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Oracle Java, requiring Commercial license

Using Java for your projects, and testing? You may have gone and updated recently and noticed the updated license terms. The new license permits certain uses, such as personal use and development use, at no cost. Those using this in the workplace, not so much. Oracle is encouraging those downloading java from their site to […]

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5 Ways to Know if You Are a Data Security Risk | By John Kogan

Here are some way to know if you are putting your client’s data at risk. 1. YOU ARE QUICK TO CLICK ON HYPERLINKS. Avoid clicking on links in emails, especially if they are from an unknown sender or sent without context. A good way to verify links before clicking is to hover your mouse over […]

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Cybersecurity: New NJ Privacy Law

You may have started to read about changes that may directly affect your organization. In response to Europe’s new GDPR law. In response to Europe’s new GDPR law, states have begun to draft and implement additional privacy laws and regulations. My home state of New Jersey is now attempting to lead the charge forward in […]

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Intrusion Prevention with Fail2Ban

Fail2Ban is an intrusion prevention software framework that protects computer servers from brute-force attacks. Written in the Python programming language, it is able to run on POSIX systems that have an interface to a packet-control system or firewall installed locally, for example, iptables or TCP Wrapper. Wikipedia To assist in further locking down the exposed SSH […]

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Techshort: IP Addresses with PowerShell

Quick PowerShell Tip! To list all of the IP addresses, both v4 and v6 on your local system, along with the associated interface name issue the following command: What you get from the above command is a grid view output which can be copied and pasted into a document.

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Security News: Citrix Breach

If you haven’t heard, Citrix was breached through a compromised employee account due to password spraying. Password spraying is an attack that that attempts to access a large number of accounts (usernames) with a few commonly used passwords. Traditional brute-force attacks attempt to gain unauthorized access to a single account by guessing the password. The […]