In this sequel to last month’s blog, A Week of Attack Stats, we are expanding our stat survey using the same data collection methods while excluding the original week’s stats. Let’s see if our assertion of a causal relationship between social isolation and cyber attacks remains true.
Read MoreThe new version of Zoom will be mandatory on May 30th. It has been available since April 27th as an optional upgrade but users running older versions will not be able to join calls after the 30th. Many very good enhancements have been added to client: SSH uses GCM encryption, IPsec, OpenVPN, TLS, and others as well.
Read MoreWe ran into a unique problem last month - we had a small console server to install at a colo facility for out-of-band console access. Unfortunately our gear is sandwiched between other equipment and is in a two post rack so we couldn’t easily put the console server nearby. What to do?! 3D-print a bracket to attach to the back of the existing equipment and mount the console server, obviously!
Read MoreThere’s a causal relationship between social isolation and cyber attacks. When the bad guys are bored at home they tend to fill their time with cyber attacks. There is a marked increase in the incidence of attacks around Christmas time and we expected a similar increase during this pandemic.
Read MoreZoom is video conferencing and online meeting software. They went public on the stock exchange for $36/share in 2019 and are currently sitting at $120/share with a year to date of 76% in 2020 even though market is down 30%. Investors clearly believe in the company and I agree, the response from Zoom has been awesome.
Read MoreItaly has been especially terrorized by COVID-19. They had to 3D print valves to save lives when the supply chain broke down and they couldn’t get them any other way. The STL file isn’t available for this valve nor has it been officially tested and validated but, at the end of the day, it’s going to work better than nothing during a shortage.
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