IPad IOS 8.0 update: why I never do (dot null) releases

 I should have known better. Things that used to work fine, no longer do.

Google streetviewing a property: boom!


Writing a blog post about this: now became annoying

1. Cursor gone
2. Focus gone
3. Selections wrong

Under Jobs they used to do a better job...

(Or should I blame Google?)

Uncovering what lies beneath...

Clarification for Information Leakage: A trusted US business partner of mine asked me for assistance. He needed help in identifying the source of a potential information leak for one of his customers.

As everyone knows, the behaviour of regular business users is rather predictable. This predictability can be visualised and wrapped in a bubble allowing for granular and non-granular analysis.  

With the image below, I created a non-granular view where each bubble represents a user's normal interactions. Even with a casual glance you can immediately see how one bubble stands out from the others.

This visualization provides clear evidence of one individual who had accessed the contents of more than 2,500 mail files of other employees in the organisation. 

In greater detail, each bubble in the above image represents a single user who accesses a particular number of databases.  Each type of database is given a designated color, described in the legend.  The entire visualization represents the activity of 5,000 users inside the organization's IBM Domino collaboration environment.

Some of you may have noticed the second largest bubble (in the blue bubbles). This represents the activity by a well-known performance monitoring tool.

A forensics engagement like this typically takes about one to two weeks to perform with a lead time < 24 hours. All of the work is performed remotely, with the exception of the data collection (online screen sharing session, appr. 1 hour) and presentation of findings (again online screen sharing session).

Experimental Visualisation of the IPV4 Address Space

Thank you Leo from ANL for collecting this data :-)

How to DOS your Imac

Have your keyboard, mouse and trackpad all connect via bluetooth.
Next, click the bluetooth icon, turn it off and discard the warning dialog that tells you why you should not be doing this.

Plugging in a usb-mouse didn't work. Remote access could have, so I guess I should enable this.

Over 21,000 views on my Tumi TSA Lock video

Did you know how many people forget the number combination of their luggage locks? Imagine the trouble, if you just arrived in your hotel after a long flight.

In this short instruction video I posted a while back on youtube, I show how to open a Tumi TSA approved lock if you've forgotten the number combination.

And I just discovered it's been watched more than 21,000 times in the past 9 months. Wow ;-).