Installing a USB Serial Adapter on Mac OS X

Having issues connecting from your mac to console port on switches / router.  Try this link


https://plugable.com/2011/07/12/installing-a-usb-serial-adapter-on-mac-os-x/

Apple Security Breach Bigger Than First Thought

The internet security firm, Palo Alto Networks reports that approximately 39 applications have been infected with the malicious software. It’s also hard for developers to detect malware like XcodeGhost because it’s deeply hidden.

This is how malware was able to get into the App store. Analysis of infected apps by security researchers appears to be revealing a mix of good and bad news … In the FAQ, the company says iCloud and personal information on apps should be safe, since the malicious code was incapable of finding it.

 Apple also said it is working to make it faster for developers in China to download authentic Xcode instead of turning to other versions that could potentially be compromised. Anywhere from 25 to 50 applications are being removed from Apple Inc.’s App Store after it was discovered they contained malicious code.

http://www.dispatchtimes.com/apple-security-breach-bigger-than-first-thought/104303/

Why Passfault

Passfault more accurately measures the strength of passwords. So accurate that it can predict the time required to crack the password. This information helps administrators determine an acceptable password policy. This also helps users intuition around how to create stronger passwords.


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U2 concert canceled in Sweden due to security breach

U2 canceled a concert in the Swedish capital of Stockholm after a security breach prompted police to evacuate the Globe Arena. Stockholm police spokesman Kjell Nildgren said they stopped Sunday’s event because organizers reported a breach at the security check and ticket control points as spectators were entering the arena.

Bidding for Breaches, Redefining Targeted Attacks

"A growing community of private and highly-vetted cybercrime forums is redefining the very meaning of “targeted attacks.” These bid-and-ask forums match crooks who are looking for access to specific data, resources or systems within major corporations with hired muscle who are up to the task or who already have access to those resources".

Bidding for Breaches, Redefining Targeted Attacks

Cybercriminals and attackers are exploiting once again Google Drive infrastructure to avoid detection. The exploitation of Google Drive cloud storage by cyber criminals is not a novelty, a few days ago experts at TrendMicro detected uncovered a sophisticated phishing campaign that was organized to syphon sensitive data from victims.

http://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/29766/cyber-crime/google-drive-phishing-attack.html

Amazon EC2 vs Microsoft Azure

There's probably quite a few blogs about Amazon's web services vs Microsoft's Cloud services, however, I believe it's just a matter of preference and of course the price.

During several months of testing and still going, I do like both. While some researches would argue that you have to go through many menus spinning instances in Amazon, Azure's innovative way of creating instances only takes a few steps.

Prices relatively comaprable but really depends on how much resources you need and if you wanted to try both for a spin and just researching as to which cloud service is better, I recommend to take advantage of their free trials.

Currently Azure offers 200$ credit for any of their services while Amazon gives you 750 hrs a month on their free tier services for 12 months.

http://aws.amazon.com/free/

https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/free-trial/