Are You Safe From Hackers?

What does it take for us to get hacked? How safe are we really? What is your perception of computing? We _expect_ Google to run when we want it. This expectation supposes a functioning computer. So a desktop or tablet/phone must be running when we need it. Credit card processing must work when we want … Read more

Browser Sessions Trick Can Hack Encrypted Webservers

BlackHat¹ videos are up now… Specifically HEIST video²  – Http Encrypted Information can be Stolen through TCP windows By Tom Van Goethem & Mathy Vanhoef Belgian researchers The technical video about how a browser session can attack a server which attempts to prevent an attack using a token. The aspects of the encryption defense (CSRF token) … Read more

Zmodo camera Has hardcoded Security Flaw

Here is the “moneyquote”: Once it is scanned, you assign a name and connect to the camera.  A very simple and elegant setup solution to get up and running quickly.   Unfortunately for Zmodo and the purchasers of this camera this came out today(was 05/2016– then updated 08/2016): CERT² – Computer Emergency Response Team Vulnerability Note … Read more

Modern Hackers Good-Bad-Both

I have explained some of the description and history of a hacker on Fixvirus.com post¹: I want to refocus on the 3 types of hackers: White, Gray, and Black hat. The White hat hacker is the good guy, the black hat is the bad evil guy, and the grey hat does both good and bad. This  … Read more

Hackers Please Attack Us

What does this Headline mean to you?  From the Talos Intelligence website¹. The text may be a bit hard to read, so here it is: Intel HD Graphics Windows Kernel Driver (igdkmd64) Code Execution Vulnerability Vulnerability: CVE-2016-5647 Summary: A vulnerability exists in the communication functionality of Intel Graphics Kernel Mode Driver. A specially crafted message can cause … Read more