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Weekend Update

A quick Saturday digest of cybersecurity news articles from other sources.

Microsoft adds Windows Subsystem for Linux Preview to Windows 11 Microsoft App Store

It’s now even easier to install Windows Subsystem for Linux on Windows 11. Jack Wallen lets you in on how it’s done.

Tech support scams top list of latest phishing threats

Tech support scams work because they try to trick people into believing ...

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30
OCT
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Linux, ransomware, Weekend Update, Windows 11

Weekend Update

A quick Saturday digest of cybersecurity news articles from other sources.

LANtenna hack spies on your data from across the room!

Are your network cables acting as undercover wireless transmitters? What can you do if they are?

A few posts from Bruce Schneier

FBI Had the REvil Decryption Key

[2021.09.22] The Washington Post reports that the FBI had a decryption ...

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23
OCT
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CISSP, critical infrastructure, Domain 3, encryption, ransomware, Weekend Update

Weekend Update

A quick Saturday digest of cybersecurity news articles from other sources.

NSA Releases Guidance on Avoiding the Dangers of Wildcard TLS Certificates and ALPACA Techniques

Original release date: October 8, 2021

The National Security Agency (NSA) has released a Cybersecurity Information (CSI) sheet with guidance to help secure the Department of Defense, National Security Systems, and Defense Industrial Base organizations from poorly implemented wildcard Transport Layer Security (TLS) certificates ...

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16
OCT
0

Computers and Internet, crypto-currency, cybersecurity, Weekend Update

Weekend Update

A quick Saturday digest of cybersecurity news articles from other sources.

Top 5 tips for using password managers

Password managers are a good way to keep your passwords unique, strong and safe. Tom Merritt gives us five tips on how to use them correctly

CISA and NSA Release Guidance on Selecting and Hardening VPNs

Original release date: September 28, 2021

The National Security Agency (NSA) and CISA ...

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9
OCT
0

authentication, critical infrastructure, Facebook, passwords, social networks, Weekend Update

Weekend Update

A quick Saturday digest of cybersecurity news articles from other sources.

Why open source software supply chain management is worse than you think

A Sonatype survey also found a 650% year-over-year increase in supply chain attacks aimed at upstream public repositories.

VMware patch bulletin warns: “This needs your immediate attention.”

“It is a matter of time before working exploits are available,” warns VMware.

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2
OCT
0

CISSP, cybersecurity, Domain 3, Linux, ransomware, Weekend Update

Weekend Update

A quick Saturday digest of cybersecurity news articles from other sources.

Bruce Schneier Edition

Excellent Write-up of the SolarWinds Security Breach

[2021.08.30] Robert Chesney wrote up the Solar Winds story as a case study, and it’s a really good summary.

This one is a must read.

Surveillance of the Internet Backbone

[2021.08.25] Vice has an article about how ...

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25
SEP
0

Apple, CISSP, Domain 8, ransomware, Software vulnerability, surveillance, Weekend Update

Weekend Update

A quick Saturday digest of cybersecurity news articles from other sources.

New online service will hack printers to spew out spam

This attack is happening to  one of my clients.

After a Twitter user hacked over 50,000 printers last week to promote PewDiePie’s YouTube channel as part of a guerilla marketing campaign, a new service has spawned over the weekend advertising the same type of functionality, but for ...

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18
SEP
0

Apple, email, Linux, malware, Phishing, Weekend Update

Weekend Update

A quick Saturday digest of cybersecurity news articles from other sources.

How safe is a quantum-safe virtual private network?

Verizon aims to find out by testing the technology, which is geared at enhancing encryption methods using session key exchange security mechanisms, the carrier said.

What’s going on with the ‘Great Resignation’?

By Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols, Computerworld
You’d better work ...
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4
SEP
0

authentication, careers, CISSP, Domain 8, passwords, Weekend Update, Windows 11

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