Archive for October 2019

Hackers Hacked back, Ransomware keys released

9th October 2019

It was only a matter of time before the hackers hacked the wrong person. Tobias Fromel was tired of their shenanighans and hacked them back retrieving a booty of decryption…

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Intel vPro; Good & Bad?

vPro is a technology that allows servers or laptops to be powered on or off remotely, allows boot media to be attached so a OS can be loaded remotely, an…

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QR Codes and Keyboard wedges

QR Code; like a barcode label but it encodes data vertically as well as horizontally. Packs a lot of info into a small space. Iphone has supported since iOS11, Android…

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Security Awareness Intranet Site

Today i set about creating a security Awareness intranet site for a client. They have a nice VmWare instance so i created a virtual server and called it SecAware. Downloaded…

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Facebook Container PlugIn

4th October 2019

Facebook tracks your movement around the web so they can sell your like and wants to advertizing companies. This is the equivalient of door-to-door salesmen VS you deciding that you…

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Cloned Workstations Win10

3rd October 2019

Ran into a strange problem where a cloned Windows 10 workstation successfully joined the domain, and could communicate outbound but would NOT allow inbound connection to the \\ipaddress\c$ share. What…

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Standard Laptop build

1st October 2019

Recommand same build across Laptop & Desktop Choose Hardware from Tier1 vendor (IBM,HP,Dell) these provide firmware updates for longer. Favor hardware that include; TPM module, finger print scanner.Bios WakeOnLan =…

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Easier to ask for forgiveness?

I think we live in a society where the norm is “It’s easier to ask for forgiveness than permission” and when dealing with links in email that mind-set is not…

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