Discussion of public breaches of security
What is the worst that can happen during a world wide virus crisis? Hackers taking advantage and using a crisis to steal more of your money Example at krebsonsecurity is the elaborate scam where a bank customer was called by the hackers telling him (and her) the last 3 transactions(because they got them from the … Read more
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 … Read more
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 … Read more
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 … Read more
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. … Read more
