The keynote speaker of Troopers15 has an interesting presentation (on youtube now ) https://www.blackhat.com/eu-15/briefings.html https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rarpym8JJXQ Some of the good quotes: Doing something better must be better than doing nothing? “Wrong. Paddling hard in the wrong direction doesn’t help just because you want it to” “You must never confuse faith that you will prevail in the end—which you can … Read more
BlackHat2015 Europe has an interesting presentation on Backend-as-a-Service https://www.blackhat.com/docs/eu-15/materials/eu-15-Rasthofer-In-Security-Of-Backend-As-A-Service.pdf the image above explains in a picture what the backend is – i.e. an app uses the BaaS SDK (Software Development Kit) functions to connect into the cloud. Cloud can be Parse, Cocoafish, StackMob, Kinvey, Cloudmine, AmazonwebServices, BAASBOX, and mobeelizer. These “cloud services” have specific … Read more
Maybe you should be: https://blog.malwarebytes.org/exploits-2/2015/11/magnitude-exploit-kit-activity-increases-via-malvertising-attacks/ Also the .pw domain should be blocked – (Palau Pacific Island). The malware tries to insert itself into your computer while you are watching an ad. This is what should happen – where your anti-virus /anti-malware software protects you from these unseen attacks. Guess what is in the malware? Did … Read more
Microsoft patches – happen every 2nd Tuesday (until this policy changes with Windows10) https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/security/ms15-nov.aspx Ms15-112 through MS15-123 are various patches that need to be patched, just remember to not download Windows 10, or at least not to install it until you are ready. A full Windows Operating System upgrade is not so easy and actually … Read more
It is a good idea to constantly improve – including in the WordPress plugin space. I have recently added WordFence Plugin: https://www.wordfence.com/ And in the last two weeks Wordfence blocked the following ip addresses which have been attacking this site (trying to gain access) coming from the following countries LV = Latvia, BY = Belarus, … Read more