Tag Archive for 'Marie Boran'

Knowing Me, Knowing You at RSA Europe

Last week the RSA Europe Conference was held in London and the main themes that I picked up from the various talks I attended and from other delegates were; The Security Issues Caused by Social Networks Cloud Computing Cyber Warfare I was at the conference to give my “Knowing Me, Knowing You” presentation on how I stole [...]

Brian Honan to Speak at RSA Conference Europe 2009

I am delighted to say that I have been selected to speak at the upcoming RSA Conference Europe 2009 in October.  RSA Conference Europe is regarded as one of the top European information security events of the year so it is particularly exciting for me to be able to address so many of my peers.  I will be [...]

The “Beta Culture” and Security

Today’s Irish Independent has an article on “Are buggy smart phones now the reality in our new ‘beta culture’?”  Marie Boran interviewed me for the pieceasking for my thoughts on the security implications resulting from our acceptance in using Beta products.  From a security point of view I have to admit that I do have concerns [...]

4th Annual Privacy & Data Protection Ireland 2009

I have been asked to speak at the 4th Annual Privacy & Data Protection Ireland 2009 which is scheduled for next February.  My talk is titled “Identity Theft: An Interactive Study”and I will be using my experience in stealing Marie Boran’s, from the SiliconRepublic.com, identity which she wrote up and I posted about earlier.  There are a [...]

Man I Feel Like A Woman

Marie Boran from The SiliconRepublic.com challenged me recently to steal her identity.  I had to work within the following parameters; I could do nothing illegal I could only use information gleaned from online sources I could not contact or collaborate with any of her friends or colleagues. So to this end our keyboards at dawn [...]