Discussion of public breaches of security
I.e. No More Netflix?? DefenseOne has the story: So as we are now all at home with our dogs, cats and families. Are we more or less susceptible with a massive DDOS attack from Russia? DDOS = Distributed Denial Of Service We have discussed DDOS attacks before “New DDOS Attacks Changes Likelihood in Risk […]
Ransomware is bad i.e. your files are encrypted – what should be done? At this point it is too late – the computer and or files are encrypted and the only way to recover them is to decrypt or restore from backup. (THIS IS WHY A BACKUP IS SO IMPORTANT). There are some possible […]
It turns out that 2 researchers found a problem in Netgear routers. Tom Pohl and Nick Starke found a private key in firmware which can be used to fool the router. Here is their github link and a screenshot: The problem seems to be how the router is configured, as you see from a settings […]
What better way to discuss phishing than an infographic? First: consider the From: field in an email In most emails they make sense – like an email that comes from Netflix should say abc@netflix.com not tello.com The from field is very important clue as to whether this is spam or phishing email or not. […]
How paranoid should you be when you want to devise methods of defending passwords? If someone accesses your computer (with malware or otherwise) and can now read off the RAM it is possible to read the password manager stream of data as it comes off/or on. So what is the best way to handle passwords? […]