Cyberwar is today’s reality. We’ve moved from a world of cyber-criminal threats to an interconnected arena where any malicious activity is feasible. Cyber-Kinetic attacks that destroy, kill, and massively disrupt civil society are part of our new security threat landscape reality. Geography will not help. The massively interconnected Internet means that you are a cyberwarrior’s
Category: Scaling
Birthday Wish – Three Cybersecurity Precautions
Thank you for remembering me on my birthday. I hope the year will be prosperous and loving for all. Some people ask what is my birthday wish. This year I’m going to try something different. I’m going to ask all my friends and family to take a minute and invest to protect themselves to cybersecurity Read More
Loading Spoofer to Fight DDoS
Do you run a network? Do you secure an organization? Do you build applications? Do you want DDoS Attacks to be easy? Of course not! Everyone running, securing, or building something on the Internet does not want it easy to attack that service. We’re asking people to load the Spoofer application to Fight DDoS. Loading Read More
Practical Security Guides, Projects, & Workbooks
Do you feel overwhelmed by the barrage of security white papers, webinars, and guides? Are you parallized trying to figure out what you need to do first to get ready for the next attack? We don’t need more security guides, we need a consolidated landing that pulls in all the advice into one place. We
Hybrid Warfare Lessons from Ukraine – Though Provoking
Hybrid warfare is a global reality. The global supply chain means that any war will have cyber-attacks happening everywhere along the supply chain. In this holiday “Security Catchup,” list John Deni facilitates, Vishwa Padigepati, Dr. Sarah J. Lohmann, & Vytautas Butrimas in their report – What Ukraine Taught NATO about Hybrid Warfare. Get a cup Read More
How To Secure Mikrotik Devices
(Version 1.0) Mikrotik devices are wonderful networking tools. They offer flexibility and cost empowerment to solve networking problems. But, the way we deploy Mikrotiks in the industry is creating multiple security risks. People are not spending the time to secure Mikrotik devices. It cannot be ignored that Mikrotik devices are 2022’s most dangerous malware platform.
Are your Customers a victim of the Zimbra Exploit?
We have an active Zimbra exploit, in the wild, with espionage and “others” trying to get into +22: vulnerable systems. Everyone using Zimbra Collaboration (ZCS) who has not recently patched is at risk. Volexity Threat Research responsibly disclosed this risk on August 10th, 2022. Zero-Day exploitation was active on the disclosure day. Shadowserver is tracking Read More
Don’t let your Firewalls be STUN DDoS Reflector
Your firewalls can be used as a STUN DDoS reflector to attack others on the Internet. Open UDP firewall ports for STUN (Session Traversal Utilities for NAT) are being exploited for DDoS reflection. Your network is most likely one of those networks. Shadowserver now detects 101k IPv4 and 2.9K IPv6 accessible UDP STUN services. These Read More
Influential Reading List
An influential reading list that has strongly influenced my thinking, my behavior, my compass, and my practices. The following books have been tremendously influential in my professional and personal life. I’m sorting them by usefulness for people who are looking to invest in themselves. The Alliance: Managing Talent in the Networked Age by Reid Hoffman,
Why are you leaving your SNMP ports open to the world?
Too many organizations are ignoring the risk of SNMP abuse and leaving their SNMP ports open to the world. Simple Network Manage Protocol (SNMP) is one of our core networking building blocks. We – the community who build and run networks – use all types of networks. It is a powerful tool for monitoring, managing, Read More