by dianak | Nov 30, 2017 | Security
You maybe heard about the MacOS root password issue (i.e. #IAmRoot)? If you haven’t heard about it and you’re reading this on a Mac running High Sierra, go patch. Seriously. Go do it now (we’ll wait) — and also maybe bookmark this link in...
by dianak | Nov 27, 2017 | Security
Uber, amirite? Here’s the quick thirty-second post-vacation catch up for those (like me) that have been out of the loop because vacation. First, Uber got hacked, potentially exposing data from up to 57 million people. The data in play included driver license...
by dianak | Nov 22, 2017 | Security
So OWASP has published the 2017 Top 10. For those that follow this stuff, you’ll notice that they went with RC2 (second release candidate). This means that they removed the highly-controversial A7 (“insufficient attack protection”) from RC1 and...
by dianak | Nov 20, 2017 | Security
There’s an interesting discussion going on in the Linux Kernel email list. Normally, the intimate details of Linux kernel development don’t make it to the security trade media (let alone the mainstream media), but this one did. For example, The Register...
by dianak | Nov 16, 2017 | Security
A few interesting things in the news today. In fact, I think they are most interesting in the presence of each other. You may know that November 7-8 was the CyberSat conference? If you weren’t aware of it, CyberSat is an event that is “…dedicated to...
