Want to see the most beautiful equation in math? I’ll show you. It starts with the Roots of Unity. What is unity? Unity just means the number 1. Let’s start with the square roots of 1. x² = 1 Or, what number multiplied by itself gives you a result of 1? …

When I was working in the MSRC and SDL teams, I ran a series of contests. The goals were to encourage learning, foster a team culture around technical excellence, and have some fun. I wanted them to be accessible across program managers, vulnerability researchers, and engineers. Contest #1 The first one was…

Story time. This one is about a feature in Windows called ASLR. It was 2005. We were working on Windows Vista. Most remember it as the release with the maligned User Account Control feature. …

Everyone has moments that cement their decision to take their career in a certain direction. This is one of those. In 2004 my team was responsible for administering the Final Security Review on Microsoft products. The FSR was the final check that all security requirements had been met. I was…

Towards a more open, contributor friendly, vendor neutral model for accelerated learning in InfoSec By John Lambert, @JohnLaTwC, Distinguished Engineer, Microsoft Threat Intelligence Center Summary A community-based approach in infosec can speed learning for defenders. Attack knowledge curated in the MITRE ATT&CK™ framework, detection definitions expressed in Sigma rules, and repeatable…