Earlier this month, I spoke at DEF CON 27’s Lock Pick Village on insider attacks that can be executed on master-keyed systems. (Note: Not Master brand locks. 😊) A copy of my slides can be downloaded from: https://burrough.org/papers/Burrough-DC27_Master_Key_Talk.pdf. AbstractAs a lock enthusiast and professional pentester, I think a lot about …
If you missed the first Humble Bundle, my book is now available in No Starch Press’ “Hacking 2.0” bundle: https://www.humblebundle.com/books/hacking-no-starch-press-books. Pay $8 or more and get my eBook, along with several other great tiles, and you’ll also support great charities like the EFF. Just be quick – the bundle is …
Ed & his team at CounterHack/SANS announced the winners of the 2018 SANS Holiday Hack Challenge this week. While I didn’t win, my report did get an honorable mention! Not bad for my first year playing. If you’d like to see my entry, you can download it here. Thanks to …
Late last year I decided to spend some time during the holidays to work on the SANS Holiday Hack Challenge. I’ve looked at a few of their challenges in the past, but never during the actual competition period, and never going through an entire year’s challenge. I’m very happy I …
I had a lot of fun meeting many folks, catching up with old friends, and hearing some great talks at ShmooCon. I was fortunate to not only get to do a book signing at the No Starch Press booth, but also take home the second place trophy from the TOOOL DC Locksport Village! Thanks to everyone who came to the signing, or who stopped me just to say hello. I hope to see you all again soon.
