Deep Research on PDF Redaction Failures and Security: Risks, Exploits, and Best Practices
I was doing a demonstration for a tal,k and I needed to demonstrate deep research, so I picked a topic that I had just written a blog post about on Methods to discover redacted information from a pdf and since deep research put in the work and came up with a lot of analysis citations […]
Orlando Kicks off Tomorrow!!
I always have a great time teaching for SANS, but the big conferences like Orlando and Las Vegas always hit harder with bigger crowds, more activities etc. Looking forward to a great week!
How to Really Check If Your Document Redactions Actually Work
I had a student reach out and ask about ways to “unredact” information from a PDF. They work for an organization that releases a lot of redacted material and they wanted to ensure they weren’t accidentally leaking out sensitive information. When you need to redact documents, it’s important to verify the sensitive information is actually […]
2025 Supply Chain Technical Exchange Symposium
It was a huge honor to speak at the 2025 Supply Chain Technical Exchange Symposium yesterday. Got to see a few old friends and make some new ones today! Having lived in the area for five years, it’s always nice to get back at catch up.
GISEC Talk Description
I took a day to figure out exactly what I wanted to talk about at the GISEC Conference next month in Dubai and came up with the following: Necessity Breeds Innovation: OSINT Solutions When Budgets Fail This talk explores how security professionals can implement powerful Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) monitoring strategies with minimal to no […]
Travel Day!
I’ve never been a massive fan of flying, but it’s funny how surviving an 18-hour flight to Singapore makes a 4-hour cross-country flight seem like no big deal 🙂
Cookies for Capture: Using ArchiveBox’s –cookie Option for Authenticated Web Content in OSINT
Open source intelligence (OSINT) often requires digging into corners of the web that aren’t publicly visible. Enter ArchiveBox, a self-hosted web archiving tool that lets you save web pages locally in various formats (HTML, PDF, WARC, etc.) (Key Features — ArchiveBox 0.8.6rc3 documentation) (Key Features — ArchiveBox 0.8.6rc3 documentation). ArchiveBox is like your personal Wayback […]
Inside the Replica Watch Ecosystem: A Guide to a Thriving Underground Subculture
I was recently discussing the replica watch ecosystem with a friend and found it a fascinating topic worthy of an AI-assisted irrelevent weekend blog post! Introduction Think fake Rolexes are just shady street curios? Think again. There is a semi-underground but thriving subculture devoted to high-quality replica watches. Online communities hundreds of thousands strong obsess […]
A Little-Known Travel Tip: Qatar Airways’ Stopover Program
All right, once again, I know this isn’t a travel blog, but it’s a irelevant weekend blog post, and it’s my blog so I’m kind of allowed to do whatever I want. It’s kind of funny – I honestly (as a lot of my friends know) don’t really care for flying too much, yet I […]
I’m Speaking at GISEC Global Conference in Dubai Next Month!
I am super excited to announce that next month I will be speaking at the GISEC Global conference in Dubai! It is the largest security conference in the Middle East and Africa, and it will be the first time I’ve ever had a chance to visit Dubai, so I am excited on multiple fronts. I […]
