Another Major Security Flaw (Website Encryption Technology) Called Logjam

A new report came out  https://weakdh.org/imperfect-forward-secrecy.pdf     The group of researchers created a website to explain their findings: The Logjam Attack (https://weakdh.org) It looks like they also did a scan of the Internet (this is typical of security researchers using zmap.io) and found over 8.4% of Top1 million domains were at risk. This means … Read more

3 MUST DO in #Cybersecurity

We have all heard or seen the headlines Sony gets hacked, Home Depot Credit Card processing stolen, Target credit Card processing stolen, and more and more companies are all getting hacked. So big deal you say how did that happen? Yes, most of the reason breaches occur is a human employee clicks on spam or … Read more

2nd Tuesday(Patch Tuesday) came & went now what?

I did not post about Patch Tuesday last week, So here is the rundown of what happened: Microsoft:   Cisco issued an Advisory on the 13th (Wednesday actually) http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20150513-tp It is for their TelePresence products. http://windowsitpro.com/patch-tuesday/patch-tuesday-may-2015-brings-unlucky-13-3-critical-updates I had to show this picture of me on the switchboard after seeing the image in WindowsITPRo   The … Read more

IT Security work seems like we are in “Groundhog Day” the movie

You know the movie which makes Phil(Bill Murray) relive the same day until he gets it right.  http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0107048/ I asked Google how many days are in the movie “Groundhog Day”?   8 years, 8 months and 16 days, the director said 10 years.   IT security is just like that except it should be called … Read more

I Want My Internet 24/7- HACKERS KNOW THAT

Yes, we realize that everyone wants to Google something whenever you need to look up something. Our Website must be up all the time. Email has to work. YouTube watching, surfing the Internet – it is our right to go wherever we want. Visit Government websites when needed. Watch Netflix, and all our News channels … Read more