

Almost a few months into my new position as a senior analyst for SensePost, and things are great. Moving from a corporate back to a smaller company gave me sensations of dejavu. This is almost certainly due to my previous experience of not only moving from a small company to a corporate, but relocating to another (busier) region of the country.

Creating a Proxy/Shim DLL

A while back I found the need for a Win32 shim DLL, so I took the opportunity to create a quick hack-up.