Patching Ur Computers – Actually Reduces Risk

Patch Tuesday  August ( 8/11/2015) Here is Microsoft patch Tuesday August 2015 edition https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/security/ms15-aug.aspx   How can I say that unpatched computers will get hacked? Any Metasploit pentester will tell you this. Metasploit is a nifty program (runs on Linux) that will attack computers with various attacks and payloads. It takes advantage of people who … Read more

Defcon Talk: Legacy System AS400 Hacked

Bart Kulach has a pdf from this year’s Defcon23  “Hack the Legacy! IBMi (aka AS/400) revealed” He recommends to check the website he set up http://www.hackthelegacy.org/ The items he has focused on are the privilege  escalation issue in this slide:   There are some good suggestions for a standard audit of your AD Check your group … Read more

GIGO – Garbage In Garbage Out On Firewall

SIEM Security Information Event Management Gartner Magic Quadrant   image from http://www.gartner.com/technology/reprints.do?id=1-2J31FF4&ct=150706&st=sb  Gartner   What is it that we need? To protect our systems and perform functions? Good information from all of our devices.  The above diagram is Gartner’s magic Quadrant  for SIEM – Security Information Event Management, so the top products/companies are IBM Security, Splunk, … Read more

7 Best Black Hat 2015 White Papers

Do you want to get up-to-speed on latest hacker techniques? Snagged this list from reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/netsec/comments/3fz6z6/blackhat_usa_2015_presentation_slideswhite_papers/cttslpu   Abusing Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) to Build a Persistent Asynchronous and Fileless Backdoor Crash & Pay: How to Own and Clone Contactless Payment Devices Forging the USB Armory an Open Source Secure Flash-Drive-Sized Computer SMBv2: Sharing More than … Read more