Increasing Cyber Security awareness and what it entails is more difficult than it seems. As in Bruce Schneier’s “The Psychology of Security“: And my older posts: 8/22/2014 ‘Psychology of Security’ 4/1/2015 ‘How much should I spend on Cybersecurity?’ Recently I have focused on Risk management for businesses, due to the nature of Cybersecurity and how … Read more
Yes November 8th was election day in the USA. And in the Computer World it is yet another Microsoft Patch Day (2nd Tuesday of month). So what is so important about yet another patch day? As a Security pro we must focus on the vulnerabilities that may change our Risk analysis. So Internet Storm Center … Read more
The hacker must have a method in starting an attack like Dynamic Denial of Service (DDOS). in the last few days. the one which used hacked cameras and DVRs (Brian Krebs story) in attacking many Internet properties. Im sure you have seen the many media stories about this DDOS attack on various media (including Computerworld) … 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
