Discussion of public breaches of security
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
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? … Read more
The top Cybersecurity problem (or risk) is phishing emails and ransomware downloaded to your computer or your website. When a phishing email somehow gets you to click a link that then downloads an infected “payload” into your computer you can only hope that the anti-virus you have (and/or firewall) will protect you from the … Read more
Active directory is the Microsoft software that manages all the information of objects on the network . (from docs.microsoft.com ) “A directory is a hierarchical structure that stores information about objects on the network. A directory service, such as Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS), provides the methods for storing directory data and making this … Read more
