Thursday, December 29, 2016

Tech Tip Thursday – RansomFree

If you’re worried about ransomware, check out RansomFree from Cybereason, a real-time ransomware detection and response software that can spot most strains of Ransomware before it starts encrypting files and alert the user to take action. Good computer hygiene (e.g. unique credentials, keeping your systems patched, current backups, etc) is always recommended but if you are looking for a specific solution to ransomware, try RansomFree for FREE.

https://amp.thehackernews.com/thn/2016/12/free-anti-ransomware-software.html

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Thursday, December 22, 2016

Tech Tip Thursday – Default IoT Passwords

The Mirai malware relied on the average user, who just wants their “stuff” to work, to leave the default credentials (username and password) on their Internet of Things (IoT) devices (e.g. IP cameras, routers, DVRs, refrigerators). Once the devices were compromised, they were added to the botnet to perform Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks. It’s was pretty successful with just 68 credentials. Have you changed your default credentials?

https://krebsonsecurity.com/2016/10/who-makes-the-iot-things-under-attack/

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Tuesday, December 13, 2016

Tech Tip Tuesday – How to Win the NCL

First off, H.A.T.S. off the Hawaiʻi Advanced Technology Society for winning the National Cyber League. The NCL is a great way to learn practical cybersecurity skills in a competitive environment. They have free training and labs available to prepare you for the competition. The following blog gives you most of the tools you need but you need to put in the work to use them effectively.

https://www.wraysec.com/2015/11/02/how-to-win-the-ncl/

AND don’t forget. Spring registration opens March 11, 2017!

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Tuesday, December 6, 2016

Tech Tip Tuesday – Hour of Code

The Hour of Code is happening this week (December 5-12, 2016). There are over 200 tutorials in over 45 languages. They also have robotics activities to help bridge the gap between our successful robotics programs to hardcore coding. #HourOfCode

https://hourofcode.com/us

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Wednesday, November 30, 2016

Tech Tip Tuesday – Ransomware via Social Media

Until recently the most common delivery of ransomware was through email. Attackers have now added social media (e.g. Facebook, Linkedin) to their bag of tricks. Users are being sent messages with malicious attachments, most commonly in image files. The file needs to be downloaded and executed to compromise your machine so don’t do that. In fact don’t open files with uncommon extensions (e.g. SVG, JS, HTA).

https://www.maketecheasier.com/how-images-infect-computer-on-social-media

Thanks again to Nick for sharing this with us!

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Wednesday, November 23, 2016

Tech Tip Tuesday – Hack the Army

The Department of Defense is doing some innovative things in cybersecurity. They developed a new vulnerability disclosure program to find and fix issue faster and they expanded their bug bounty program to “Hack the Army”. The DoD paid out $75,000 in bounties for Hack the Pentagon. Hack the Army starts on November 30, 2016 1200EST. Get yourself some spending money for the holidays!

https://medium.com/@SecDef/building-on-the-lessons-learned-from-hacking-the-pentagon-b5b58548b6a9#.1l97evzfo

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Wednesday, November 16, 2016

Tech Tip Tuesday – Windows 10 PIN Complexity

Are you taking advantage of a PIN versus a password in Windows 10? If you are and you want to add some complexity, check out this article. You wouldn’t want users to have their PIN be the same as the combination as their luggage.

https://www.maketecheasier.com/enable-pin-complexity-windows-10

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Tuesday, November 8, 2016

Tech Tip Tuesday – Cyber Teacher Certificate

Most of the efforts to solve the cybersecurity skills gap focuses on the students. This program provides teachers with training and a professional certification to help their students gain the skills to become cybersecurity professionals.

https://prod.lifejourney.us/lifeJourney/registrationRequest?programId=2&role=School&pc=CT

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Wednesday, November 2, 2016

Tech Tip Tuesday – Is Your Phone Pwned?

This article gives you some good indicators that your phone may be compromised but what should you do if you think your device is compromised? Stay tuned…

http://www.darkreading.com/endpoint/5-signs-your-smartphone-has-been-hacked/d/d-id/1327326

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Wednesday, October 26, 2016

Tech Tip Tuesday - Check Yourself before You DDoS Someone Else

Internet of Things (IoT) devices (e.g. IP cameras, DVRs, refrigerators, etc) were to blame for the Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack that knocked out most of the known Internet last week. Lifehacker has a good article and link to a tool that will tell you if devices on your network are part of the problem.

http://lifehacker.com/iot-scanner-checks-for-vulnerabilities-in-your-connecte-1788154835

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Thursday, October 20, 2016

Tech Tip Tuesday – Patch Tuesday

Microsoft has changed its approach to “Patch Tuesday”. You will no longer have to download individual patches. Instead, each platform (e.g. Windows 10, Server 2012, etc) will have a single set of cumulative updates. Each months updates will get larger and larger because it will include the previous months. There are pros and cons to this approach but this will make patch remediation much easier by having a single repository.

https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/windowsitpro/2016/08/15/further-simplifying-servicing-model-for-windows-7-and-windows-8-1/

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Wednesday, October 12, 2016

Tech Tip Tuesday – Free Security Check-ups and Tools

October is National Cyber Security Awareness Month (CSAM) and this list of tools is a good start to staying safe year round.

https://staysafeonline.org/stay-safe-online/free-security-check-ups/

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Tuesday, October 4, 2016

Tech Tip Tuesday – Derbycon Videos

If you weren’t able to make it out to Kentucky for Derbycon, check out these videos. Irongeek has videos for all the presentations.

http://www.irongeek.com/i.php?page=videos%2Fderbycon6%2Fmainlist

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Wednesday, September 28, 2016

Tech Tip Tuesday – What is your phone telling your rental car?

Have you ever synced your phone to your rental car to play your Spotify playlist or to make hands free calls? Sure it’s convenient but just remember that you may be leaving behind information for other people to find. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has some steps to protect your personal information.

https://www.consumer.ftc.gov/blog/what-your-phone-telling-your-rental-car

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Wednesday, September 21, 2016

Tech Tip Tuesday – NIST Cybersecurity Assessment Tool

This is not the flashy cybersecurity tool you’re used to seeing. It won’t pwn a system and exfiltrate data. It will ask key questions of your organization determine which cybersecurity related activities are important to your organization.

http://www.securitymagazine.com/articles/87441-nist-unveils-a-cybersecurity-self-assessment-tool

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Wednesday, September 14, 2016

Tech Tip Tuesday – Back That iOS Up

There have been many reports of people bricking their devices after upgrading to iOS 10. It’s always a good idea to get a backup before making major changes to your device. This also applies to patching systems.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/anthonykarcz/2016/09/13/iphone-backup/#da4385730c22

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Wednesday, September 7, 2016

Tech Tip Tuesday – Google is Listening

Forget those “I read your email t-shirts”, Google keeps track of a lot of information and allows you to view and delete every bit of your life it know about you from a variety of products. It’s all presented in the My Activity portal and it’s SCARY.

http://awarenessact.com/google-is-quietly-recording-everything-you-say-how-to-delete-it-and-stop-it/

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Wednesday, August 31, 2016

Tech Tip Tuesday – PowerShell is Now Open Source

PowerShell is natively available on Windows devices and now you install it on Linux and macOS. Chances are that if you spend most of your time in a Windows environment you’ve collected a lot of PowerShell scripts. Now you can run them from any OS. Running PowerShell on Kali could open some new doors.

https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/powershell/2016/08/18/powershell-on-linux-and-open-source-2/

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Tuesday, August 23, 2016

Tech Tip Tuesday – Know Abnormal… Find Evil

How do you find evil if you don't know what normal is? Normal windows processes have standard characteristics. Use this reference to know what's normal in Windows and focus on the outliers.

https://digital-forensics.sans.org/media/dfir_poster_2014.pdf

~ A big MAHALO to Ivan for the contribution.

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Tuesday, August 16, 2016

Tech Tip Tuesday – Free vMotion with Free ESXi

If you don’t want to spend the $1,000+ for a licensed version of VMware ESXi but want the ability to move running virtual machines from one physical server to another with zero downtime then check out Extrasphere. It’s a great way to keep your CyberPatriot lab affordable.

http://www.vladan.fr/free-tool-extrasphere/

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Tuesday, August 9, 2016

Tech Tip Tuesday – Wireshark 2.0.5 Released

Wireshark is the go to packet analyzer software. You can watch live traffic across the wire (or spectrum) or point to a PCAP (packet capture file). There is a lot of built in functionality and it’s free. The newest version doesn’t provide any additional features but it does fix nine security flaws.

http://fossbytes.com/wireshark-2-0-5-released-world-most-popular-network-traffic-analyzer/

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Tuesday, August 2, 2016

Tech Tip Tuesday – No More Ransom!

Have you been a victim or ransomware? Are you worried you may become one? Are you wondering what ransomware is? If you have answered yes to any of these questions check out the No More Ransom! Site. They have decryption software and the Crypto Sheriff helps you identify what kind of ransomware is affecting your device.

https://www.nomoreransom.org/

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Tuesday, July 26, 2016

Tech Tip Tuesday – Free Microsoft eBooks

Microsoft has been doing this for a few years now but it’s always worth mentioning when more (240+) books are available. The Windows 10, Azure and Active Directory books are always good to have in your office or CyberPatriot tablet.

https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/mssmallbiz/2016/07/10/free-thats-right-im-giving-away-millions-of-free-microsoft-ebooks-again-including-windows-10-office-365-office-2016-power-bi-azure-windows-8-1-office-2013-sharepoint-2016-sha/

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Tuesday, July 19, 2016

Tech Tip Tuesday - 2016 Po‘oihe Cyber Security Exercise

This year’s Po’oihe will be a capture the flagish, challenge based exercise with varying levels of difficulty. It will run from August 4-5 at the Hawaii Army National Guard Dining Facility at Kalaeloa. It’s a great opportunity to network and test your cybersecurity skills. There is a maximum of 100 participants so get your team together and register soon!

http://hawaii.edu/cyberrange/

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Tuesday, July 12, 2016

Tech Tip Tuesday – Gotta Catch All Your Google Data

There have been many articles about the excessive access Pokémon Go required for installation. Niantec and Google are working on a fix but this serves as a good reminder to read what access mobile applications are asking for when you install them. If you did not sign up for a Pokémon Trainer account, and want to fix it yourself, Lifehacker has a quick fix.

http://lifehacker.com/how-to-revoke-pokemon-go-s-extensive-permissions-to-you-1783466118

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Tuesday, July 5, 2016

Tech Tip Tuesday – Bash on Windows 10

If you are torn between using Powershell versus Bash, worry no more. Windows 10 now has the ability to run Bash natively. You can grep, sed, cat, tail, and awk from Windows 10. Be mindful that this is beta and designed for developers but don’t let that stop you from exploring.

http://www.laptopmag.com/articles/use-bash-shell-windows-10

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Tuesday, June 28, 2016

Tech Tip Tuesday – Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) Surveillance Self Defense

The EFF has put together overviews, tutorials, and briefings to defend yourself from surveillance by using secure technology and developing careful practices. The easiest way to get started is with one of their playlist. I would recommend the security starter pack as a baseline.

https://ssd.eff.org/en/playlist

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Tuesday, June 21, 2016

Tech Tip Tuesday - $10 Million in Cisco Global Cybersecurity Scholarship! (sort of)

Cisco is offering $10M is scholarships towards Cisco training. The Global Cybersecurity Scholarship program “will offer training, mentoring, and certification designed to hone the skills needed in the security operations center (SOC) analyst job role”. Scholarship awards are available from August 1, 2016, until the end of July 2017. Sign up now!

https://mkto.cisco.com/Security-Scholarship.html

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Tuesday, June 14, 2016

Tech Tip Tuesday – VPN Comparison

Are you looking for VPN solution? A VPN is a simple solution to help secure your data and personal information. Picking one can be a daunting task. Fortunately, That One Privacy Site put together a list that compares 163 products against security standards, privacy, price and others categories to help you make an informed decision.

https://thatoneprivacysite.net/vpn-comparison-chart/

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Wednesday, June 8, 2016

Tech Tip Tuesday –Facebook’s New Privacy Settings

Do you get weirded out when Facebook serves you ads for products you searched for on Amazon? Facebook keeps track of your “Ad Preferences” by keeping track of everything you like. This Wired article gives you information on how to see what you like (at least what Facebook thinks you’re into) and how to opt out if you choose.

https://www.wired.com/2016/06/go-check-facebooks-new-privacy-settings/

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Tech Tip Tuesday – Ransomeware Overview

A group of security researchers put together a Google Doc with 118 identified named Ransomeware types. They have file extensions, comments and links to decryptors, if they exist. The best way to stay safe from ransomeware is to perform frequent backups (offsite if possible). The next best thing is to NOT open files from unsolicited senders.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1TWS238xacAto-fLKh1n5uTsdijWdCEsGIM0Y0Hvmc5g/pubhtml#

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Wednesday, May 25, 2016

Tech Tip Tuesday – HackerRank

HackerRank is a site dedicated to helping you sharpen your skills in over 15+ domains (e.g. Databases, Algorithms) and 35+ languages (C++, Python). It’s a great place to learn, challenge yourself and compete against others in Hackathons.

https://www.hackerrank.com/

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Tuesday, May 17, 2016

Tech Tip Tuesday – Windows 10 and Server 2016 Security Auditing and Monitoring Reference

Microsoft put together a 729 page document (containing 208,110 words) with detailed technical descriptions for most of the advanced security audit policies that are included with Windows 10 and Windows Server 2016. It’s great for bedtime reading and even better for referencing all Windows events.

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=52630

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Tuesday, May 10, 2016

NetworkMiner is a Network Forensics Analysis Tool (NFAT) that is great for parsing PCAP files for offline analysis and to regenerate/reassemble transmitted files from PCAP files. Like the kind of PCAP file that is used in the contest to give away a FREE ticket to Shakacon to a current Hawaii high school student. A ticket that is normally $283.79.

Here's the tool.
http://www.netresec.com/?page=NetworkMiner

And here's the contest.
http://www.cyberhui.org/news/freeticketstoshakaconviii

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Tuesday, May 3, 2016

Tech Tip Tuesday - Global CyberLympics 2016

This year, the Global CyberLympics Security Challenge will consist of 1 online single elimination round and a final on-site competition. Your 4-6 person team will perform tasks related to digital forensics, malware analysis, cryptography and other fun stuff. The registration closes on July 23rd, so get your team together and start practicing.

https://cyberlympics.org/about-the-games/

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Tuesday, April 26, 2016

Tech Tip Tuesday – US Cyber Challenge: Cyber Quests April 2016

If you want to test your cyber incident response skills check out Cyber Quests. Participants will analyze packets, logs, and related scenarios to determine the nature of a variety of attacks, using skills associated with Security Monitoring and Event Analysts job requirements as set forth in the Mission Critical Role Project document developed by the Council on CyberSecurity.

The quiz is open from now to May 6th but you need to register before May 5th. Good luck!

http://uscc.cyberquests.org/

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Tuesday, April 19, 2016

Tech Tip Tuesday – I’m Hacked, Now What?

The April edition of @SANs OUCH! Newsletter provides good information on how to determine if you have been hacked and what to do. This is not a one size fits all solution but it’s a good start.

https://securingthehuman.sans.org/newsletters/ouch/issues/OUCH-201604_en.pdf

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Tuesday, April 12, 2016

Tech Tip Tuesday - Friends Don’t Let Friends Plug in Strange USB Devices

A recent study conducted on a couple of college campuses found that 48% of people will pick up and plug in a USB flash drive they find. The primary motivation has been to find its rightful owner. Education is the only “reasonable” mitigation to this attack vector. Please do your part to keep your friends safe.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/04/11/half_plug_in_found_drives/

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Wednesday, April 6, 2016

Tech Tip Tuesday – Verizon Data Breach Digest

The same folks that bring you the Data Breach Investigation Report (DBIR) just released a new kind of report. The Data Breach Digest provides 18 vignettes that cover the most popular attacks. It’s a great read for aspiring cybersecurity professionals or anyone wanting to know how DNS tunneling can hide malicious traffic in plain site.

http://www.verizonenterprise.com/resources/reports/rp_data-breach-digest_xg_en.pdf

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Tuesday, March 29, 2016

Tech Tip Tuesday – World Backup Day

Mark your calendars! March 31st is World Backup Day. With the use of ransomware on the rise it has never been more important to ensure you have a good (and recent) backup of all your data. Ransomware: Backup, don't pay up!

http://www.worldbackupday.com/en/

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Tuesday, March 22, 2016

Tech Tip Tuesday – Red Teaming at WRCCDC 2016 Blog

This blog share some insights from a red team member to include explaining how some of their custom tools work. This open source intelligence should be used to develop countermeasures for CCDC events and beyond.

http://lockboxx.blogspot.com/2016/03/red-teaming-at-wrccdc-2016.html

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Tuesday, March 15, 2016

Tech Tip Tuesday - Cobalt Strike Tips for 2016 CCDC Red Teams

This is a great read for the aspiring Red Teamer in any competition. Sun Tzu would probably make this required reading for Blue Teams as well.

http://blog.cobaltstrike.com/2016/02/23/cobalt-strike-tips-for-2016-ccdc-red-teams/

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Tuesday, March 8, 2016

Tech Tip Tuesday – GenCyber Hawaii 2016

This summer GenCyber Hawaii will have 8 Tracks for a wide range of participants (K-12 Students and High School Teachers). This FREE cybersecurity camp, is expanding statewide with Tracks on Hawaii Island, Maui, Oahu and Kauai. Check out the GenCyber site for more information.

https://gencyber-hi.org/

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Tuesday, March 1, 2016

Tech Tip Tuesday - Tech Support Scams: a Beginner’s Guide

Here are a few things to look out for if “Peggy” from “Microsoft” calls you about your computer.

http://itsecurity.co.uk/2015/11/tech-support-scams-a-beginners-guide/

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Tuesday, February 23, 2016

Tech Tip Tuesday – “Locky” Ransomeware

Locky is the the newest variant of ransomware making the rounds on the Interwebs. The most common attack vector is tricking a user into enabling macros in a Word document, which downloads a file to encrypt your files. You can get all your files back for the low price of 0.5 to 1.0 bitcoin ($210-$420). Naked Security from Sophos has provides some strategies to keep you secure.

https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2016/02/17/locky-ransomware-what-you-need-to-know/

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Tuesday, February 16, 2016

Tech Tip Tuesday – Disrupting Nation State Hackers

Rob Joyce, Chief, Tailored Access Operations, National Security Agency recently spoke at USENIX Enigma and shared some technical tips on how to keep nation state hackers out of your networks. There’s a lot of common sense tactics but common sense isn’t always that common.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDJb8WOJYdA

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Tuesday, February 9, 2016

Tech Tip Tuesday – Google Security Checkup

Guess what day it is? Today is Safer Internet Day and Google wants you to audit your activity and security settings. If you perform your security checkup before February 11, you will get a permanent 2GB increase in your Google Drive.

http://googledrive.blogspot.com/2016/02/safer-internet-day-2016.html

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Tuesday, February 2, 2016

Tech Tip Tuesday – Countering Unauthorized Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS)

Are you looking for a new challenge? The MITRE Countering UAS Challenge is offering a total prize package of $100,000 for solutions to detect and safely interdict small UAS (weighing less than 5 lbs.) that pose a potential safety or security threat in urban areas.

https://www.mitre.org/research/mitre-challenge

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Tuesday, January 26, 2016

Tech Tip Tuesday – PowerSploit

Are you making the most of Powershell during your Windows evaluation? PowerSploit is a collection of Microsoft PowerShell modules that can be used to aid penetration testers during all phases of an assessment.

https://github.com/PowerShellMafia/PowerSploit

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Tuesday, January 19, 2016

Tech Tip Tuesday – Learning PowerShell

If your “going to the gym everyday” New Year’s Resolution isn’t working out, maybe it’s time to change it to “learn PowerShell”. Windows PowerShell has been around since 2006 and is currently included in Windows 7 and 2008 R2 and up. It’s the go to tool for all hats (white, gray, black) and should be incorporated into your vulnerability assessment tool bag.

http://blogs.technet.com/b/heyscriptingguy/archive/2015/01/04/weekend-scripter-the-best-ways-to-learn-powershell.aspx

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Tuesday, January 12, 2016

Tech Tip Tuesday – So Long IE 7, 8, 9 and 10… sort of

As of today, Microsoft will only support the most current version of Internet Explorer available for a supported operating system. This means you can still run IE9 but only on Windows Vista SP2. IE exploits are in the wild. Make sure you are using a support browser. The link below takes you to you a table that explains everything.

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/lifecycle#gp/Microsoft-Internet-Explorer

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Tuesday, January 5, 2016

Tech Tip Tuesday – PyCat

Last July we told you about PowerCat, the PowerShell replacement for netcat. Well here’s PyCat the Python replacement for netcat. This allows hackers to live off the land and system administrators troubleshoot without installing additional tools.

https://github.com/NullArray/PyCat

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