What is Real Story on Default Passwords?

Is it really as bad as some say? People are not changing default passwords and thus hackers control their machines if remote access is enabled in some way. i think it is VERY BAD – as people are really looking for ways to make bad decisions: https://superuser.com/questions/106917/remote-desktop-without-a-password \ My apologies to this person who maybe … Read more

Email at Yahoo? You were hacked! Will be Phished!!

Yes we know yahoo had millions of email addresses hacked or rather the email address password database was stolen by an ingenious hacker.   Also according to this story(TechCrunch) the full disclosure over several years is 1 Billion email addresses and passwords were stolen Updated 3/14  later in day:  also keep in mind if you … Read more

Hidden Hacks In Network

I’m often thinking where the next attack can come in and unfortunately it may come where we least expect it. Spiceworks blogpost has an interesting angle: How often have cloud services been installed by users without IT department knowledge? The survey by Spiceworks has found that many IT people have found their users installing cloud … Read more