NotAwful.Security

You have probably seen the twitter posts about the lasers and smoke machines on display at BlackHatUSA's Keynote speech on Wednesday. If you have not then I can give you the very quick run-down on that: Last-gen/old hackers, who are very anti-conformist and anti-corporate, turned their noses up because BlackHatUSA's keynote speech showed how much bank they made. Holla holla get dolla And why shouldn't they? The Briefings Pass, that would get you into all of the talks, runs for $2095 USD if you ordered before May 10th, and $2795 USD if you bought a ticket at the door. Trainings Passes were also expensive with additional costs for workshops you attended. Jeff Moss, the founder of BlackHatUSA and DEF CON, admitted that BlackHatUSA is a conference aimed at professionals and is premium-priced for large corporations because DEF CON's low barrier to entry made it harder for employees to sell to their bosses. While many old-school hackers stopped paying attention the m...

There are a lot of useless security tools and applications. Their use cases are specific and might not match your threat model. They are complicated and create hurdles that turn away inexperienced users. There are a lot of good security tools that are not usable. If someone can't pick up your Good, usable security tools need to enforce consent, be widely applicable, and be easy to set up and easy to use. When I hear of a good tool I usually leave it to simmer and let other people test them, and if I hear good things then I test them out myself. I've found some excellent and usable tools that I'd love to share. Tools Discussed Boxcryptor Classic (Free) KeePass (Free) Mooltipass ($80 USD) YubiKey U2F ($18 USD, $24 CAD) Secure The Cloud: Boxcryptor Classic Annual Reminder: Use KeePass Use BoxCryptor — DEY! (@ronindey) July 11, 2017 I had never heard of BoxCryptor before so I did not know what it did or what it was for. Turns out it creates a folder in y...