Some perspectives on sharing data with Social Media Services
Recently Nick Galov from the Tech Jury blog contacted me about an infographic he created covering the safety of our online data across popular social media networks. I felt it would be good to do a feature, so I...
Elite ways to abuse a religion, a nation, and a profession while being shady all at once – The RastaCon highlight
To be clear, I do NOT recommend anyone to attend this conference. As a Jamaican working in the Information Security industry, I was offended when I first heard of a security conference called RastaCon and even...
Be Focused with Penetration Testing Services
We Need a Penetration Test! Ohhhk Companies say it all the time, “We need to get a Penetration Test done”, ok but what’s the objective? Often businesses may execute a Penetration Test but...
Security shoemakers and the stories they tell
UPDATE: Approximately 1 month after highlighting the lack of HTTPS, the affected IT security consulting company started to use HTTPS. Please tell me your answer after reading. Does it matter to you if a company...
2 cans of beer and a radio
A story about a much older man I met today (Oct 13th) in Germany. I was sitting in a park reading a book. Some minutes after a much older gentleman came and sat on a bench near mine. I thought to myself that he...
Conversations with Sam in downtown Cairo-Egypt
Sam has motivated me to make a greater effort to learn at least German. Sam, a seemingly simple and very jovial shop owner selling Egyptian souvenirs. I met Sam in downtown Cairo on a narrow street beside Al...
A letter from your neighbourhood gunman in the Caribbean
Greetings people, guess what I’ve wised up! You no longer have to worry about being shot. Murders are a thing of the past as I’m no longer using my Glock. My bullets now mean nothing to me, now I don’t pay for...
No HTTPS on all top 14 Jamaican goverment ministry websites
UPDATE: Approximately 3 months after highlighting this issue on social media, over 50% of the affected websites started to use HTTPS. Recently (May 21, 2018), as part of my research for an upcoming cyber security...
Improving the face of Cyber Security across the Caribbean
The Pyramids Recently I visited Egypt and went on an adventure, with one stop being the famous Pyramids of Giza. As I went through the experience and shared pictures and videos both on and offline, some people...
GOOGLE says your website may be HACKED, let’s investigate
It all started with a screenshot from a friend My friend sent me a screenshot of their Google search result for an institution in Jamaica. The first result was the website she searched for and below the...
The HOPDADDY experience – The dangers of public wifi with great food
Wandering in Istanbul, Turkey This week, I visited Istanbul, Turkey! It reminded me a little about Jamaica, at least how the taxis drive aggressively through the streets. In the evening I felt hungry so I began...
Migrating to Germany from Jamaica to embrace a new Cyber Security opportunity
The Reflection In early March 2018, I sat in a beautiful coffee shop in Aachen Germany, eating breakfast and watching traffic pass by slowly and peacefully. It was my second day in Aachen and I was loving it. This...
Contributing to cyber security discussions and NIDS on TVJ’s Smile Jamaica
The summary of my media kickstart on Cyber Security On November 28th, I was invited as a guest on Smile Jamaica, a vibrant and top-rated morning TV program in Jamaica. The discussion was centred around a new ID...
Highlights in the Week of a CompTIA SME for Pentest+ – formerly CPT+
CompTIA Pentest + (formerly CPT+) Item Writing Workshop in October 2017 I want to give you the feeling of empowerment and motivation to be greater than you are through my first experience as a CompTIA SME. I want...
Personal Highlights of DerbyCon 7 2017
DerbyCon VII (2017) This year, Sept 2017, I attended an AMAZING Hackers conference called DerbyCon VII. DerbyCon is an annual conference for InfoSec professionals and attracts a lot of talented people working in...