Microsoft Autoupdate hangs Excel 16.47.21032301
Microsoft AutoUpdate for Mac has gotten exceptionally aggressive about running. Even if you use launchctl to disable it, you get a pop up roughly every 15 minutes of using an Office program.
Shostack + Friends Blog
Recent Blog Posts, Page 22
Ever Given & Suez
Thoughts on the issues with the Ever Given blocking the Suez Canal.
Mmmm, Pandemic Puppies
Happy (Belated) Pi Day!
For pi day, we celebrated with a set of pies
Linkedin Learning
Bringing threat modeling to more and more people, now through a series of courses on LinkedIn.
My Year Without Flying
It was just over a year ago that I last walked out of the Seattle airport. Some thoughts from a very frequent flyer on the pandemic so far.
Better OKRs Through Threat Modeling
Effective Threat Modeling by itself can ensure that your OKRs and AppSec Program are not only in great tactical shape, but also help define a strategic roadmap for your AppSec Program.
Threat Modeling and Social Issues
For Data Breach Today, I spoke with Anna Delaney about threat modeling for issues that are in the news right now.
Irius Risk & Gary McGraw
Dr. Gary McGraw joins the IriusRisk Technical Advisory Board
Podcast on Using Games
It would be trite writing to say it was fun to be on a podcast with Volko Ruhnke and Hadas Cassorla to talk about using games to teach. And while it was, it was really educational and inspirational. I learned from both of them, and I hope you enjoy the podcast as well!
Digital Guru Books
Rupin Gupta runs Digital Guru books. He's one of the nicest people you'll ever meet, a real joy to work with, and he works hard to put books on shelves so that you can discover them. With the conference business changing, Digital Guru needs some help.
It's 2021: Have you checked your backups?
As the expression goes, no one cares about backups, they care about restores. Do yours work?
Vaccines
You may have noticed that my end of the year posts are all science focused. Today, a set of resources on the COVID vaccines.
Just the Great Conjunction of Saturn and Jupiter...shot from the moon
It's easy to forget that the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter has been circling the moon for nearly a dozen years..
Dinosaur Feathers
Check out this close-up of a dinosaur tail preserved in amber!