Whereas Hacking is hard but includes a level of cool factor in the world (criminal or ethical). A new report came out yesterday from Rand.org: http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RR1024.html It is a PDF that can be downloaded for free and is only 162 pages. http://www.rand.org/content/dam/rand/pubs/research_reports/RR1000/RR1024/RAND_RR1024.pdf (if you have not noticed, on my site unless the link … Read more
It seems to me there is a large disconnect of how a hacker does their work. There are lot of youtube videos with hackers showing how they have hacked something. How can hackers seemingly get in complicated defenses? (not all hackers are criminal in nature) The following shows some of the combinations within a … Read more
Criminal tattoos – these are the guys attacking us. The Criminals have multitude of tools at their disposal, just like anybody with technical aptitude does. And just like water flows and creates new channels as it runs downhill the hacker will find your weakness. Because the Hacker Economy is now in the hundreds of millions … Read more
That is what PCI(Payment Card Industry) DSS(Data Security Standard) v3.1 April 2015 says at 10.6.2 and 10.6.1 This makes sense right? review your logs for security events, and of all critical components and systems. The list of critical systems: Firewall Any email server (proofpoint, antispam etc) Fileserver IPS/IDS system Intrusion Prevention-Detection System Routers … Read more
This Article made me think how little we realize the hacker economy affects on the world. http://www.darkreading.com/cloud/how-the-hacker-economy-impacts-your-network-and-the-cloud/a/d-id/1320649? Bill Kleyman (writer of article) is a data center expert so he sees things from the data center perspective. The expectation is that the data center companies (otherwise known as cloud companies) will employ new technologies to solve … Read more
