Discussion of public breaches of security
Criminal tattoos – these are the guys attacking us. The Criminals have multitude of tools at their disposal, just like anybody with technical aptitude does. And just like water flows and creates new channels as it runs downhill the hacker will find your weakness. Because the Hacker Economy is now in the hundreds of millions … Read more
Chase.com not verified Commercial.hsbc.hk not verified (Hong Kong) pnc verified. Here are Three examples when clicking on the lock to the left of the URL in the browser … example image follows: Notice where the cursor is hovering : to the left of the URL (https://www.chase.com) Notice the Not verified examples … Read more
(a snapshot of APWG website today) Antiphishing Organization APWG – an organization that is worldwide (Anti-Phishing Working Group) founded in 2003 by Tumbleweed corp as well as financial and ecommerce companies. Is a 501c6 tax- exempt corporation. http://www.antiphishing.org/download/document/245/APWG_Global_Phishing_Report_2H_2014.pdf This is a very interesting document – and deserves more understanding. Top ten targets of phishers … Read more
I did not post about Patch Tuesday last week, So here is the rundown of what happened: Microsoft: Cisco issued an Advisory on the 13th (Wednesday actually) http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20150513-tp It is for their TelePresence products. http://windowsitpro.com/patch-tuesday/patch-tuesday-may-2015-brings-unlucky-13-3-critical-updates I had to show this picture of me on the switchboard after seeing the image in WindowsITPRo The … Read more
You know the movie which makes Phil(Bill Murray) relive the same day until he gets it right. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0107048/ I asked Google how many days are in the movie “Groundhog Day”? 8 years, 8 months and 16 days, the director said 10 years. IT security is just like that except it should be called … Read more
