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
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
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
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
A breach has many looks… THE fundamental problem is highlighted in this article: http://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/15mn-affected-medical-information/ Besides the obvious headline grabber “1.5mil records stolen by hackers.” I am going to compile a few sentences from the article and then discuss: {He added, “Every healthcare firm, large and small, that stores patient data is at risk of a … Read more