John Bradshaw
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Who would have thought that printers would be a practical threat vector? I didn’t until it was pointed out to me, at which point palm meets forehead because it is unbelievably obvious!! Every single office I’ve ever worked in has MFPs, Multi Function Printers, which allow you to scan, email, fax, photocopy and even print.
I find adverts on websites annoying, really, really annoying (which is why they’re not on this site). I use IE exclusively in the office and I thought it made sense to block it, so that when I’m reading Ars Technica or El Reg my eyes stop bleeding. I found a great article that explains how [...]
Distrust and caution are the parents of security.
-Benjamin Franklin
I was just browsing the interwebs, as I am want to do, and I came across a few interesting articles about consumer safety online. I thought I’d summarise the advice:
Do NOT click on things you don’t understand
Do NOT install things unless you’re really sure
Update your computer daily*
Update [...]
A lot of hacking is playing with other people, you know, getting them to do strange things.
-Steve Wozniak
Voicemail hacking is a problem, one that is now widely popularised in the media, and I’m not going to discuss the political ramifications but it does present an interesting security question. The issue is that voicemail systems haven’t fundamentally changed in [...]
Treat your password like your toothbrush. Don’t let anybody else use it, and get a new one every six months.
Clifford Stoll
Passwords are always a thorny topic in IT departments, and everyone (including their Aunty) has an opinion. I’ve seen loads of different policies, rules of thumb and fudges trying to get users to keep your [...]
Now normally this kind of “Hello World!” message would be a fairly basic, and ultimately pointless, entry just letting you know that your website was up and running. (And I have no wish to disappoint, so this post will be pretty pointless )
I’ve spent a few years working in IT as both an architect [...]
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