An unusual IM spam
I’m on pretty much every major IM program, and have been since introduced to ICQ way back in the 90s. I have multiple accounts on most of them, too, some of which are rarely used and then only for...
View ArticleHow to Pick Your Antivirus
I get asked this question a lot. ”What antivirus program should I use?” It’s also probably the question I dread the most, in large part because if I recommend something and someone gets infected...
View ArticleGetting VMWare Tools to Work with Kali Linux 1.0
This is a quick one and for the geeks. If you’re trying to install Kali Linux 1.0 from the ISO into VMWare Workstation 9.0, Player 5.0, or ESX/ESXi 5 and VMWare Tools won’t properly compile/install,...
View ArticleDon’t use APNIC ranges for test addresses
A tip for those of you who manage DNS servers: If you absolutely MUST put a fake entry in your zone, DON’T point it to 1.1.1.1 or 1.2.3.4. Either point it to an address (of your own!) that you know to...
View ArticleJohn the Ripper 1.8.0 released
A new version of pre-eminent password cracker John the Ripper has been released. Bringing the version up from 1.7.9 to 1.8.0, the biggest change is a boost in performance, in some cases nearly...
View ArticleJune is here: Patches galore!
So June 2013 has arrived, and with it, so many security updates. Some have been released, some have not, and some won’t be patched until at least next month. Here are the patches that have been...
View ArticleJuly 2013 patches for Microsoft, Adobe, Oracle
It’s the second Tuesday of the month, and that means it’s Patch Tuesday once again! Well, for two of the companies mentioned. Oracle still sees the need to do things their way, so their patches are...
View ArticleCourt rules against Google, makes all infosec people wiretappers
On 10 September 2013, the US Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in Joffe v. Google that Google’s capture of payload data from unencrypted WiFi networks while it capturing Street View images from its...
View ArticleMore SANS Mentor Training in DFW
I’m on the schedule for at least two Mentor classes in 2015. The first will be SEC504 that I’ve led a couple of times before, and the second is SEC560, the SANS Penetration Testing course. Here are...
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