A few headlines in a day or 2 – are typical day at the Cybersecurity Office. Verizon Routers command injection flaw could impact millions of routers. High Severity flaw CVE=8.5. “The vulnerabilities exist in the API backend of the Verizon Fios Quantum Gateway (G1100), which supports the administrative web interface.” Exodus Spyware attacking Apple … Read more
We are inundated with constant headlines Thousands and sometimes millions of records stolen by hackers(the bad guys). In fact the worst breaches are health records as in this article at Forbes. “The number of annual health data breaches increased 70% to 344 over the past seven years, with 75% of the breached, lost, or stolen … Read more
Is your Windows10 version obsolete already? there are many versions of Windows10 and it depends on when it was released, example – the first one version 1507 released July 2015 has a end of service date of May 9, 2017. The problem is every software manufacturer Can’t or doesn’t keep releasing vulnerability updates forever. The … Read more
I needed to run OpenVAS (OpenVAS stands for Open Vulnerability Assessment System) the Linux based vulnerability management software on a virtual machine, which means it does not have its own monitor that one sits at to see this screen: OpenVAS is made by Greenbone, “which develops OpenVAS as part of their commercial vulnerability management product … Read more
I did not have to put 100% in the headline: i.e. “We are never going to be 100% Secure” Whenever there is a device that is to be used for your purposes, someone can find a way to use that purpose against you and fight you with it. So it is my assertion: Do not … Read more
