The iPhone TxT msg – Latest Security ‘Problem’
This “bug” that is now a kind of DOS (Denial of Service) attack is indicative of many Security problems that we have currently. There is a specific problem when somebody…
Cisco VNI Says 3x More Data by 2019
Cisco’s survey of Global network traffic is being reviewed by Network Daily, so I thought I would discuss some of its ramifications for IT security. White paper link: http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/solutions/collateral/service-provider/visual-networking-index-vni/white_paper_c11-520862.pdf Network…
Are We Falling Behind on Patching Computers?
I.e. Bruce Schneier quote: Can we patch vulnerabilities faster than attackers can exploit them? The University of maryland, College park has a website project: https://www.umiacs.umd.edu/~tdumitra/blog/2015/04/15/impact-of-shared-code-on-vulnerability-patching/ In my opinion the crux…
Another Major Security Flaw (Website Encryption Technology) Called Logjam
A new report came out https://weakdh.org/imperfect-forward-secrecy.pdf The group of researchers created a website to explain their findings: The Logjam Attack (https://weakdh.org) It looks like they also did a scan of…
IT Security work seems like we are in “Groundhog Day” the movie
You know the movie which makes Phil(Bill Murray) relive the same day until he gets it right. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0107048/ I asked Google how many days are in the movie “Groundhog Day”?…