Hello, and welcome to Prominent Security, a blog aimed at researching and exploring the wonderful world of computer security. I am an experienced computer programmer with a superb interest in computer security. I decided to create this blog as a fun way to share with friends, family and anyone else who is interested vast amounts of security news, research and analysis that I find interesting.

At the moment I monitor about 50 different security blogs, forums, podcasts and feeds as much as I can, in an attempt to keep as up to date as possible with the latest and greatest developments in cyber-security. I do this strictly to satisfy my passionate obsession for knowledge, in a field that has always managed to triumph over all my other interests. Although I may sit and read an article or hundreds of lines of source code for hours on end to better understand an exploit or vulnerability, nothing brings greater enjoyment to me than getting hands on experience. I am constantly making my own discoveries and conducting my own security research in an undying attempt to put my knowledge to the test.

As often as I can, I will be updating this blog with all kinds of new things related to security. The material that will make up these posts can range from interesting articles or stories I have stumbled upon, the analysis of exploits or vulnerabilities others or I have discovered, computer security in popular media, and much more. I also have many friends that I would love to partake in guest posts.

I am truly doing this blog for my own self interest and am using it as a means to practice formal security assessment and as another source of motivation to continue putting my time into such research.  If you feel that I have inaccurately analyzed or misinterpreted an exploit or vulnerability, I encourage you to maturely send me an email or leave a comment clarifying something you believe I may have wrongly portrayed.  If your clarification is genuine, I will correct my misinterpretation, as well as thank you for the kind correction.  I also encourage any kind of criticism, as long as it is professionally made.

DISCLAIMER:

Some of the information I may post on this blog may be controversial, and may be taken the wrong way. Before I begin posting I would like to state my personal beliefs on the matter for legal purposes as well as professional purposes. I deeply oppose security through obscurity and fully support security through prominence. I consider myself a professional as well as a student and try my best to make responsible decisions with the knowledge I gain from all my research and development. I do not condone, support or partake in any form of hacking not used for the sole purpose of improving security through awareness or ones personal strive to learn. The moment I discover any type of security flaw in a service or product that does not belong to me, the first thing I do is contact the appropriate personnel responsible for the security of their product or service in an attempt to help. Unfortunately many do not see the reasoning behind my “snooping around” and assume I am malicious. I do my best to avoid such situations and apologize to those who view my actions as such. I am a full supporter of ethical hacking and oppose using such knowledge maliciously.

For more information on my experience and my background check the “About” page. For a list of my favorite blogs, security gurus, and podcasts that I love and follow check the “Sources” page.

Thanks and enjoy!