Security

Deno is a Javascript runtime like NodeJS and it has a new security feature that you need to know about. We all love Deno’s allow permissions but this month they released a new deny permissions API that might change how you write your applications and run scripts. Check out the video, have a play and let me know in the comments what you think. Will you keep using Allow permissions? Does Deny permissions change how you write your applications? You can read all about Deno’s new permissions API in the 1.36 release notes https://deno.com/blog/v1.36 ...

On Thursday night Megan and I travelled to Canberra for our second BSides Canberra event. We attended our first BSides in April last year and had a great time. It’s also how we discovered locksport and it’s what got Megan interested in security more generally. BSidesCBR had a different venue this year and we couldn’t have been happier with it. This year BSides was hosted at the National Convention Centre. We aren’t from Canberra so being able to stay close to the venue while not being stuck in the middle of no where was really good for us too. ...

BSides Wrap-up Right now I’m sitting in the airport bar, reflecting on the great weekend that Megan and I have had at BSides Canberra 2018. This was my first cybersecurity conference and the weekend ended up having a few firsts for myself. I don’t want to write too much about this so will try to keep it brief and categorised to include: the talks, people and villages. Hacking the human black box at #BSidesCbr18 is one of the funniest talks so far. Very informative as well! #BSidesCbr pic.twitter.com/xD4yaKlroK ...

This essay was written for the 2017/2018 Secureworx essay competition. The essay question was: “How is cyber security a human issue?” My essay was chosen as 1 of 2 winners and received a $2000 cash prize. Information security has ultimately always been a human problem. It is humans whom the machines serve, humans that attack them and humans that are often the weakest point in the security chain. Computer security used to be about preventing viruses or worms that would delete hard drives or use too many resources eventually forcing the machine to restart but now as the malware community has developed so too have their goals. Ransomware, Remote Admin Tools (RATs) and more have been used to target anyone from home users all the way through to international shipping companies and nuclear facilities. Malware has become commoditized, a product for dark web users to buy and sell on hidden forums before turning their products on their true targets. ...