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Sysmon is a Windows system service and device driver that, once installed on a system, remains resident across system reboots to monitor and log system activity to the Windows event log.
It provides detailed information about process creations, network connections, and changes to file creation time.
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The parade of easily exploitable, critical vulnerabilities in ICS software shows no signs of ending anytime soon, with the latest entrant being two flaws in Schneider Electric’s ETG3000 FactoryCast HMI Gateway that allow unauthenticated remote access to the device’s FTP server and configuration file.
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If you would really like to find out the details of what is using space on your hard drive, Windows 8.1 has a new tool that will give you as much detail as you are likely to want. The command line in Windows 8.1 has added a powerful new space reporting function to the File System Utility command Fsutil.
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Have you heard of iDict? It’s a tool that hackers can use to get passwords via what’s called brute force attacks. It’s designed to crack into iCloud’s passwords, and supposedly it can circumvent Apple’s anti-brute force attack security.
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What’s The Silk Road? No, not the ancient trade route.
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Personal and limited financial information of over 800,000 customers of Australian travel insurance company Aussie Travel Cover have been stolen by a hacker that goes by the online handle "Abdilo" and is believed to be a member of the infamous Lizard Squad.
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Cloud Convert is a free online service that you can use to convert more than 200 different file types. It may sometimes be necessary to convert one file type into another. Maybe you need to convert files so that you can load them on your mobile phone, or make sure they are compatible with a program that you have access to on your local system.
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The most popular passwords in 2014 were also the most obvious —leading security experts to once again urge people to change their passwords. As with 2013, variations on passwords like 123456 continue to be the most popular passwords. Other obvious choices such as “password” and “qwerty” are also in the top five.
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Whether you’re in the market for an ultrabook or a true-to-form laptop, finding the perfect one can be tough. This expansive chart lets you filter memory, screen resolution, screen size, weight, and other specs for easy comparisons.
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After years of steady decline, 2014 witnessed a significant uptick in SQL injection vulnerabilities identified in publicly released software packages. DB Networks research indicates this alarming fact is directly attributed to today’s software development methodology – an emphasis on deadlines and budgets that gives short shrift to the kind of security due diligence that’s more important today than ever before.
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