• Lessons Learned From attrition.org / Mirror Image

    B.K. and I did a talk about our experience running the Attrition defacement mirror at BlackHat Briefings USA 2001.

  • Book Review: Hack Attacks Revealed

    [This was originally published on Enterprise Zone and mirrored on attrition.org.] Hack Attacks RevealedA Complete Reference with Custom Security Hacking ToolkitJohn Chirillo047141624X, 960 Pages, Wiley Computer PublishingHack Attacks RevealedPartially Hack Attacks Revealed begins with a solid technical foundation but soon unravels without revealing true hacking. Hackers understand that the true art and spirit of hacking…

  • Poetry #51: reason

    [This was originally published in F.U.C.K. poetry Issue #51. The publish date is approximate.] comfort leads to the path of love some sort of mirror reflecting essence illogical thought forming a bond we brand it with an ‘L’ word and don’t care beyond simple satisfaction and shreds of happiness pursuit of a better mental state…

  • Movie Review: Dogma

    [This was originally published on attrition.org.] Upon release of this movie, the Religious Right were once again pissed off. And yet again they proved beyond doubt they had no sense of humor. If you can’t laugh at yourself, who can you laugh at. Dogma is the story of Bartleby (Affleck) and Loki (Damon), two angels cast…

  • Poetry #50: enjoy

    [This was originally published in F.U.C.K. poetry Issue #50. The publish date is approximate. It was originally written August 17, 1999.] longing, wishing, wrenching, cutting my guts out. to find the culmination of happiness a world of time spent pursuing dreams, beauty, love, art or anything else the eternal happy ending with tearful music playing…

  • Cyberwar with China: Self-fulfilling Prophecy

    [This was written by Sioda and myself and originally published on attrition.org.] Voltaire once wrote, “If God didn’t exist, Man would have to invent Him.” It would seem that the popular press has taken this axiom and turned it on its ear. At the time of this writing, we are inundated with Chicken Little style…

  • Cashing in on Vaporware

    “The CERT Coordination Center is a center of Internet security expertise“, and they have a new product to sell you. Only it isn’t really new – and it was never a stellar product to begin with. For years, CERT has been a federally funded group handling incident response, vulnerability analysis and published security alerts. They…

  • April 2001 Reviews (The Yards, A Better Way to Die, Bedazzled)

    [This was originally published on attrition.org.] The Yards (2/5 rating) – Leo (Mark Walburg) is finally out of jail after serving 2 years for stealing a car. He just wants a straight life in order to take care of his family. Instead of a regular job, he falls back in with his best friend (Joaquin Phoenix)…

  • Poetry #49: nowhere to go

    [This was originally published in F.U.C.K. poetry Issue #49. The publish date is approximate. It was originally written August 15, 1999.] dark shadow of my pen, in wavering candle light lead me to a promised land, where words meet wit where unabashed i may say as i feel, write as i want a place where…

  • April 2001 Reviews (The Crow 3, Red Planet, The 6th Day)

    [This was originally published on attrition.org.] The Crow – Salvation (2/5 rating) – The Crow is a movie that is hard to describe, one that words can barely do justice for. As with many movies, the desire to make a sequel and keep the ‘story’ alive is based more in monetary profit than love of the…