Monthly Archives: January 2015

Recovering from Bad Deployments

Posted on January 6, 2015 by way0utwest

Someone asked me recently if I stored backups of my database in version control. This person wanted to recover from a bad deployment and use a backup to do so. They felt that keeping a copy of the backup in … Continue reading →

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Toshiba Portege Z30

Posted on January 5, 2015 by way0utwest

My co-worker, Grant, got a new laptop a couple months ago. He’s had some bad luck with machines breaking, and as a result, he got a Toshiba Portege Z30. I had the chance to see it last month in Washington … Continue reading →

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Beware of Login Issues for Privileged Accounts

Posted on January 5, 2015 by way0utwest

In a recent post, I described an attack against a privileged account using a simple SQL Injection technique of updating data in a table. One of the things showed was an administrator using their user and password credentials, but being … Continue reading →

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Staying Successful

Posted on January 5, 2015 by way0utwest

This is an interesting piece on data predictions. There’s a college that’s using data to help students, but not in the way you might think. Rather than customizing learning plans or finding more efficient ways to teach, the college is analyzing data to … Continue reading →

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