Did you hear the latest in Cybersecurity news? No not the news that Pizza Hut was hacked Not the news Hyatt Hotels were hacked. BUT only the news that the supposed secure WPA2 Wifi Protocol is actually vulnerable to attacks. Which essentially means all current wifi access points are not secure. CERT has a list … Read more
Instead of another post about the dangers of not patching your systems or inadequate configurations(i.e. errors in configs( that ultimately lead to ransomware and computer viruses running amok (or ‘in the wild’) One ransomware infection “in the wild” means somebody failed to upgrade their machine, failed to have enough protection. Some viruses try to infect … Read more
How can it be that upgrading software and hardware is too hard? Or is it that the reboot is too hard? We don’t actually want to reboot do we? I know some people who deliberately do not reboot their computers until forced to do so by power outage or other dramatic events. Or is it … Read more
I wish I could say that this post would be something new – like buy “xyz” product and perform handstands or something and all your problems are solved. Unfortunately The Equifax breach likely happened due to unpatched systems. As even Equifax itself admitted¹: So as we discuss this problem many times, how can a … Read more
It is good to keep up on the latest security news so that you can review what vulnerabilities are being created with new bugs. Keeping up on the latest vulnerabilities allows you to keep the Risk analysis up to date (Risk = likelihood * impact). Because as new events happen, your risk profile changes. We … Read more
