Vegas Decompression Complete

Above is Saturday night.

Below is Sunday night.

(didn’t achieve top score, he just let me put my name, kept tanking the putting)

What an over-stimulating environment, Vegas.

Don’t like the city, and coming up on 20 visits ugh; the blog tag is annoyingly large –Vegas (25).

It’s the extreme excess, and how people’s level of entitlement to it all severely increases… gross. 

But Black Hat ahhhh. Guys I learned so much.

Upcoming Security Posts

– car hacking stuff obvs
– defeating 80% of all proximity-keyed doors
– the “Avoid being Social Engineered” Series with Social-Engineer, Inc
– update your Android phone NOW (really, don’t wait for the post – Google “libstagefright” and install ASAP)

Next Car Reviews

– 2015 Jaguar XJ & XJL
– 2015 Subaru Crosstrek
– 2015 Ford Focus ST

Plus the post: My Vegas Photos will Bore You

Three weeks left of summer, book stuff this week because we’ll blink and it’ll be September. Here’s to a strong start to your week!

xo Keri

 

 

Good to Meet You Black Hat, I’m Keri

We’ve maybe met before, this is my 4th Black Hat as media. Media.

Because to be clear: compared to you guys I’m a baby, a script kiddie at best. I’m okay at OSCINT and SE, it ends there.

I’m an auto journalist with Sun Media, a Canadian newspaper chain. I write the news, car reviews and a weekly column – Keri on Driving – 400 words about whatever I want. For a sample, read my 150th Anniversary column.

Been starting to specialize in auto security, which is why I’m here.

Blog tag = Auto Security (34), and I run the security section of the newspaper here.

About my blog’s security section

I doubt this section would much interest you, I write for the end user. It’s more for like, a housewife in Iowa.

Like my Blackberry security video:

Please don’t hack me! Really, it’d be like picking on the kid at recess wearing a helmet.

I’ll leave you something
only this crowd will appreciate

Despite everyone rolling their eyes when I tell them, it’s maybe the thing about my blog I’m most proud of, more than it making through bank filters…

…. my blog and I have been flown around North America, gained access to some amazing places and tested almost $10 million in cars…. ready….

… all without an About Page! Nor a LinkedIn! And I kept my last name offline for 5 years.

Tada!

Find me fastest on Twitter @KeriBlog, if you see me say hi, and have a great conference!

Keri

Blog tag = Black Hat

 

 

I’m Not Blogging This Week

I’m leaving for Vegas to be media at Black Hat – the premier international security conference. AKA the most hostile network in the world.

Best way to go online is to not.  I’ll be walking around with my phone OFF.

I don’t stand a chance against this crowd.

These are screenshots from a media email I received.

Here’s what I’m walking into:

1 – blog tag = social engineering 

2 – remember when this happened to me at the LA Auto Show? The USB -> EGO attack

3 – Blog tags – NFC and RFID

1 – never leave a laptop unattended

2 – see that, “by far…”  While I’m taking my laptop in case of an emergency at the newspaper, I have zero intention of opening it

3 – friendly reminder to change your passwords, because when was the last time you did?

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TTY on Twitter @KeriBlog, and here when I’m back later this week.