Which ones? How about curl or wget? When i saw another ISC (Internet Storm Center) post that is what I was thinking about. What is a command-line browser? And why is it so important to watch out for it? Every computer has a command line – it is built-in to the Operating system. and […]
Yes it is patch Tuesday this week – this means that Microsoft has released a number of patches and thus others do as well. So that the administrators can schedule their downtime once instead of more times than that. Let’s check Internet Storm Center today: So it means we have 99 vulnerabilities, of which one […]
If you upgrade then we also benefit – since now your machine cannot be used by criminals to attack other machines. How can we help you understand to upgrade your system( i.e. Patch – install vulnerability fixes)? This has been attempted before on this site – in the following post: https://oversitesentry.com/small-businesses-do-not-get-hacked/ of course businesses can […]
What is Cybersecurity? Cybersecurity is the security of computers, phones, any devices with computer pieces in them (IoT – Internet of Things). Cybersecurity definition as stated by Merriam-Webster : measures taken to protect a computer or computer system (as on the Internet) against unauthorized access or attack So it is the unauthorized access or attack […]
Ransomware is bad i.e. your files are encrypted – what should be done? At this point it is too late – the computer and or files are encrypted and the only way to recover them is to decrypt or restore from backup. (THIS IS WHY A BACKUP IS SO IMPORTANT). There are some possible […]