Bio

Peter Stancik

Peter Stancik

Security Evangelist

Education: Masters Degree in Communications and Informatics

Favorite activities? Hiking, Photography, Biking, Squash.

What is your golden rule for cyberspace? Be a sceptic.

When did you get your first computer and what kind was it? 1988 – Didaktik Gama

Favorite computer game/activity? Supaplex, Bomberman.

Articles by author

Time to check your DNS settings?

Update: A US Federal Court extended the deadline for shutting down the replacement DNS servers to July 9, 2012. On Wednesday, the German Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) published a press release advising users to recheck DNS server settings on their computers. This recommendation is related to the successful botnet takedown – dubbed ‘Operation

Today's networks are evil.

Says the first line of the presentation entitled “Building a Distributed Satellite Ground Station Network – A Call To Arms” given some time ago at the 28th Chaos Communication Congress (28C3) in Berlin by hackers from the Hackerspace Global Grid team. The presentation was lead off by Nick Farr who had already proposed the need