December 12, 2022 We Are the Cavalry Today when computer systems fail, they can cause real, physical harm. In just the last few years, we’ve seen cyber attacks interfere with our…
August 29, 2022 The Night the Lights Went Out in Vegas Thirty years ago, a young hacker named Jeff Moss (aka The Dark Tangent) threw a party in the desert of Nevada to commemorate the…
August 22, 2022 Hacker Summer Camp 2022 If it’s August in Las Vegas, it’s time for Hacker Summer Camp. There are three hacker conferences that coordinate to happen next to each…
July 25, 2022 Hacking Your Honda The “rolling code” technology used to remotely open and lock your car is supposed to prevent hacking. Unfortunately, Honda has a pretty serious vulnerability…
July 4, 2022 Necessary Chaos While many of us prefer order in our lives, at least most of the time, we sometimes need a little chaos. Specifically, we need…
August 23, 2021 Beware the Four Horsemen How far would you go to protect your children from sexual predators? How much privacy would you give up to try to prevent the…
August 16, 2021 On a Dark Tangent Are hackers born or are they made? What is the essence of a true hacker? Today I explore these topics and more with the…
August 11, 2021 Understanding Hackers & Hacking What is a hacker, exactly? What does it mean to hack something? With all the ransomware attacks and election meddling in the headlines, it’s…
August 24, 2020 Apple’s Epic Battle Epic – the maker of the massively popular game Fortnite – has thrown down the proverbial gauntlet. It has decided that it no longer…
September 3, 2018 🎧 It’s Time to Fix Our Election Systems (Again) The 2018 DEFCON Vote Hacking Village showed once again that our voting machines are way too easy to hack. Even though election system manufacturers…
