UPDATED: 09/26/2014 – 01:14 EST – Added vulnerability validation code This exploit may have bigger holes than even the Bat Cave. CVE-2014-6271 (Credit to Stephane Chazelas for discovery) was publicly announced yesterday, September, 24th and some articles are already calling this… Continue Reading
The short version is that if you get a phone call from an unknown number that rings once and hangs up, do not call it back. Several news outlets have reported on this over the past couple of days and… Continue Reading
Debian, rightfully so, retired the lenny distribution some time ago. Unfortunately, every now and then there might be a system sitting out there that still has it running. For security reasons it is very important that you upgrade your system to… Continue Reading
I encountered a problem today when attempting to access a low-end router web interface using Internet Explorer 10. Error: The security certificate presented by this website is not secure. Yes, I know, use Firefox or some other browser. While that… Continue Reading
One day recently, I was looking through the management tool of a site that had quite a few comments. Great news right? Unfortunately, no… all spam… As I began to look further into where the spam was coming from it… Continue Reading
Every once in a while I've run into a problem where SSH takes a very long time to prompt for a password and log into a system. In almost all cases this has been related to DNS. First, you should… Continue Reading
Thankfully this isn't anything of huge significance. However, upon looking through system logs recently I stumbled upon something that made me gasp for a moment. Something had managed to suck up +8GB in a single day! How in the hell…… Continue Reading