Category: Security
Keeping safe
Google’s own data proves two-factor is the best defense against most account hacks
Every once in a while someone will ask me what is the best security advice. The long answer is “it depends on your threat model,” which is just a fancy way of saying what’s good security advice for the vast...
Which vSphere CPU Scheduler to Choose
The release of vSphere 6.7 Update 2 brought with it a new vSphere CPU scheduler option, the Side-Channel Aware Scheduler version 2 (SCAv2) or “Sibling Scheduler.” This new scheduler can help restore some performance lost to CPU vulnerability mitigations, but...
Magento GDPR: 7 Steps to Protect your Store (and your Customers)
After decades of loose online legislation and abstract digital data guidelines, the Wild Western days of the internet are ending. User privacy and data protection are frequently debated issues, especially with the recent concerns regarding morally questionable social media practices....
What you missed in cybersecurity this week
It’s been a busy week — it’s tough to keep up with all the cybersecurity news. We’ve collected some of the biggest cybersecurity stories from the week — from TechCrunch and afar — to keep you up to date with...
Building a Secure Data Center that You Can Carry in a Backpack with vSphere 6.7
Mobile data centers in the field help modern military forces stay connected and execute their missions. Cubic Mission Solutions works with VMware to deliver lightweight systems for the U.S. military and its allies that are truly portable, easy to use,...
Updates to VM Compatibility and VMware Tools with vSphere 6.7 Update 2
Note: vSphere 6.7 Update 2 was recently announced and will soon be generally available as an update and download. With VMware Tools version 10.0 VMware took the decision to separate it’s release cycle from that of vSphere. On that note...
vSphere Platinum 6.7 Update 2 Brings New Visualizations, Capabilities, and Security Features
The release of vSphere 6.7 Update 2 was announced (and will soon be generally available as an update and download), bringing improvements and fixes to all editions of vSphere. This includes vSphere Platinum 6.7 Update 2, the premier edition of...
Announcing vSphere 6.7 Update 2, vSphere Platinum updates, and vSphere ROBO Enterprise
I am excited to share that today we are announcing the VMware vSphere 6.7 Update 2 release, with key enhancements that will deliver an efficient and more secure hybrid cloud platform to our customers. We are also announcing the new...
How to Install Memcached (Caching Server) on CentOS 7
Memcached is an open source distributed memory object caching program that allows us to improve and speed up the performance of dynamic web applications by caching data and objects in Memory. Memcached is also used to cache entire database tables...
How to Secure a Website With the ‘Holy Trinity’ of Site Security
No matter how large or small your site is, or what niche it occupies, it’s likely to be the target for at least a few attacks over its lifespan. Protecting it is essential if you want to avoid losing data...
How to Setup Two Factor Authentication for SSH on Fedora
Every day there seem to be lots of security breaches reported where our data is at danger. Despite the fact that SSH is a secure way to establish a connection remotely to a Linux system, but still, an unknown user...
Facebook won’t let you opt-out of its phone number ‘look up’ setting
Users are complaining that the phone number Facebook hassled them to use to secure their account with two-factor authentication has also been associated with their user profile — which anyone can use to “look up” your profile. Worse, Facebook doesn’t...
The plot to revive Mt. Gox and repay victims’ Bitcoin
It was the Lehman Brothers of blockchain. 850,000 Bitcoin disappeared when cryptocurrency exchange Mt. Gox imploded in 2014 after a series of hacks. The incident cemented the industry’s reputation as frighteningly insecure. Now a controversial crypto celebrity named Brock Pierce is...
How to Check Integrity With AIDE in Fedora
AIDE (Advanced Intrusion Detection Environment) is a program for checking the integrity of a file and directory on any modern Unix-like system. It creates a database of files on the system, and then uses that database as a yardstick to...