I’ve seen various figures on the recent increase in DDoS (Distributed Denial of Service) attacks from various sources, if you use the figures from this story in PCmag, which might me more of an advert for Arbor using just …
Category Archives: Security
Why is my email broken? Cpanel, CNAMES and MX records
I have set-up dozens of web applications firewalls (WAF), but often I’m asked to fix other peoples set-ups after they’ve had a go of setting them up themselves.
The most common issue I see always has the same cause, the …
Edward Snowden on 911, Boston and the NSA meta data collection program
Where privacy meets security, two of my favourite subjects, that often collide, both very emotive and contentious.
I think Snowden is wrong here, processing power increases exponentially, a proven fact (Moore’s law) and data mining methods are only …
ICANN Certified Appraisal Scam
There are just so many companies around claiming this designation, just do a google search for “ICANN Certified Appraisal“, but the problem is simply, ICANN don’t certify “appraisers”.
So here’s how they tried to work the scam on …
HeartBleed, its not a Virus or Hack, it’s worse it’s a vulnerability
one that’s extremely easy to exploit, and the potential harm, disclosing sensitive data that was expected to have been being transmitted securely makes it a great threat.
While there is no evidence that the HeartBleed vulnerability that was disclosed only …
How and where to backup cloud based installations?
This is a question that comes up more often as applications and services are being moved more and more into “the cloud”.
If we take our own situation of having recently decommissioned our local Exchange Server and opting instead for …
Educating children in Cyber Security
I am very pleased to have been accepted as a volunteer by ISC2 to present their “Safe and Secure Online” message to local schools (in Fredericton).
Kids don’t tend to get the vital messages regarding Cyber Security from media, …
Improving confidentiality on the internet
The IETF announced that they are taking the lead on to “develop the technical specifications to improve the privacy and security of the Internet”. They are probably best placed to raise the profile in the IT community. Looking at the …