Security
Accessing Your Server via SSH Keys
The past couple of weeks I have found myself dabbling in a number of system / network centric tasks. In the process I have been configuring a number of servers and thinking through a number of initial tasks that need to be taken. From time to time I find myself compelled to take a few…
Read MoreMy New OSSEC HIDS Book
Pretty excited, today I got my very own copy of the OSSEC Host-Based Intrusion Detection (HIDS) Guide in the mail. If you haven’t heard about it, it was developed a few years back and was founded by our founder at Sucuri, Daniel Cid. Its core features include:
Read MoreUninstall ModSecurity & WordPress Challenges
Ok, as simple as a post as this might appear I recently undertook an effort to install and configure ModSecurity on my little server. In the process I quickly learned a number of things, specifically that I needed to uninstall from my production box and push it over to a staging box. I’m not a…
Read MoreSecuring Your Data On Dropbox Using TrueCrypt
The storage of your data on the cloud is becoming common place today and its hard to think that it will change any time soon. I personally have been a big fan of cloud-based services since they first started to come on the scene a few years back. With it though comes concerns around security,…
Read MoreRecent Security Related Posts
Sometimes I wonder why I did this to myself, start a blog that has to be maintained, but don’t worry I will maintain it, I hope. That being said, the past few weeks have been busy. While I have posted here, there have been a number of things going on. The most notable, notable in…
Read MoreDNSChanger Malware: Verifying You Are Clean
There has been a lot of buzz this week about the DNSChanger malware, I wanted to take a minute to summarize it for my friends and family. History If you’re curious what this is and why it is so important then read this section. What’s important to note is that DNSChanger is a type of…
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