2016 New Year – New Firewall? Which One?
The old firewalls are port filtering devices… I.e. web is allowed out (from in your network to out the Internet and back). But is the traditional firewall enough for next…
What is the Right Effort to Cybersecurity?
The keynote speaker of Troopers15 has an interesting presentation (on youtube now ) https://www.blackhat.com/eu-15/briefings.html https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rarpym8JJXQ Some of the good quotes: Doing something better must be better than doing nothing? “Wrong.…
BaaS – Potential Cloud Insecurity
BlackHat2015 Europe has an interesting presentation on Backend-as-a-Service https://www.blackhat.com/docs/eu-15/materials/eu-15-Rasthofer-In-Security-Of-Backend-As-A-Service.pdf the image above explains in a picture what the backend is – i.e. an app uses the BaaS SDK (Software Development…
Are You Afraid Of Malware Ads?
Maybe you should be: https://blog.malwarebytes.org/exploits-2/2015/11/magnitude-exploit-kit-activity-increases-via-malvertising-attacks/ Also the .pw domain should be blocked – (Palau Pacific Island). The malware tries to insert itself into your computer while you are watching an…
Patch Your Systems Except For Windows10
Microsoft patches – happen every 2nd Tuesday (until this policy changes with Windows10) https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/security/ms15-nov.aspx Ms15-112 through MS15-123 are various patches that need to be patched, just remember to not download…