Installing Win Updates on a Schedule
Install-Module -Name PSWindowsUpdateYGet-WUInstall -NotCategory “Drivers” -AcceptAll –IgnoreReboot Works on Win10 and Windows Server 2016+. NOT on WinServer2012r2
May 2022
Fortigate New VPN Recommendation
When setting up a new Remote Access VPN I recommend to always change to a custom tunnel and set a Peer ID. name can be anything, doesn’t matter. i Typically use “default” why? requirements change over time. a Peer ID allows having a selection of VPN policies that we can choose from. we can test …
SpecOps Password Audit
Free software to audit your AD passwords. Compares passwords to HaveIBeenPwned database. Other software can do the same but this does it for free and it’s easy to use. https://specopssoft.com/blog/checking-pwned-passwords-active-directory/
TeamViewer Clipboard attack
Teamviewer shares the clipboard with anyone remote controlling it. And it will synconSo if you ask someone to remote control your PC or a 3rd PC you are remote controlling as well, the clipboard will then be shared across all those PC’s. Then use social engineering to get them to copy a password into their …
Cybersecurity Zone Defense:
We can think of Cybersecurity as having 3 basic zones; Red, Yellow, Green.Red Zone is the internet. Make sure everything here is locked down tight, No compromises. Zone includes your firewall, Website, Cloud based services like Office365, and arguibly Wifi.Yellow Zone is anywhere that a user opens email. Phishing is rampant and opening the wrong …
RdWeb RDP multi monitor fix
Edit your published RDP app and add the flag /multimon source https://www.atera.com/blog/learn-how-to-use-remote-desktop-with-multiple-monitors/
NextCloud common problems
Error “Untrusted Domain”Solution: edit /var/www/html/nextcloud/config/config.php ‘trusted_domains’ =>array (0 => ‘localhost’,1 => ‘nextcloud’,2 => ‘nextcloud.local’,3 => ’10.*.*.*‘, ),
Synology can’t connect after upgrade v7
Synology recommended an upgrade to v7 due to some security shenanigans. After the update a user could not get connected. 1st test; logon to the web console to verify their credentials are correct. They are.2nd test; logon via SMB from a different PC. Works so the problem seems to be the PC.3rd test; logon from …