Adam Caudill

Security Leader, Researcher, Developer, Writer, & Photographer

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2017-04

YAWAST 0.5 Released Apr 5

2016-01

Rance, Goodbye Friend Jan 8

2015-12

Verizon Hum Leaking Credentials Dec 26

2015-03

On the Underhanded Crypto Contest Mar 8

2014-08

IETF Action on Secure Email Aug 25

2014-03

HTTP Considered Harmful – The Need For Negative Feedback Mar 15

2013-11

Evernote for Windows, Arbitrary File Download via Update Nov 3

2013-04

Linode: Another Breach Notification Gone Wrong Apr 13

2013-03

Evernote: XOR & Passwords Mar 4

2012-09

WordPress: Don’t trust that update Sep 6

2012-08

NeoInvoice Blind SQL Injection (CVE-2012-3477) Aug 12

2012-07

Decrypting Spark Saved Passwords Jul 27

2012-06

Monitor iPhone HTTP(S) Traffic with Fiddler Jun 10
LinkedIn: A little common sense Jun 6

2012-05

Detecting .NET 4.0 Remotely May 8

2012-04

Absolute Deniability Apr 29
QuickPacket Hosting Apr 5

2012-03

CCSRCH v1.0.7 Mar 1

2012-01

CCSRCH v1.0.5 Jan 14

2011-10

Masking Credit Cards for PCI Oct 20
Why Cringely is wrong about Java Oct 15

2011-07

Pen-Testing Silverlight+RIA with SoapUI Jul 6

2011-06

A brief look at the latest @LulzSec release Jun 17

2011-05

bbPress 2.0 (beta-1) released! May 21
Happy 20th birthday Visual Basic! May 21
Errors on ‘gem install mysql2’ May 16
Facebook Scams May 15
Microsoft & Skype: PR Failure? May 11

2011-04

Hosting Change Apr 11

2011-03

2011-02

Need a cheap phone charger quick? Buy a Tracfone. Feb 11

2010-12

WikiLeaks Biggest Problem: Julian Assange Dec 1
Thinking before you speak Dec 1

2010-08

Christopher Adam Caudill – 6lbs, 7oz – Born 8/2/2010 Aug 6

2010-07

State of the (virus) art… Jul 30

2010-06

Upgrading Windows 7 Pro VL Jun 19

2010-04

Android & Windows 7 64bit Apr 19

2010-02

Secure Password Storage Feb 1

2009-12

bbPress: Is the end near? Dec 16
Leaving GoDaddy Dec 15

2009-10

Cancel GoDaddy’s Domain Privacy Oct 3

2009-07

Start-up Tools: Open Atrium Jul 18
Start-up Tools: Microsoft BizSpark Jul 18
Silverlight 3 Tools Available Jul 9

2009-06

2008-12

Programmers are Expensive Dec 21
Dell Mini 9 Spacebar / Keyboard Issues Dec 15
Working Late, Again Dec 8
Dell Mini Keyboard Issues Dec 7

2007-10

Switching to Gmail, Again Oct 9

2007-08

Backups with JungleDisk Aug 28
Well, looks like I was wrong… Aug 26

2007-05

Another one bites the dust… May 28
A bit behind… May 28

2007-04

So Ends The River of Schwag Apr 16

2007-03

Under the Weather Mar 23
Windows Vista User Experience Guidelines Mar 2

2007-02

2007-01

ASP.NET AJAX Jan 26
Xceed DataGrid for WPF Released – Free Jan 26
Still running Windows 2000? Jan 26
Microsoft Mice: Another Reason to Love Them Jan 21
Visual Studio PowerToy Pack Installer Jan 21
WordPress 2.1 RC1 Jan 18
Burning ISOs in Vista Jan 18
WordPress 2.0.7 & Upgrading to 2.1 (Beta 2) Jan 16
WordPress 2.0.7 & 2.0.8 Jan 12
Crash Course in WPF Jan 12
IE Developer Toolbar Jan 11
Microsoft PageRank? Jan 6
WordPress 2.0.6 Jan 6
Building a Windows PowerToy Jan 5

2006-12

IIf() May Get a Dose of Legitimacy Dec 31
Assertiveness for Software Developers Dec 24
Holiday Schwag Dec 23
Starting in WPF? Dec 21
Spam & Gmail Dec 20
Buying a Car Dec 20
Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Service Pack 1 Dec 18
Things You Shouldn’t Worry About Dec 18
Yes, I am alive! Dec 18

2006-11

Want a free copy of Vista? Nov 29
The Optimus Ghost-town Nov 28
Fiddler2 – Now Available Nov 26
Installing Vista Nov 18
Vista Available via MSDN Nov 17
Power Users, Rejoice! Nov 15
Microsoft Office 2007 Pro Available via MSDN Nov 13
Monkey Powered Search Engine Nov 11
Like Power Toys? Nov 11
.NET Framework 3.0 Released! Nov 9
What Motivates Developers? Nov 6
Is Vista Gold? Nov 5

2006-10

Starting a Business? Oct 31
Vertical Column Indicator for Visual Studio Oct 31
Site Updates Oct 30
Optimus: First Sign of Life Oct 28
Internet Explorer 7 Released Oct 19
Startup Mistakes Oct 17
bbPress Released Oct 15
Final Vista Public Beta Released Oct 7
Not a good idea… Oct 6

2006-09

A look into Vista Sep 27
EventArgs: No need to pass a new Instance Sep 25
Make XP Pretty Sep 23
VB.NET 2005 Interop Toolkit Sep 21
FireFox Toys: ErrorZilla Sep 17
Kill CapsLock! Sep 16
Detailed CSS Changes in IE7 Sep 4
XML Notepad 2006 Sep 3

2006-08

Hosting Woes and Down Time Aug 9
VB.NET 2005 Performance Issues Aug 8

2006-07

2006-06

2006-05

Valleyschwag Delivers May 31
Responsibility meets Marketing May 28
MaskedTextBox Madness May 27
Internet Explorer 7+ May 27
The Schwag Has Shipped May 27
Web Developer Toolbar & Menu for Opera May 17
Valleyschwag May 11

2006-04

What A Surprise! Apr 25
PowerEdge 2500 Apr 20
USQL: Unified SQL Editor Apr 17
Wink 2.0 Apr 15
First Impression: Google Calendar Apr 13
Better late than never… Apr 13
Best Job In The US: Software Engineer Apr 13
Development Abstraction Apr 11
IE7: Of Time & Standards Apr 10
Microsoft Virtual Server: Free Apr 9

2006-03

Look who’s blogging now… Mar 31
Advanced .NET Programming Mar 30
1TB File Server, $500 Mar 29
MCTS Mar 25
Server Move Mar 25
Move to Outlook Mar 23
ISO 17799 Mar 19
Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 -Free Mar 18
End on an Era Mar 18
Common Sense Email Mar 11
WordPress Update Mar 11
The Magician Mar 9
New Windows XP Theme Mar 8

2006-02

2005-11

Glue & Reuse Nov 9

2005-10

Visual Studio 2005 Released! Oct 27
Internet Explorer 7 (Beta 1) Oct 24

2005-09

OpenIRCNet (RandomIRC) Link Policy Draft Sep 28
4HowTo reaches 30,000 & vArticles dev.2 Sep 26
vArticles Sep 26

2005-03

Still using AWStats? Mar 2
ExVB.com Online! Mar 2
phpBB 2.0.13 released – dumb*ss coders strike again Mar 2

2005-02

Suicide Bomb Kills 125 Feb 28
Random User-Agent in VB.NET Feb 28

2004-12

Why would somebody do that to Eric? Dec 22
My greatest work! Dec 18
ZipSight 2004.1 Released Dec 18

2003-11

2003-10

IsOnline Oct 31
PageSource Oct 31
SetFocusByCaption Oct 31
Register ActiveX & TypeLibs Oct 26
XP-Style Controls In Visual Basic 6 Oct 25

2003-09

The SWEBS Project & The SWEBS Control Center Sep 20

About Me

Security researcher, engineer and software developer with more than 20 years of experience.

Work: I primarily focus on application security, usable security, secure communications, and cryptography. I build and lead strong and dynamic teams, who cover all facets of security and privacy.

Writing: I write about my research, security in general, development and software design, and leadership through my blog, essays, and various publications. I also engage in some creating writing when I can.

Photography: I am a purist fine art photographer, working primarily in black & white, and focused on sharing new perspectives of the world. Limited edition prints of my work are available on my online gallery. I also have a background in photojournalism, and volunteer in this field when I can.