I have explained some of the description and history of a hacker on Fixvirus.com post¹: I want to refocus on the 3 types of hackers: White, Gray, and Black hat. The White hat hacker is the good guy, the black hat is the bad evil guy, and the grey hat does both good and bad. This … Read more
I’m always scouring the net for interesting presentations and this is an interesting one, from Bsides Detroit By Gordon MacKay¹ which have been put on the Net by Adrian Crenshaw (irongeek.com)² The presentation is about a flaw in vulnerability management systems which also happens to be what Gordon MacKay programs now for Digital Defense Inc. … Read more
After another crazy week have to create Cyberjoke post for weekend: Here are some images -sometimes better to explain cybersecurity with jokes… above image is from http://blog.marketo.com/2014/06/how-marketers-can-learn-to-speak-it.html At the following website therewere several apt Dilbert cartoons and also many open source free tools listed: 100+ Open Source/Free Security Tools
Unfortunately another flaw in software for which we expect to have _none_, at least in security software written in ZDNet¹ post: This just in 7/28/16 story by Cnet – http://www.cnet.com/news/big-security-bug-fixed-by-lastpass-password-manager/ Looks like Lastpass fixed another bug quickly… Tavis Ormandy (a Google Project Zero hacker) used a couple of tweets to point out security flaws in Lastpass LastPass is … Read more
What does this Headline mean to you? From the Talos Intelligence website¹. The text may be a bit hard to read, so here it is: Intel HD Graphics Windows Kernel Driver (igdkmd64) Code Execution Vulnerability Vulnerability: CVE-2016-5647 Summary: A vulnerability exists in the communication functionality of Intel Graphics Kernel Mode Driver. A specially crafted message can cause … Read more
