Sam Cater's Blog

A Week With SecuringSAM

The content of this article is personal with thoughts, anecdotes and observation. They do not reflect the position or view of my employer.Today marks my last day in the offices of SecuringSAM,

Getting around Tel Aviv

By far the best way to get around Tel Aviv is to use Bird. It is the most fun I've ever had travelling around any city - it beats any metro, tube, tram,

Jerusalem Tour, The Photography Shop and Ben's Dad - Necessity, not Want

Click me for PhotosYesterday I got a tour of Jerusalem which was absolutely fantastic. My tour guide Arava was a local to Jerusalem and since it was 1-1, she was able to show

The Ambassador, Scaling Up, and a Reunion

Never Formal in IsraelLast night was great. I got to my room and had an hour's turnaround to get unpacked, changed and showered before being picked up to go to the Ambassador's residence.

Tel Aviv, 2018

Why am I here? (Shalom Tel Aviv!)I've just got myself comfortable in my Rothchild apartment. The flight was okay (crying baby). I've unpacked most of my gear and I'm here now for

My Favourites from London TechDay 2018

A couple of Fridays back, I had the pleasure of heading to London's TechDay event at Old Billingsgate. TechDay is an event which I'd previously never heard of, which was surprising to me

Taking a Hacksaw to Cujo

In the 'traditional' connected home, the trust boundary was usually defined by the ISP-provided router. The device could be methaphorically seen as a wall of the home - anything on the inside is trusted by default, anything outside is untrusted by default.

InfoSec and BSides 2018

This week I got to enjoy going to InfoSecurity 2018 and BSidesLondon 2018. Both of these events are something I look forward to every year - they're probably the best of their kind

How to Fix Broken Websites Protected by CloudFlare

Recently I've come across several websites which have (for some non-obvious reason...) decided to stand Cloudflare's protection services in front of their own website. Maybe for DDoS protection, maybe to filter down requests

raspberrypi

Raspberry Pi 3B+ - Why the Link/Active LAN Lights "Don't Work"

To help diagnose network problems and/or tell users what speed the network attached to the Pi is running at, the Raspberry Pi devs have used the lights to signify whether 10/100Mb or 1000Mb is being used by the interface.

My Blog Is Used for Malware C&C! (Good?!)

I looked on VirusTotal recently and noticed something interesting when I entered my own domain and IP address... Since I run a Tor Relay node, I'm passing approximately 20Mbits of traffic between other

Quick thoughts on Bitcoin and the future of International Currency

I recently had a student from a local university meet me and ask if I could provide some contributions to their project which asked the question (paraphrased) - "Can Cryptocurrency be the

Mixed Thoughts on Promotional Security

A friend of mine recently went on a trip to Amsterdam, as he often does. He tweeted that the airport WiFi promoted the use of VPNs - so I asked for some screenshots,

Capturing Beacons and Probe Requests of Public WiFi Access Points - The Why, How, and Stats

Why Bother, Why Should I Care? Most people have a misconception about WiFi and assume that the Access Points are always broadcasting somehow to make themselves visible to devices. When device's see a