There is a reason to stay on top with your patches and pay attention to security alerts from the makers of your devices. Researchers have discovered a half million routers infected with a new powerful malware. Currently patches are getting rolled out b...
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This week's tools, tips and tricks episode talks about a tool that can help you securely delete files. Just hitting delete or putting a file in the Trash doesn't actually delete it. This episode goes into how deleting works and why a tool like Eraser c...
Security is about people. Your program's effectiveness comes down to the ability of the people following the policies to behave in a secure way. This episode goes into a few tips on how to help an organization improve the security behaviors of the empl...
Security relies on people to make your controls effective. People are the weakest link in a security program and one bad click and ruin your network's day. As a security leader, you need to hold people accountable both from the successes and unwanted b...
Continuing in the mini series Top 10 Reasons To Pen test in your business we have reached number eight. This episode goes into number 8 and how penetration tests can help you measure the effectiveness of you policies and fine tune them. Be aware, be...
Last year the government voted to remove 'Net Neutrality' which forced Internet providers to treat all Internet traffic equally, they couldn't speed up one service and slow down another. Recently the Senate voted to bring it back. This episode goes int...
This week's Tools, Tips and Tricks episode goes over a social engineering recon tool. Maltego CE, Community Edition, is the tool of choice for information gathering on websites, companies, people and more. The first step to a penetration test is recon,...
The Internet is a wild and crazy place. A vast array of computers, networks, and data. There are also lots of misconceptions, misunderstandings, and myths around security. This episode goes through some of the biggest security myths on security when us...
Mozilla is making sure that Firefox is a valid option for full browser switching. The big gap with the top browsers, outside of Internet Explorer/Edge, is in the large Enterprise deployments and controlling the configurations on thousands of computers....
Continuing with the mini series, Top 10 Reasons To Run Penetration Tests in Your Business, we are up to number 7. This one talks about how penetration tests and their results can help you prioritize your risks. This episode talks about how this happens...
The PCI regulation is one of the more security demanding regulations and it is also carries the heaviest penalties. This episode goes into the high level challenges that you need to do to prepare and maintain your environment to comply to PCI. Be awa...
Vulnerability scanning should be a regular security function for your environment. However, that requires some investment but there are open source alternatives. This week's tools, tips and tricks episode talks about OpenVAS, the open source vulnerabil...
A report from Microsoft stated that the tech support scam calls are on the rise and will continue to rise. This episode goes into what these calls are and how to spot them. A collection of scammers I recorded - https://binaryblogger.com/category/mypos...
Patching your software and equipment is one of the most important functions in your environment and it's one of the most time consuming. Missing patches can expose great risk to your company and data, past breaches show this time and time again. This e...
A security professional is more than the technical and regulatory resource in your company. A security professional needs to know how the business works in order to ensure the security controls are effective but also does not hinder business operations...
If you have a Twitter account and you haven't already, change your password. There was a goof from in the inner workings of Twitter recently and to protect your account you should change your password. This episode goes into the details and talks about...
This week's tools, tips and tricks episode talks about Let's Encrypt. A free, automatic renewing certificate for your web sites. Let's Encrypt - https://letsencrypt.org/ Internet Security Research Group - https://letsencrypt.org/isrg/ A special thank ...
Cryptomining is the new word seen more and more in reports and stories of upcoming risks to companies. What is it? Why do I care? This episode goes into what cryptomining is, how it works and why your business needs to be concerned and protect against ...