Tag: security

Risk-based Vulnerability Management for SME’s and Startups

I recently was asked a related question and it set me off thinking about how smaller companies could approach such a thing. So, in order to not waste the thought cycles, why not gather them into this blog… Read More

Carving a path!

Operating successfully for 5 and a half years, Securit Consulting has just hit it’s 100th completed contract! Am I finally qualified to hang with the console cowboys in cyberspace?

The Lazy Hacker

It has been over a year since I last blogged, as reflected in this post’s name. My working situation has improved a lot over the past year which has led to me neglecting the previously enjoyed exercise of… Read More

OSCP Certification

Given I have been working in information security for the past few years, I became well aware of the different certifications available as a means of professional development. The certification that stood out as gaining the most respect… Read More

Freelance Security Consulting!

I recently did an interview for a Magazine about bug bounties and hacking Pornhub. When I’m not targeting large multi-million dollar organisations directly through bug bounty programs, I perform security assessments on behalf of small to medium size enterprises. Contracts… Read More

Zero Days CTF – Dublin 2016

I attended the second ever Zero Days CTF (capture the flag) event recently. It was setup and organised by lecturers in the Institute of Technology,  Blanchardstown who run the Cyber Security and Digital Forensics course. The event was also sponsored by… Read More

Daggercon 2015

Daggercon is a security conference that took place for the first time this year out in west Dublin on the IBM campus. It was free to attend and was definitely one of the biggest events of its kind that… Read More

Hacking Adobe for free

Over the past few months I’ve dedicated approximately 24 hours in total to the Adobe Responsible Disclosure program. I am currently the leader of this bounty program by a significant margin, this is however mostly attributed to the fact… Read More

An Alternative Penetration Test – The “Mr.Robot Special”

One thing I abhor that you will find as standard in the security industry is the two to three day Penetration Test. These undertakings can of course greatly help improve an organisations security posture but it seems more… Read More