ForAllSecure

APRIL 26, 2023

Common Types of Cyber Attacks Common techniques that criminal hackers use to penetrate systems include social engineering, password attacks, malware, and exploitation of software vulnerabilities. Software Vulnerabilities Exploiting software vulnerabilities is one of the most common ways that hackers penetrate systems.

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CIO Business Intelligence

JULY 17, 2023

Companies that have embraced the cloud need to understand the Shared Responsibility Model: a security and compliance framework that explains what shared infrastructure and systems the cloud provider is responsible for maintaining and how a customer is responsible for operating systems, data, and applications utilizing the cloud.

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SecureWorld News

AUGUST 21, 2020

It also has a list of recommended mitigations for handling Hidden Cobra threats: Maintain up-to-date antivirus signatures and engines. Keep operating system patches up-to-date. If these services are required, use strong passwords or Active Directory authentication. Disable File and Printer sharing services.

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Scott Lowe

MARCH 1, 2019

Daniel Dib has a great article on how network engineers need to evolve. I referenced part 1 of Ajay Chenampara’s series on the Ansible network-engine command parser back in Technology Short Take 102 (July of last year). VyOS is an open source Linux-based network operating system.). Operating Systems/Applications.

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The Verge

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

We learned principles of effective engineering strategies from that, and so we’re taking those learnings and partnering with Intel to build something for the PC that will stand up to that emerging attack vector.”. That means features like BitLocker encryption or Windows Hello authentication will transition over to using Pluton in the future.

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CTOvision

NOVEMBER 22, 2016

Nature has provided insights for engineers for years, inspiring technical solutions to challenges that replicate the elegant perfection of approaches that work in the natural world. This approach mitigates risk when properly engineered and overseen, but it is always expensive. Bob Gourley. Defense in depth has become expense in depth.

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SecureWorld News

AUGUST 4, 2020

CISA includes some mitigation best practices in the report: Maintain up-to-date antivirus signatures and engines. Keep operating system patches up-to-date. If these services are required, use strong passwords or Active Directory authentication. Disable File and Printer sharing services.

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All Things Distributed

DECEMBER 18, 2012

Jul - 13 Hints for Computer Systems Design Proceedings of the Ninth ACM Symposium on Operating Systems Principles, pp. Harris, Alex Ho, Rolf Neugebauer, Ian Pratt, Andrew Warfield, in the Proceedings of the 19th ACM Symposium on Operating Systems Principles, October 19-22, 2003, Bolton Landing, NY USA. Lorie, G.F.

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Scott Lowe

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

Lee Briggs covers the plethora of ways to authenticate to AWS. Operating Systems/Applications I don’t do a whole lot in application development (yet), but the idea of declarative database schemas is a pretty cool idea. This post outlines some recent gVisor improvements in file system performance. As fate (luck?)

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Dataconomy

JUNE 27, 2023

Enable two-factor authentication Two-factor authentication adds an extra layer of security to your accounts. Ensure that the antivirus software is compatible with your operating system and its specific version. Keeping your operating system up to date is critical.

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The Verge

DECEMBER 2, 2021

Lastly, there have been many reports of security breaches and social engineering hacks to enable smart home cameras when they aren’t supposed to be on and then send that feed to remote servers, all without the knowledge of the homeowner. It is impossible in the low power state to get an image out of it,” says Heape.

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SecureWorld News

JULY 7, 2022

While large and active Ransomware-as-a-Service (RaaS) gangs like Conti, LockBit, and BlackCat always make headlines with their operations, it's important to learn about smaller ransomware families, as they can provide insight and help us understand more about cybercrime gangs as a whole. The report was published on June 7, 2022.

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Scott Lowe

MARCH 2, 2020

Said van de Klundert has a post on screen scraping basics for network engineers. For network engineers just getting started with network automation, I suspect that the information shared here may prove quite useful. Operating Systems/Applications. So, I decided to publish on Monday instead of waiting for Friday.).

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Scott Lowe

JULY 13, 2018

Ajay Chenampara has a post on using the Ansible network-engine command parser to parse the output of commands on network devices. Chris Hein shows how to use the Heptio Authenticator with kops to link Kubernetes cluster authentication to AWS IAM. Operating Systems/Applications. Here’s his latest piece.

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Kitaboo

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

The content created using KITABOO SDK is accessible on all major operating systems. Extremely light but powerful engine. The SDK is designed to be combined with both modern browser rendering engines and a platform-specific code to help create an ePUB compliant app.

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Scott Lowe

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

I found this link in the serverless mullet architectures post, see the “Operating Systems/Applications” section below.). Marc Boorshtein has a write-up on authentication in Kubernetes identity management. Operating Systems/Applications. You’re welcome. (I Cloud Computing/Cloud Management.

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Scott Lowe

MAY 17, 2019

This article by Bob Killen provides a good foundation of information on understanding Kubernetes authentication (AuthN) and authorization (AuthZ; implemented via RBAC). Operating Systems/Applications. There’s some interesting new functionality found in this release, including support for/integration with Kubernetes.

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Scott Lowe

APRIL 19, 2019

Many organizations prefer to use two-factor authentication (2FA) to help protect their systems. ” Operating Systems/Applications. Tonis Tiigi has a write-up on experimenting with rootless Docker over on the Docker Engineering blog. This article discusses four open source secrets management tools.

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Kitaboo

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

The content created using KITABOO SDK is accessible on all major operating systems. Extremely light but powerful engine. The SDK is designed to be combined with both modern browser rendering engines and a platform-specific code to help create an ePUB compliant app.

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Linux Academy

MARCH 28, 2019

To ensure ongoing security site reliability engineers must work hand-in-hand with the CISO’s (Chief Information Security Officer) office to implement Kubernetes security. Vulnerabilities at the operating system level may be exploited by rogue container workloads if not hardened. Use The Right Installer. Implement RBAC.

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ForAllSecure

MAY 10, 2023

That involves talking to customers on how they use Mayhem, and talking with our engineering team about new features. But I also often get brought into other things by sales, or CS, or engineering. T he most recent episode I did was on a different type of operating system. I interviewed Michael Coden, a professor at MIT.

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Dataconomy

MARCH 21, 2023

Some of the reasons why containers are important for data science are: Portability : Containers are portable, meaning that they can run on any system with the same underlying operating system and container runtime. This allows for easier collaboration and sharing of code across different teams and environments.

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Dataconomy

MARCH 21, 2023

Some of the reasons why containers are important for data science are: Portability : Containers are portable, meaning that they can run on any system with the same underlying operating system and container runtime. This allows for easier collaboration and sharing of code across different teams and environments.

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Dataconomy

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

” As one of Apple’s most ambitious undertakings, the Vision Pro has been a year in development, loaded with groundbreaking technology, including the introduction of a new operating system, visionOS, which alone could justify its significant price tag.

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ForAllSecure

APRIL 22, 2021

In 2013, researcher Nitesh Dhanjani found that a popular brand used simple MD5 hashes of the device's MAC addresses for authentication. Problem is, MAC addresses are not great for authentication. It seemed that once you authenticated through the local network, the app maintain that access, even if you are halfway across the world.

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ForAllSecure

APRIL 22, 2021

In 2013, researcher Nitesh Dhanjani found that a popular brand used simple MD5 hashes of the device's MAC addresses for authentication. Problem is, MAC addresses are not great for authentication. It seemed that once you authenticated through the local network, the app maintain that access, even if you are halfway across the world.

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ForAllSecure

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

So we include other telemetry that seeks to authenticate that the entity logging in is who they say they are. Without a basic ability to authenticate these characters, there’d be no drama, no romance, no tragedy. So that’s why you need multi factor authentication. Think about it. And important.

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CIO Business Intelligence

JANUARY 13, 2023

The implied trust of years past, where being physically present in an office provided some measure of user authenticity simply no longer exists. These include: Legacy systems: Critical infrastructure often uses legacy systems far beyond their reasonable lifespan from a security standpoint.

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ForAllSecure

AUGUST 10, 2021

So if the engine needs to fire a particular cylinder it manages the fuel, the air fuel ratio, etc. You know with modern vehicles, they're actually becoming like they're running on bluetooth, they're running the Android operating system. Vamosi: What unites these microcontrollers is not an operating system, rather it's a bus.

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Scott Lowe

MARCH 20, 2020

This blending of “traditional” network engineering with containers, Linux, and DevOps tooling is how Matt is setting new trends and directions for the networking industry. Chris Wahl touches on the topic of using GitHub personal tokens to authenticate to HashiCorp Vault. Operating Systems/Applications.

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ForAllSecure

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

The convenience of operating a car without fumbling for your keys is a godsend to any parent. Even for adults without kids the ability to walk up, get inside, tap the brake and simply touch a button to start the engine is pretty cool. A proximity authenticate, and CC by forwarding the data from a baseband to the link layer.

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Dataconomy

MARCH 28, 2023

Some of the key hardware and software components of IoT ecosystems include: Hardware components:  IoT hardware components include devices and sensors, communication networks, and data storage systems. Software components:  IoT software components include applications, operating systems, and analytics tools.

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Dataconomy

MARCH 28, 2023

Some of the key hardware and software components of IoT ecosystems include: Hardware components:  IoT hardware components include devices and sensors, communication networks, and data storage systems. Software components:  IoT software components include applications, operating systems, and analytics tools.

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Linux Academy

APRIL 11, 2019

Modern-day defense in depth strategies revolve around this same concept of making an attacker go through multiple layers of defense, with one key difference: we’re applying that to our computer systems. Identity is the process of assigning each individual user and system their own unique name. Domain 3: Security Engineering.

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Phil Windley

DECEMBER 28, 2020

The strength of such an identity system based security overlay is derived from the security supporting these bindings. Figure 2: Binding of controller, authentication factors, and identifiers in identity systems. Programmers get the benefits of a trusted message system without need for expensive and difficult development.

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CTOvision

DECEMBER 15, 2014

Dynamic link library (DLL) programs redirect all the virtualized application’s calls to the server’s file system. When software is run from the server in this manner, no changes are made to the local computer’s operating system (OS), file system or registry. Artificial Intelligence.

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Scott Lowe

APRIL 21, 2016

Mike Foley recently published a two-part series on two factor authentication (2FA) for vSphere ( part 1 is here ; part 2 is here ). Operating Systems/Applications. This Yelp Engineering blog post talks about one of these unintended side effects (processes running as PID 1 are treated differently by the Linux kernel).

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