Spoofing an Admin’s Cookies Using Burp
Here is a quick little video I put together to show you how spoofing a users cookies works. This is not a real example, in most instances an application like Burp suite would be used in conjunction with a XSS attack or some equivalent attack. The objective is to get someone with higher privileges to…
Read MoreWordPress Business EcoSystem: Pressnomics
Tomorrow I will be boarding a plane headed, at a crisp 400 mph, to Phoenix, Arizona for the first WordPress conference tailored for the business ecosystem, Pressnomics. I remember when the announcement was first made earlier this year and my initial thoughts on what a conference like this would entail. Surprisingly, my thoughts haven’t really changed.…
Read MoreWordPress Fork in 2013?
So John O’Nolan started things off with a bang today with his Rethinking WordPress post and it has sparked a lot of discussion across both sides of the fence. If time permits take a minute to look through the thread on YC’s Hacker News. John brings up a number of very good points, as does Matt…
Read MoreSimplify The Way You Talk
Came across this great post at TechCrunch today, Communicate More Like George Bush Than Al Gore. It’s a message to all entrepreneurs and professionals alike. For some reason, many of us have this need to complicate our conversations by injecting it with our intellectual superiority — that’s where we go wrong. We need to communicate more…
Read MoreThe Social Media Dilemma for Businesses
As many know I am one of the owners of a tech start-up and as of late social media has been kicking my butt. I often talk about keeping your cool and resorting to your more rational, logical, thoughts before engaging with people and engaging in debate, but I am quickly learning that its not…
Read More2012 NCSA / Symantec: National Small Business Cyber Security Study
The National Cyber Security Alliance (NCSA) partnered with Symantec to conduct an online safety survey study of Small to Medium businesses. It was just released October of 2012 and as surprising as some of the data points are, they really shouldn’t be. The total representative sample group was 1,015 US based SMB’s (250 employees or…
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