I’ve spent the week watching people try to solve human problems with technical solutions and technical problems with human rage. Neither works as well as you’d think. Also, while I was speaking ...

I see many job postings asking for someone who is ‘passionate about cybersecurity.’ Enthusiastic. A team player. Positive attitude preferred. And maybe I’m being a bit click-baity here, but they’re hiring for ...

The film industry is running out of ideas. I know this because they have made 10 (20?) films about a group of people who drive cars aggressively (sometimes into space) and called ...

KB4con 2026 had Alex Honnold as a keynote speaker. He’s someone who climbs extremely tall mountains with no ropes and no safety equipment. Just him, the rock, and a Wil-e-coyote style ending ...

Been a busy week. Stockholm is gorgeous in summer. The Ransomware Gang That Got Ransomed The Gentlemen ran their operation like McKinsey with malware. Tiered service levels, customer support, even an HR ...

The Infosec Community Vibe Check is a recurring look at what the security community has been talking about across the Fediverse — primarily on infosec.exchange, mastodon.social, chaos.social, and defcon.social. This isn’t a ...

I saw what might have been the coolest dog in Florida this week. Got a better photo the second time. Still not sure if that’s a compliment to the dog or an ...

I’ve been thinking about trust lately. Not in the abstract philosophical sense, but in the “who do you hand your house keys to” sense. Which is unfortunate timing, because this week’s news ...

I may be in the minority, but I quite enjoyed Predator Badlands. But that’s not the point. The movie follows a young Predator called Dek who reluctantly teams up with Thia, a ...

I’ve been thinking about coal mines. How you dig a hole in the earth, extract everything valuable, leave a scar, and walk away. Then someone comes along decades later and says, what ...