Author Archives

• Infosec Resume No-Nos [VLOG]

  By hacks4pancakes on May 19, 2018 • ( 1 )

  A brief vlog on stylistic and content problems I see on resumes at clinics and from candidates.

• Lesley on Brakeing Down Incident Response Podcast – All About Playbooks

  By hacks4pancakes on May 2, 2018 • ( 2 )

  Be sure and check out (and subscribe to) all of the episodes of the excellent Brakeing Down Security podcasts! Thank you for having me as a guest, Brian and Michael!

  Topic of the Day:
  The Incident Response Process, – Program, Plan, Policy, Process, Playbooks, and roles.

• The Biggest “Small” Personal Digital Security Mistakes

  By hacks4pancakes on May 1, 2018 • ( 5 )

  

  I recently read a friend’s post about her family’s catastrophic woes dealing with a hacked Apple ID account. Her story was so troubling that it inspired me to remind folks of some of a few small security things that slip… Read More ›

• The InfoSec Amnesty Q&A

  By hacks4pancakes on March 7, 2018 • ( 1 )

  

  Foreword (Lesley) One of the hardest things to accept in information security is that we as individuals will simply never know everything there is to know about the field, or all of its many niches. Despite this absolute reality, we… Read More ›

• The Infosec Introvert Travel Blog

  By hacks4pancakes on November 27, 2017 • ( 12 )

  

  So, you’ve finally landed that infosec job of your dreams! The clouds have parted and angels have descended from the sky singing Aphex Twin. Congratulations, I believed in you all along. One small problem: they say you’re going to have… Read More ›

• The Infosec of Ready Player One – A Review

  By hacks4pancakes on November 6, 2017 • ( 7 )

  

  A Ready Player One major motion picture directed by Steven Spielberg is scheduled for release in March 2018, resulting in a recent resurgence of popularity of the Ernest Cline cyberpunk novel which serves as its inspiration. So, this seems like… Read More ›

• Whose Fault Is It? (A brief discussion on misconceptions about Equifax)

  By hacks4pancakes on September 18, 2017 • ( 5 )

  Our personal financial identities are exposed, and we’re mad. A sick, visceral, exhausted anger that hits us in the pit of our stomachs and makes us feel powerless. People are understandably furious about the Equifax breach- to a degree that… Read More ›

• Credit Card Security Infographic

  By hacks4pancakes on June 29, 2017 • ( 5 )

  

  I commissioned the very talented artist Bryan Ward to make a good quality version of my previous credit card security infographic. This is meant as a tool to educate and inform people who post photos of their credit cards on… Read More ›

• Why NotPetya Kept Me Awake (& You Should Worry Too)

  By hacks4pancakes on June 28, 2017 • ( 23 )

  

  NotPetya may not have been the most sophisticated malware ever written. However, it was exceptionally effective due to the authors’ savvy exploitation of common security misconceptions and their deep understanding of poor security architecture. I want to briefly express my… Read More ›

• Talk: BSidesSLC Keynote – Together We Could Land a Plane

  By hacks4pancakes on June 26, 2017 • ( 1 )