Not All Security Vulnerabilities Are Created Equal [phoneboy.org]
From Press Backspace 28 times to own unlucky Grub-by Linux boxes: This Grub bug is one of those things. Ok, so maybe also a serial console might work, too. Which is a far more serious threat.

Turkish Clicker: Another Reason Even Offical App Stores Aren't Guaranteed Free Of Malware [phoneboy.org]
From Turkish Clicker: Check Point Finds New Malware on Google Play The Check Point research team has discovered an extensive malware campaign on the Google Play™ sto…

Third Party Validation Of Security Solutions Now More Important Than Ever [phoneboy.org]
From Living On An Exponential Curve Of Breaches: Are vendors prepared to submit their products to 3rd party testing labs for assurance purposes?

Prevention vs. Detection: It's Not Either Or [phoneboy.org]
From No, Virginia, It Does NOT Mean That!: Sure, you may get the occasional false positive, but is a false negative actually better? It’s still not going to get everything. Disclaimer: Prevention vs.

The Security Industry: Lead By Example [phoneboy.org]
If the security industry itself can’t be bothered to fix security issues in a timely manner, how can we expect customers to apply the patches in a timely manner? Shouldn’t we be leading by example?

Why I'm in Information Security, Apple Epoch Reboot Loop Edition [phoneboy.org]
Undoubtedly you’ve heard by now of the bug that occurs when you manually set the date back on your 64-bit iOS device to 1/1/1970: the device gets locked in a reboot loop. Disclaimer:

Alright, decided that phoneboy.org would be a good place to put my infosec blog. Which is funny because it used to be on phoneboy.net :P

Alright, decided that phoneboy.org would be a good place to put my infosec blog. Which is funny because it used to be on phoneboy.net :P

I can't remember why I stopped using it. Maybe because I travel and it can't figure out where I am :P

Just loaded F.lux on my PC and Mac… whoa makes a huge difference.