What happens when you click on the wrong email? or text? (the above email is some kind of fake email – it did not come from CVS, and once clicked on sent the unwitting user to someplace the hacker wanted) thh last image of an “Outlook WebApp” is a landing page hackers create to … Read more
On October 16 Web.com, Networksolutions.com, and register.com had a breach, and as of Nov2nd there is no mention of anything like a breach on their website (web.com owns the others) The breach information was obtained from the always useful Krebsonsecurity.com site. So what happens when your website’s registrar was hacked? It likely means all … Read more
Since a picture says a thousand words here is an attempt at explanation of Risk Analysis. The rows are “Impact on Environment”: none, minimal, minor, significant, major, critical The “Likelihood” or “Likely – what is % to happen” is the columns: not likely, low, medium, medium-high, high, will happen. These are not “real” systems in … Read more
Internet Storm Center discusses an attack by the ‘GoldBrute’ botnet They found 1.5mil servers being used by the botnet. This means that a weakness in Microsoft (CVE-2019-0708) May 14 Customer Guidance page: Specifically: CVE-2019-0708 A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Remote Desktop Services – formerly known as Terminal Services – when an unauthenticated attacker … Read more
I did not have to put 100% in the headline: i.e. “We are never going to be 100% Secure” Whenever there is a device that is to be used for your purposes, someone can find a way to use that purpose against you and fight you with it. So it is my assertion: Do not … Read more