I've had a number of cases where the Windows "net user", "net group", and "net localgroup" have failed me. I've had SQLMap fail to give the last line of "net user" output, I've had "net group /domain" not give me the full names (I still don't get how that failed!). On...

I use full disk encryption (FDE) on all my laptops and portable media. I like to have a very strong passphrase for these, one that is even stronger than that for my user accounts. Let's be realistic, very very few people are going to use a 60 character passphrase for...

I found a bug in one of my DirecTV devices in 2015 after I got DirecTV. DirecTV didn't have a bug bounty program at that time so I used it as a demo in my classes. When AT&T bought DirecTV it then fell under AT&T's bug bounty, which is awarded quarterly. I...

The age of internet connected toys is upon us. Increasingly, we are seeing children's toys connected to the internet, commonly through an app. I recently purchased a My Friend Cayla (http://www.myfriendcayla.com/) for uh…testing. I wanted to test the security of the...