Yes it is time for another edition of Cyberjokes edition, might as well make it Halloween themed: from website Ducksters: Q: When is it bad luck to meet a black cat? A: When you are a mouse. So we can make it cyber related(mine): Q: When is it bad luck to meet a Hacker? A: … Read more
Every week there are more hacking incidences. There is a serious problem – a significant number of people and companies are not doing what is necessary to prevent Cyberattacks. This is also a moral weakness, and is a function of misunderstanding Cybersecurity and human nature. The problem we have is that everyone needs to be … Read more
Did you hear the latest in Cybersecurity news? No not the news that Pizza Hut was hacked Not the news Hyatt Hotels were hacked. BUT only the news that the supposed secure WPA2 Wifi Protocol is actually vulnerable to attacks. Which essentially means all current wifi access points are not secure. CERT has a list … Read more
Instead of another post about the dangers of not patching your systems or inadequate configurations(i.e. errors in configs( that ultimately lead to ransomware and computer viruses running amok (or ‘in the wild’) One ransomware infection “in the wild” means somebody failed to upgrade their machine, failed to have enough protection. Some viruses try to infect … Read more
How can it be that upgrading software and hardware is too hard? Or is it that the reboot is too hard? We don’t actually want to reboot do we? I know some people who deliberately do not reboot their computers until forced to do so by power outage or other dramatic events. Or is it … Read more
