I'm baaaack!

That's right.....It's been - what - a year since I was last seen on this blog. A lot has happened since then - Mumbai, US Presidential elections, numerous major security vulnerabilities, Sri Lankan cricket incident, and more. I won't try to turn back the hand of time. Sure, we'll discuss what happened since I last wrote anything but I'd like to begin with the current news. Oh where, oh where shall I begin?

Now, You Know Why I Have Issues With Doctors

Jacksonville Police are looking for a guy who's been posing as a doctor at Wolfson Children's Hospital. To make matters worse, the guy was seen walking in the operating room. Wow, talk about a lawsuit!

The man was stopped because he smelled of alcohol and proceeded to leave once he realized his cover was about to be blown.

The following is a bit disturbing:

Later that day, an employee found the black computer bag the man was seen carrying. The bag was under a car in the parking garage and contained everything the man was seen wearing in the surveillance video, including a badge from Shands-Jacksonville Medical Center with a picture of a young child that was cut out and taped on the badge.

“That in and of itself shows you that this persons possibly was up to something but maybe his attempt was foiled,” Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office spokesman Ken Jefferson said.

The last comment by the spokesman was a bit disturbing because usually people don't impersonate professionals like doctors if they're not up to something. So how did he get access? He used the usual items like a medical coat, a badge, a stethoscope and a clipboard. I swear i you need to get into building in the world all you need is a clipboard and an ID badge.

Time for a Product Review - IronKey

Let me say I was a bit skeptical at first. But one day, while listening to my favorite podcast - SecurityNow, I became intrigued by IronKey. If you know me, then you know "intrigued" usually me spending hours on Google learning as much as I can before I put down the cash to buy anything. I did just that.

I'm avid user of encryption so I have a slightly above basic understanding of how encryption works. Looking into the product, my first impression was that it was just another USB drive with the software on it. Nope. This thing has the encryption on its RAM chip - embedded. To say the least, I was impressed. The casing is almost indestructible without destroying the chips inside. It even has an aluminum backing which you use to engrave you signature in pen - very thin overcoat. It also has a serial number.

To make it sound even cooler - would you believe this thing has a self-destruct sequence? I'm not talking about Mission Impossible countdowns, but it only gives you ten tries to guess the wrong passphrase and then it destroys your data to include the encryption making the drive useless. I love this thing. I HIGHLY recommend this product. Did I forget to mention that IronKey also has its own TOR router with FireFox preloaded? Very cool!