Discussion of public breaches of security
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
Needless to say a flaw in an older version of Exim (4.92.1) had a serious problem or flaw that became CVE-2019-15846: I like to point out some problems that come up that are interesting… This Software is needed in Mail servers and is not obviously known to most people. But if a company does have … Read more
