I have been watching the Derbycon videos (put up by IronGeek) and I like Paul Coggin’s comment: Are you worried about Day zero attacks? You have to take care of 80 day first. I have heard Paul’s talks before and this one in Derbycon is a bit different, but the theme is the same – … Read more
Everyone listening to the news should know by now that Yahoo’s email service has been hacked. CBSNews story: {Yahoo Confirms Massive hack of 500 million accounts, blames “state actor”} In Yahoo’s terms of services section DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES: 19. b. YAHOO AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES, AFFILIATES, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, PARTNERS AND LICENSORS MAKE NO WARRANTY … Read more
There are some interesting Windows News in case you did not notice: The Good is an instance where Microsoft is reworking their Operating System(for WIndows10) and adding an Anti Malware Security Software called AMSI (AntiMalware Scan Interface) The Good: Script Based Attacks in Windows 10’s AMSI – Anti Malware Scan Interface has been developed. And … Read more
What if your data is worth hundreds of thousands of dollars? Or liability is in that neighborhood. Then Ransomware targets your data server and you pay $1000 to save hundred thousand (or more) – assuming of course that you do not have a proper backup in place. Why are you having this problem? Because apparently … Read more
What does it take for us to get hacked? How safe are we really? What is your perception of computing? We _expect_ Google to run when we want it. This expectation supposes a functioning computer. So a desktop or tablet/phone must be running when we need it. Credit card processing must work when we want … Read more
