Author Archives: mike

Apache: Disabling TRACK and TRACE Methods

Posted on 2018-03-29 by mike

By default Apache supports a number of HTTP methods in addition to the ones we normally use – GET (to get objects) and PUSH (to push form data although you can send form data with GET too). These additional methods … Continue reading →

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Apache: Blocking “Dangerous” Files

Posted on 2018-03-27 by mike

There are all sorts of “dangerous” files that can appear within a web server’s document root; some are merely potentially dangerous but some can be genuinely dangerous. For example, if someone uses an editor to change a .php file, it is … Continue reading →

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Processor Bugs: Meltdown and Spectre

Posted on 2018-01-05 by mike

There has been lots of stories relating to two new severe security vulnerabilities (one of which is in every Intel processor for over a decade); the trail of stories starts here. The details of the vulnerability are very highly technical … Continue reading →

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The New Mirai

Posted on 2017-11-30 by mike

According to one news report, a new version of Mirai has recently been released causing an increase in the number of scans against port 2323 and port 23. According to our firewall logs, the number of scans against tcp/2323 has … Continue reading →

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Serious OSX Vulnerability – Get Root Without A Password

Posted on 2017-11-29 by mike

Apple’s latest version of their OSX (or macOS) operating system – High Sierra – has been found to have a serious vulnerability that allows anyone with access to the device to have full administrative access (“root”) without a password. On … Continue reading →

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BadRabbit Up And Running

Posted on 2017-10-27 by mike

According to reports, a new ransomware infection dubbed “BadRabbit” is spreading in Russia and Ukraine, and one or two other places further afield. Early indications are that this is not going to become a really nasty problem, but that could be wrong. … Continue reading →

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KRACKing Wireless

Posted on 2017-10-23 by mike

The latest big security exploit is a mechanism by which WPA2 secured wireless networks can be compromised to disclose previously encrypted traffic in the clear, and to insert malicious traffic. The original web site announcing the vulnerability can be found … Continue reading →

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Patching Your Mouse? Yes, Really!

Posted on 2017-08-29 by mike

Strange as it may seem, if you have a certain type of wireless mouse you may be vulnerable to an attacker being able to inject keyboard keystrokes into your computer; with this they are able to do just about anything … Continue reading →

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Think Work, Think VPN

Posted on 2017-08-23 by mike

We are encouraging everyone who works remotely to immediately start up a VPN connection (to our VPN of course!) whenever they start working remotely. This is for a variety of reasons, but includes :- Any on site services that you might … Continue reading →

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Updating Windows Servers

Posted on 2017-08-18 by mike

You might think it is easy to update Windows servers, but apparently that is not always the case. It is easy to simply “check for updates” when you first install a server, and then forget about it. Which is the wrong … Continue reading →

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