Recent liet de heer Jan de Nul zich nogal onverbloemd uit over de – in zijn ogen te lage – Belgische activiteitsgraad. Hierbij schopte hij tegen heel wat heilige huisjes, zo kon ik afleiden uit de storm van protest die…
Op 20 december 2011 liet ik op facebook volgende update verschijnen: aan allen die a.s. donderdag staken, een opdracht: schrijf een nieuwjaarsbrief aan uw kinderen en kleinkinderen waarin u met het schaamrood op de wangen uitlegt waarom u protesteert tegen…
We are no longer safe! Last week I received a phone call from a somewhat anxious neighbour (let’s call him Joe). It went something like this. <phone vibrates & rings on desk> Me: “Hello?” Joe: “Hello, neighbour, can I bother…
Recently – on may 4th – the people at lastpass.com informed their customers on a "possible" breach of their systems. In their words: We noticed an issue yesterday and wanted to alert you to it. As a precaution, we're also…
The recent events in Japan made me wonder about – the importance of – risk assessment and business continuity planning. Many companies may already have a business continuity plan, some companies are even required to do so, e.g. financial institutions, critical…
A short opinion on the current political situation in belgium
One day… a request for help! Recently I was called in by a friend to “fix his computer“. It was acting up and not working as smoothly as before. To make a long story short, my investigation brought to light…
This morning I arrived well in time for registration at the beautiful venue that welcomes the BRUCON conference for the second consecutive year. Eager to expect useful and exciting content, I wandered towards the most important place at such an…
Next week starting with two days of quality training, BruCon 2010 will take off. I will be attending the conference on 24-25 september 2010 in Brussels Belgium. I mean to keep you informed about what I learn there in the…
A few days ago Intel announced its intention to buy and take over McAfee. With this announcement, hopes grew in the computing community that in the near future we will see intel technology with security built-in. As you may know…