Merry Christmas
On Christmas day remember to do a full backup of your critical machines. (if you do not do it normally)
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Upgrade or Get Hacked (When Patch Available)
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
Learning from Equifax Breach
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
Keep Up on Security News
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
Doing the Basics Would Have Saved You
A new Zero-Day attack is out available for attackers. this attack was discussed in the SANS website Internet Storm Center: https://isc.sans.edu/forums/diary/SMBLoris+the+new+SMB+flaw/22662/ SMBLoris – the new SMB flaw The article was written from reviewing a Threatpost article, but was ultimately triggered because of the DEFCon 2017 presentation: Notice the arrows on right with memory usage on … Read more