Set aside a few hours this coming weekend to renew all your passwords…but start with the ones that are already broken and known in the DarkUniverse. And how do you know which those are? 
Check this site: have i been pwned?
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Category Archives: Security
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Presume Your Passwords Are Known – Update
Set aside a few hours this coming weekend to renew all your passwords…but start with the ones that are already broken and known in the DarkUniverse. And how do you know which those are?
Check this site: have i been pwned?
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Your Think Your Computer System is Safe?
The Untold Story of NotPetya, the Most Devastating Cyberattack in History
An amazing story in Wired about several companies with backup plans and many employees dedicated to IT…who got owned in the worst way.
There are many lessons here.
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Your Think Your Computer System is Safe?
The Untold Story of NotPetya, the Most Devastating Cyberattack in History
An amazing story in Wired about several companies with backup plans and many employees dedicated to IT…who got owned in the worst way.
There are many lessons here.
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Krack’d WPA2…and now, ROCA
WPA2 is the most common protocol used for protecting WiFi signals from being used by nefarious people for horrible things. As of 16 October, WPA – and all its variants of WPA1, WPA2, personal and enterprise, including with TKIP, AES and GCMP – is officially broken. Until repairs are made to all equipment involved in a WiFi network – that means, equipment providing the signal and equipment using the signal – it is no longer a valuable security tool. The force is called KRACK = Key Reinstallation Attacks
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Krack’d WPA2…and now, ROCA
WPA2 is the most common protocol used for protecting WiFi signals from being used by nefarious people for horrible things. As of 16 October, WPA – and all its variants of WPA1, WPA2, personal and enterprise, including with TKIP, AES and GCMP – is officially broken. Until repairs are made to all equipment involved in a WiFi network – that means, equipment providing the signal and equipment using the signal – it is no longer a valuable security tool. The force is called KRACK = Key Reinstallation Attacks
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Patch Your Apache Now; Don’t REST
Doing what open source does best, a patch has been released for an Apache vulnerability for those using a very popular REST interface iteration. Quickly, efficiently, patched…except, you have to update/upgrade and restart the service.
So, get to it. Don’t believe me, read this article: Patch Released for Critical Apache Struts Bug | Threatpost | The first stop for security news
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Patch Your Apache Now; Don’t REST
Doing what open source does best, a patch has been released for an Apache vulnerability for those using a very popular REST interface iteration. Quickly, efficiently, patched…except, you have to update/upgrade and restart the service.
So, get to it. Don’t believe me, read this article: Patch Released for Critical Apache Struts Bug | Threatpost | The first stop for security news
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Tutorial VPN and Software for…
If you work for a large corporation, you are probably already familiar with the extra steps and heartache and benefits of using a VPN service between[……]
Tutorial VPN and Software for…
If you work for a large corporation, you are probably already familiar with the extra steps and heartache and benefits of using a VPN service between[……]
What Rogue One Teaches About Data Backup
I finally got a chance to see Rogue One: A Star Wars Story recently (I know, I’m late to the game, but I was off my feet for a few weeks around the holidays). It got me thinking about data backups and data security. Whether you’re in a small business, an enterprise, the Imperial Forces, or just backing up a home computer, the same rules apply.
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What Rogue One Teaches About Data Backup
I finally got a chance to see Rogue One: A Star Wars Story recently (I know, I’m late to the game, but I was off my feet for a few weeks around the holidays). It got me thinking about data backups and data security. Whether you’re in a small business, an enterprise, the Imperial Forces, or just backing up a home computer, the same rules apply.
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What Rogue One Teaches About Data Backup
I finally got a chance to see Rogue One: A Star Wars Story recently (I know, I’m late to the game, but I was off my feet for a few weeks around the holidays). It got me thinking about data backups and data security. Whether you’re in a small business, an enterprise, the Imperial Forces, or just backing up a home computer, the same rules apply.
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Security of Things – Schneier of Things
With terrific focus and perhaps no small degree of overkill, digital cinema has provided a secure distribution path for artists’ valuable materials without any history of break-in.
But as security specialist Bruce Schneier draws out, none of us live in a one computer environment anymore.
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Security of Things – Schneier of Things
With terrific focus and perhaps no small degree of overkill, digital cinema has provided a secure distribution path for artists’ valuable materials without any history of break-in.
But as security specialist Bruce Schneier draws out, none of us live in a one computer environment anymore.
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