This article is a look into the performance of one of the regular expressions used in the python-markdown2 Python module for converting Markdown syntax to HTML. It was initially written for pure fun, and in celebration of its own pointlessness, but eventually the changes proposed here made it upstream in pull request 207.

• How to clean up digital recordings using Audacity

This article is a look into the performance of one of the regular expressions used in the python-markdown2 Python module for converting Markdown syntax to HTML. It was initially written for pure fun, and in celebration of its own pointlessness, but eventually the changes proposed here made it upstream in pull request 204.

These instructions are a note to myself, on how to get web.py deployed on a new VM with Ubuntu 14.04, for development:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
sudo apt-get install --yes openssh-server 
sudo reboot

After the reboot:

sudo apt-get install --yes apache2 libapache2-mod-wsgi
sudo apt-get install --yes git
sudo mkdir /opt/web.py
sudo chown `whoami`:`whoami` /opt/web.py
cd /opt/web.py
git clone git://github.com/webpy/webpy.git
ln -s `pwd`/webpy/web .
cat <<EOF > index.py
import web

urls = (
    '/(.*)', 'hello'
)
app = web.application(urls, globals())

class hello:
    def GET(self, name):
        if not name: 
            name = 'World'
        return 'Hello, ' + name + '!'

if __name__ == "__main__":
    app.run()
EOF
python index.py

These are a couple of random links from things mentioned in talks during PyCon 2015, which took place in Dublin in October 2015. There were two tracks of talks and two tracks of workshops. One of the non-workshop tracks was almost dedicated to data processing with Python, and the other had various subjects. I followed the latter track.

PyCon 2015 was organized by Python Ireland, and took place on the 24^th and 25^th of October 2015.

• redact-py is an Open Source Redis ORM, very simple to use and with good performance.
• Larry Hastings talked about Python's Infamous GIL and the challenges of multithreadded Python software.

I miss having the free time to attend Percona Webinars. They are really good.

This is a recording from a webinar presented by a Technical Account Manager at Percona, regarding experiences gained from the migration of a sizeable MySQL installation from onsite to AWS RDS. It's packed with valuable technical information, as are Percona webinars, typically.

Security-oriented Linux Distributions

• Security Onion
  • Security Onion: A Linux Distro For IDS, NSM, And Log Management

Scanning Tools

• McAfee ShareScan for SMB/CIFS Shares.
• SoftPerfect NetworkScanner for IP reachability and a handful of well-known ports.
• Search engines: shodan.io, censys.io.

Knowledge & Practice

• VulnHub
• Penetration Testing Practice Labs, Vulnerable Apps and Systems
• Wargames
• CTF365
• PenTester Lab
• The Matasano Crypto Challenges: a set of crypto challenges with solutions in mainstream programming languages.
• 7 Free InfoSec Training Resources For IT Pros
• Hack This Site
• OWASP WebGoat
• Damn Vulnerable Web Application
• 10 Easy Ways to Increase Your Application Security Knowledge

Security Job Boards

• Dark Reading Jobs

Security Job Tips

• The Top 10 Highest Paying Jobs in Information Security, Part 1 and Part 2.
• Landing a Hands-On Security Gig, Part 1 and Part 2.

Certifications

• 10 Security Certifications To Boost Your Career

In the context of risk management, the annual rate of occurrence is an estimate of the repetitions of the realization of a risk, over the period of a year. The relationship between ARO, SLE and ALE is:

    ALE = SLE * ARO

In the context of risk management, a residual risk is one that has been identified, but for any reason it cannot be dealt with.

• No Budget Threat Intelligence – Tracking Malware Campaigns on the Cheap
• OpenIOC