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Secure VPN service by Sean Mancini coming soon

Hello All, I have made several posts about the benefits of using VPN services to protect your online experiencing when on the road now I am launching a VPN service for my readers and the public I will have a free limited service and a paid for restriction free service I have not come up […]

The issues with the BYOD (bring your own device) trend

Hello everyone ! In this article I would like to relay my views of this subject Recently there has been a trend in the market called byod this basically is where the employee of an organization is allowed to use their own personal devices such as laptops and mobile phones to perform work functions this […]

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Importance of establishing a security baseline

Hello all, In this post I will go over what I think should be part of every business’s security process What is establishing a baseline ? The purpose of establishing a baseline is to know what is normal and what is not normal activity on your network for example if you have a website www,mysite.com […]

Apple attacked by hackers

Apple is reporting being attacked by hackers the attack affected a small number of Apple corporate computers after a hacker crafted a sophisticated attack which took advantage of an exploit in the java browser plugin after the exploit was successful the attacker was able to install malware on the affected computers the attack was started […]

New YouTube channel started

Hey all, I have recently launched a YouTube channel, so I make tutorial videos on the topics I cover on my blog as well as video content from when I do my public speaking My channel is located at http://www.youtube.com/user/seanmancini I will also post my videos in the video section of this blog as well […]

Air Canada Spam Email

Hello All, Please be aware of this Air Canada spam message circulating around the internet Type of message : Phishing Senders IP : 217.73.236.9 Location of IP 217.73.236.9 located in Italy Link in email points to http://absabeauty.com/wordpress/pdf_ticket_copy.zip When a user clicks on the link malware is installed on the host computer Begin of email text […]

How 2factor authentication will soon replace passwords

Hello all, In this post, I will provide my view on the future of the username and password With the recent attacks against Twitter/Dropbox, the need for more websites to adopt 2factor authentication has never been higher 2-factor authentication is the future authentication mechanism which should be widely deployed in the corporate world and for […]

Latest list of ssh Bot IP's collected

Hey All, here is a recent list of IP addresses collected by my ssh honeypot that have bot activity behind them mostly ssh brute force Activity I have also included a text file you can use to put the list in your blacklist file bad-ips This List is updated regularly with IPs caught by my […]

Encrypting your data with TrueCrypt

Hello All, In this post I will show you how you can protect yourself against data theft using free open source software You have heard it on the news someone working for some company was taking a usbstick/portable hard drive from one place to another and lost it and now there are thousands of people’s […]