7 Best Black Hat 2015 White Papers

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Do you want to get up-to-speed on latest hacker techniques? Snagged this list from reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/netsec/comments/3fz6z6/blackhat_usa_2015_presentation_slideswhite_papers/cttslpu   Abusing Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) to Build a Persistent Asynchronous and Fileless Backdoor Crash & Pay: How to Own and Clone Contactless Payment Devices Forging the USB Armory an Open Source Secure Flash-Drive-Sized Computer SMBv2: Sharing More than … Read more

CyberJoke Friday v1.2

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Enjoy Cyberjoke Friday Aug, 7, 2015 … from http://www.emailgoodies.faketrix.com/pics-computer-jokes-pc-humor-windows-comedy.htm There is this Cartoon:   Found Al Lowe’s humor site – he has a few good Cyber Jokes.  here are 2 that I liked. http://www.allowe.com/humor/cj-main/cyberjoke-archive.html#joke=3198 Joke #3198: Two computer geeks were talking. “Guess what?” said one. “What?” said the other. “Yesterday, I met a gorgeous blonde … Read more

BlackHat Presentation: WMI Architecture Used to Attack

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Microsoft’s WMI (Windows Management Infrastructure) presentation by Matt Graeber at BlackHat 2015: https://www.blackhat.com/docs/us-15/materials/us-15-Graeber-Abusing-Windows-Management-Instrumentation-WMI-To-Build-A-Persistent%20Asynchronous-And-Fileless-Backdoor-wp.pdf You can easily see from the diagram that WMI is integral to Windows technologies.  Matt goes on to create PowerShell code which queries all WMI classes and namespaces. Some interesting class paths that i found interesting: CIMV2:Win32_BIOS CIMV2:Win32_AllocatedResource and more PowerShell  seems to … Read more

Security Policy Can Save You

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There are many sites with security policies on the Internet, such as Universities recommending what to do and not do. http://sites.gse.harvard.edu/its/top-10-security-dos-and-donts http://www.feinberg.northwestern.edu/docs/mis/General_Security_Policy.pdf A security policy is a guideline to employees and users of network and computing resources for the safety and security of data and resources. It is good to know what one is supposed … Read more

ITConundrum Security Catch22’s

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Do you know the Heisenberg Principle?  Or more precisely “The Uncertainty Principle” https://www.aip.org/history/heisenberg/p08.htm The more precisely the position is determined, the less precisely the momentum is known in this instant, and vice versa. –Heisenberg, uncertainty paper, 1927You can’t completely measure stuff. Does this apply to network traffic? I am talking about measuring the characteristics of … Read more