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We going to sue and make Squillions…..
or maybe not…
The twitters informed me that Singe uncovered a case of brand plagiarism!!!1!
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So lets review..
the logo looks shockingly the same they no doubt, behind closed doors refer to themselves as SP too just based on their staff numbers, they probably have 16 good looking people there too! i had the lawyers lined up but decided to dig more info. on them first..
You know you are getting old..
When you blog a link to poetry:
[The man watching] is a poem by Rainer Maria Rilke, that i picked up from a talk by Tim Oreilly during his [recent talk] where he chided the audience for focusing on trivial banalities while leaving bigger problems un challenged. A subsequent speaker picked up the theme, and likened it to abandoning NASA to work on DisneyLand.
I think the sentiment is grand, and the poem is inspiring.. and in particular the following lines, are probably going to keep me up nights for a while:
Should I stay or should I Gobi? Your support needed!
Hello All,
Some of you might remember that I climbed Mount Kilimanjaro two years ago. What you might not know is the REASON I did this (apart from the jol) was to o raise funds for CNCF, a Foundation that is a true oasis and a refuge to the street children of Vietnam and Mongolia.
CNCF – The Christina Noble Children’s Foundation is an International Partnership of people dedicated to serving children in need of emergency and long-term medical care, nutritional rehabilitation, educational opportunities, vocational training, job placement and the protection of children at risk of economic and sexual exploitation.
Its my SensePostaversary!
Whoa! time flies when you having fun…
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2 Winning quotes..
from the SourceBoston videos i blogged about:
Dr Geer never dissapoints, and kicked it off with the 4 rules on his office wall:
Work like hell, Share all you know, Abide by your handshake, Have fun. If he mentioned anything about foosball or pool.. i woulda sworn blind he was talking about SensePost!
The 2nd quote that was awesome, (during the interview with the l0pht members) was from Dildog.. ex-l0pht, ex-@stake, now Veracodes chief scientist.. The discussion turned to “security companies and snake oil”, and the fact that dildog was a “vendor” again.. With a dry smile that could have been at home in a john cleese movie, he replies:
Everything i needed to know about managing hackers, i learnt from my DVD collection..
Ok.. so the title clearly isnt true.. but it made more sense than saying something about the altered geographic location of someone’s dairy products.
It is however true, that this particular blog rant is largely about the geek<-->suit relationship and thoughts that are brought to life with full surround sound while watching the movie Troy. (its ok if you are one of those highly cerebral types who look down with disdain on us humble movie watchers – u can think of this post in terms of “what we can learn about managing hackers from Homers Iliad“) (5 minutes after meeting the guys who work for us, a very obvious question is: “how do u manage a team of such bright individuals? isnt it like herding cats?” – this is one of the how-to’s (or how not to’s))
The Peltier Effect – Year in Review..
Peltier and Associates have released their massive “Peltier Effect – Year in Review 2007“.
The collection comes in at a whopping 156 pages from a wide array of authors so there should be somethign to read in it for everyone..
Our short article: “2007 – The Year Timing Attacks Made a Comeback” comes in on page 43 (or 52 depending on if you believe the page numbers or your pdf reader). Other contributions include a foreword by Marcus Ranum, and articles from Dave Aitel, Max Caceres and Ivan Arce.. humbling company..
HBN Bootcamp @ Black Hat
Black Hat DC this year is supposed to be “a different kind of Black Hat”. There are four tracks over the two days with a special emphasis on wireless and speakers include Chris Wysopal, FX from Phenoelit, Job de Haas, and Adam Laurie. The smaller shows are always good fun and good value for money and DC this year promises to have an excellent line-up of speakers.
As usual training courses are offered on the two days before the briefings begin. Its been a while since we trained at DC but this year we’re back with a Bootcamp course. The course is filing up nicely, so we’re totally stoked. Like the show, the courses tend to be smaller and more personal so if you’ve never attended a Hacking By Numbers
‘Bootcamp’ course before then this is a great opportunity. Bootcamp Edition teaches a method-based approach to hacking into networks and systems over the Internet. The method taught consists of seven distinct phases that each have their own objectives, techniques and tools. Students are provided with fully-configured laptop computers that are used stage-for-stage to complete fifteen different technical exercises. You can learn more or enroll here… otherwise contact us via training@sensepost.com if you’d like some more information.
On working when everyone else is asleep…
This quote reminded of something H always says:
“When opportunity comes… its too late to prepare”
– John Wooden – Hall of Fame Basketball coach
Eerie coincidences..
a) its my birthday in a few days
b) Apple just announced the new macbookair..
Coincidence??? i think not!!!