Sep 14, 2018Member-onlyForming Serverless Clouds with AWS: CloudFormation, SAM, CDK, Amplify(Originally published at devalias.net on September 15, 2018.) Recently I have been playing around with a few little side projects, and trying out different ways of getting them IntoTheCloud(tm). …AWS14 min readAWS14 min read
Aug 18, 2018Member-onlyPresenting at DEF CON 26 — Bug Bounty Hunting on SteroidsWow, what a trip! I just had the opportunity to not only live out a childhood dream of attending DEF CON, but I even had the privilege to be able to present at the DEF CON Recon Village! Talk about achievement unlocked! If you’ve been following along on twitter, you…Security4 min readSecurity4 min read
Published in TSS - Trusted Security Services·Aug 9, 2018DEF CON 2018TSS will be representing in the Las Vegas area for #HackerSummerCamp this year, with a few of our team members speaking at the various InfoSec conventions throughout the week. Drop by our talks or find us somewhere among the sea of InfoSec people and say hi! The Art of Business Warfare Red Teams are designed…Security2 min readSecurity2 min read
Published in HackerNoon.com·May 12, 2018Member-onlyUSB Reverse Engineering: Down the rabbit holeI tend to dive down rabbit holes a lot, and given the cost of context switching and memory deteriorating over time, sometimes the state I build up in my mind gets lost between the chances I get to dive in. …USB15 min readUSB15 min read
Apr 19, 2018Member-onlyImagine a world..Imagine a world driven by the strive for progress, improvement and innovation, rather than fuelled by corporate greed. Ideas and breakthroughs are shared freely and openly. Where instead of multiple separate entities having to expend the same effort to unlock the same benefits time and time again, locking them away…Innovation2 min readInnovation2 min read
Apr 6, 2018Member-onlyDIY Light Therapy(Red/Near Infrared, Cold/Low Level Laser, Blue/UV, etc) — I tend to dive down rabbit holes a lot, and given the cost of context switching and memory deteriorating over time, sometimes the state I build up in my mind gets lost between the chances I get to dive in. …DIY7 min readDIY7 min read
Published in TSS - Trusted Security Services·Dec 4, 2017Atlassian Confluence: Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) (CVE-2017–16856)Earlier this year I spent some time delving into Atlassian Confluence to see if I could dig up any bugs that had slipped through the cracks. …Security2 min readSecurity2 min read
Nov 18, 2017Presenting all the things! (BSides Wellington, CSides Canberra, SecTalks Canberra)Recently I had the opportunity to present at a few local security meetups, and one international security conference. At the start of 2017, I set a loose goal in the back of my mind that I would like to “get out there more” and “speak about the things I do”…Speaker4 min readSpeaker4 min read
Sep 15, 2016CTF Snippets: XSS.gifI was playing around with the top challenge on the CTF at SecTalks the other night, and thought I’d do a quick writeup of some of the techniques required; for future reference, and to help others to learn. Hack the gibso.. Website To start off, we were given a URL to a website that…Java Script5 min readJava Script5 min read
