A quick Saturday digest of cybersecurity news articles from other sources.I finally figured it out. For those who are having a hard time trying to figure out the network, first/last host, broadcast, next subnet, and number of addresses in a subnet, I ...
Continue Reading →A quick Saturday digest of cybersecurity news articles from other sources.45 years ago Cheri became my bride. Its been a long run, thanks for the many happy years
It’s tax season and scammers are looking to make a quick ...
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Numbering SystemsBy Bob Weiss
Many of the cybersecurity certifications that I teach have content that involves the uses of encoding, code injection, directory transversal, and scripting. These concepts can be difficult to grasp, and the exam questions can be challenging to answer correctly. This series of articles is designed to help you understand the basic concepts, and ...
Continue Reading →A quick Saturday digest of cybersecurity news articles from other sources.Original release date: February 8, 2023
Today, CISA and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) released a joint Cybersecurity Advisory, ESXiArgs Ransomware Virtual Machine Recovery Guidance. This advisory describes ...
Continue Reading →This post is for my cybersecurity students, and anyone else taking a cybersecurity class or studying for a certification exam.
From Jason Dion: “The most common type of code injection is SQL injection. An SQL injection attempts to modify one or more of an SQL query’s four basic functions: select, insert, delete, or update. Two common methods of performing an SQL injection are either using a single apostrophe (‘) or submitting an always true statement like 1=1. As a penetration tester, you ...
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Managing a project is not for the faint hearted, as there is potentially so much that could go wrong and many things you will need to monitor – some of which will be entirely out of your control. In situations like this, nobody would blame you for throwing in the towel and not bothering – but all is not lost.
By using certain ...
Continue Reading →A quick Saturday digest of cybersecurity news articles from other sources.Developers who contribute code to the popular repository will have to implement two-factor authentication by the end of 2023.
Identity theft ...
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A quick Saturday digest of cybersecurity news articles from other sources.Original release date: April 7, 2022
CISA’s Sharing Cyber Event Information Fact Sheet provides our stakeholders with clear guidance and information about what to share, who should share, and how to share information about unusual cyber incidents or activity.
CISA uses this information from partners to build a common understanding ...
Continue Reading →A quick Saturday digest of cybersecurity news articles from other sources.If you try to hide that your business has been hacked or you’ve paid ransomware, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency would like a word with you.
One of the dirty little secrets of many businesses, perhaps even most, is that far more of them than ever admit to it ...
Continue Reading →Happy New Year!!Have you ever seen the message “An error occurred”? Even worse, the message “This error cannot occur”? Facts matter!
A great article and infographic ...
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