Hacker. Consultant. Leader. Backpacker.
I'm a Senior Security Consultant and Ethical Hacker. My goal is to help businesses and people stay safe and secure in both cyberspace and the real world.
Used to be |the sys admin| at ieXbeta. This was a long time ago.
| Website | https://maloley.me |
| Github | https://github.com/maloleyr |
Musk becoming the "First Trillionaire" should not be a thing. It should not be a story. The story should be the failure of our markets and regulation that allowed this hoarding to happen.
If you hoard a bunch of newspaper society calls you crazy. If you hoard a bunch of money society calls you a titan.
The story should be "Why isn't the first trillionaire using his fortune to feed the world?"
I found this Akira Ransomware writeup absolutely fascinating today. Why did I find it fascinating? Because this is a direct profile of many of the clients that I work with.
(1) The attack surface was external using credential spraying.
(2) NGFW matches most of the clients I work with.
(3) Any sort of simple monitoring and log aggregation would have alerted internal resources that something was amiss.
(4) The cost of implementing the basic fundamentals here are minimal.
I truly don’t believe that an organization has to spent infinite funds on their security program. Too many organizations chase the latest tooling or product because of flashy marketing. Oooh it has AI and all that.
No. You just need to cover the basics. Don’t let perfect become the enemy of good.
Cycle credentials. Disable accounts. Monitor your attack surface and reduce it as you can. Set up basic monitoring so you know when odd things (like the clearing of event logs!) happens.
All credit to Manuel Humberto Santander Peláez and SANS for this excellent write up.
How Republican's can call themselves the party of family values will never make sense. How can they be against a program that literally helps people have families?!?!
In a Tuesday morning hearing of the House Oversight Committee on the prenatal and infant cash support program known as Rx Kids, there was a clear disconnect between many of the questions asked by Republican legislators and the information presented by Michigan State University professor Dr. Mona Hanna, who runs the program. Republicans during the […]
RE: https://cosocial.ca/@mhoye/116686849642460077
The entire thread is great but THIS is it. This is the basic fundamental of being in society. We can actually do good things together and WE SHOULD.
Can we please build and run society to a benefit of all?
Lauren Weinstein