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Vulnerabilities October 16, 2017

WPA2 Wireless Protocol Confirmed by Researchers as Insecure

My earlier findings I shared last August about how having WiFi simply turned on, makes you vulnerable to exploitation, have been validated by new research work published by KU Leuven describing this new vulnerability as…

National Security October 3, 2017

Hacker May Be Selling Popular Website Databases

It is time to change passwords on the following services. Yesterday I discovered a nefarious post on pastebin.com that listed out numerous databases available for sale. The types of accounts largely fell into a few…

National Security September 18, 2017

GPS Cyber Attacks May Be Causing Military Vehicle Crashes

News sources reported today that the U.S. Air Force is conducting aviation training tests this week blocking GPS signals while conducting training flight maneuvers. It is not known with certainty if this relates in anyway…

DNS Security September 8, 2017

Equifax latest to fall victim to cyber attack remains vulnerable

Equifax, one of the largest credit reporting services in the U.S. disclosed a compromise of individuals credit reporting profiles, which included social security numbers, birth dates and more. The information disclosed on 143 Million plus…

National Security August 30, 2017

Intel’s Secret Backdoor Can Now Be Turned Off

Intel has incorporated a System on a Chip (SOC) known as the Intel Management Engine. The Intel Management Engine acts as a computer that sits on top of the microprocessor and is connected to the…

National Security August 18, 2017

Raspberry Pi That Controls SCADA Systems and Pace Makers now Has an Important Security Update

Everyone in control of this platform at work or in government should make sure systems are patched tomorrow. Congratulations to the Brits for fixing the problems and publicly acknowledging the issues and concluding with a…

Malware August 16, 2017

Turn Off WiFi Now To Protect Your Networks from Attack

Broad Pwnage – WiFi everywhere is vulnerable to Association Attacks Last month, Google and Apple released security patches to protect against the WiFi hopping “BroadPwn” vulnerability inherent in more than a billion devices. After spending…

Public Safety August 10, 2017

UK’s NHS Likely Compromised Due to Broadpwn Vulnerability on Raspberry Pi MediPi

WannaCry wreaked havoc on the UK NHS Possibly Because of BroadPwn Vulnerable Raspberry Pi Computers Reporter Rebecca McBeth wrote a story last year about the UK’s NHS adoption of the Raspberry Pi MediPi open source…

National Security August 10, 2017

Raspberry Pi Patch to protect against BroadPwn pre-released

Pre-Release Fix to Broadcom “BroadPwn” Chip on Raspberry Pi Computers Now Available Broadcom Wifi Chips in the BCM43xx family have been used widely in iPhones, Android phones, WiFi Access point routers and even Raspberry Pi…

Malware August 9, 2017

August Microsoft Security Updates Very Important To Apply Now

Make sure your computing devices are patched today! At no time in the history of known software vulnerabilities has it ever been more important to be vigilant about ensuring your computer devices have been fully…

Lee Neubecker

CISSP, MBA, Cyber Security Professional & Computer Forensics Expert