Software piracy is the unlawful use/copy of software in a way that is outside the official documentation of a software. It can also be seen as the illegal act of stealing software that is legally protected whether intentionally done or not. The act of software piracy is committed by a mind-boggling cross section of the […]
Atos and IBM Partner on Cloud Financial Data Security in the EU Atos and IBM have announced a new partnership which will enable IBM Cloud for Financial Services users to attain an improved level of data and systems security in Europe which will be powered by Atos cybersecurity monitoring services, known as “EU trusted third […]
Microsoft has just announced the launch of a Security Program – made up of a set of security offerings built to protect nonprofits organizations against threats, by providing proactive monitoring and notification in the case of a nation-state attack as well as to help enhance their security posture based on their environment. Built to complement […]
CompTIA Expands Cybersecurity Footprint in the UK CompTIA has just announced the expansion of its cybersecurity information sharing and Analysis Organization (CompTIA ISAO) to the UK with plans to serve as the focal point for dealing with cyber-threats among technology vendors, MSPs, solution providers, integrators, distributors, and business technology consultants. According to the nonprofit association […]
6 Top Guide for Effective IT Support Services Errors, technical glitches and disasters are terms very common in the IT field and mostly not avoidable, creating the need for every IT service provider to put in place a proper IT support services team that can effectively respond to these IT issues, errors, glitches or disaster […]
Heart Bleed – Exploit Example Code If you need to test your server for the vulnerability, here is a simple Python script… [python] #!/usr/bin/python import sys import struct import socket import time import select import re from optparse import OptionParser options = OptionParser(usage=’%prog server [options]’, description=’Test for SSL heartbeat vulnerability (CVE-2014-0160)’) options.add_option(‘-p’, ‘–port’, type=’int’, default=443, […]
In case you haven’t heard, a critical bug in the widely used OpenSSL library has been disclosed this week. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-26971363 Despite the cool name and vector logo, Heartbleed is one of the scariest security bugs to hit the Internet in a long time. I was able to query my own server to reveal memory […]
Setting up SSH public/private keys SSH (Secure Shell) can be set up with public/private key pairs so that you don’t have to type the password each time. Because SSH is the transport for other services such as SCP (secure copy), SFTP (secure file transfer), and other services (CVS, etc), this can be very convenient and […]