When ransomware strikes, what’s your move?
Should we negotiate? Should we pay? These are the questions every organization faces when cybercriminals lock their data. By the time attackers have encrypted your…
Author: Cybernoz
CVE-2025-24054 Under Active Attack—Steals NTLM Credentials on File Download
Apr 18, 2025Ravie LakshmananWindows Security / Vulnerability The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Thursday added a medium-severity security flaw impacting Microsoft Windows…
Programming: Decompiler vs. Disassembler | Daniel Miessler
Many are confused by the terms decompiler and disassembler. As with most confusion of this type, most just use the words interchangeably. Don’t do that;…
Widely available AI tools signal new era of malicious bot activity
Rise in accessible AI tools significantly lowered the barrier to entry for cyber attackers, enabling them to create and deploy malicious bots at scale, according…
Good Times With Varnish, Nginx, and Apache Bench
I learned some web server Kung Fu this weekend. I now know how to set up both Nginx and Varnish, and I’ve been messing around…
One’s Belief in Free Will Defines His Politics
I write a lot about free will, and people don’t understand why. I’ll try here again to explain. Simply, one’s stance on whether or not we…
The Republican Response to the SoTU
So I saw Obama’s SOTU speech last night. I have been avoiding political news for the most part lately, so it was interesting to see…
Communicating Optimally in Email | Daniel Miessler
The fundamental source of poor email style is the practice of quoting the entire message you’re replying to. If that’s what you do, then it…
Determining a Personal Data Retention Strategy
If you spent any time in the IT world you’re likely to be particularly tuned to the threat risk of losing data. Losing data sucks,…
Get Full Access to Safari Books Online Just by Having a Library Card in California
If you haven’t heard of Safari Books Online it’s basically a massive collection of the most popular technical books (over 12,000) that you can access,…
Google holds illegal monopolies in ad tech, US judge finds
Google illegally dominates two markets for online advertising technology, a judge ruled, dealing another blow to the tech giant and paving the way for US…
The Simple Barrier to the Rich Being Willing to Pay More Taxes
Waste and irrationality. I think many among the rich would be far more willing to pay a larger portion in taxes if they believed it…