My Writing

• Risk Management The Illusion of Invulnerability in Cybersecurity
  Healthcare workers wash hands more often when signs emphasize protecting patients rather than themselves, because people overestimate their own invulnerability but not others'. Security messaging may...
• Cloud Using Free Windows XP Mode as a VMware Virtual Machine
  Microsoft's free Windows XP Mode, downloadable for Windows 7 Professional/Enterprise/Ultimate, can be imported into VMware Workstation or Player instead of Virtual PC. The process provides a...
• Malware Analysis Version 3 Release of the REMnux Linux Distro for Malware Analysis
• Incident Response Incident Response on 64-Bit Windows Using 32-Bit Tools
  Windows' WOW64 File System Redirector transparently redirects 32-bit tools accessing System32 to SysWOW64, causing forensic investigators to examine the wrong files without realizing it. Stick to...
• Communication Balancing Brevity and Verbosity in Business Communications
  Brevity is valuable when audiences lack time or inclination—use elevator pitches for executives, SWOT matrices for pros and cons, and keep emails short. Verbosity is appropriate when responding to...
• Tools Extracting Malicious Flash Objects from PDFs Using SWF Mastah
  SWF Mastah by Brandon Dixon extracts malicious Flash objects from PDFs in one step, using the PDF X-RAY framework and Peepdf. It can handle complex PDF files even when pdf-parser fails to locate or...