Joe Shenouda is well known in The Netherlands as “The Netdetective” who has extensive experience in IT, ICS & Information Security as an international hands-on technical engineer, trainer, consultant & research fellow with a successful record in developing & leading technical corporate Cybersecurity programs for military & global organizations. He …
Read More »Check Point SandBlast protected users from a Zero-Day Microsoft Office Vulnerability
Neil Armstrong, the great space explorer, once said “research is all about creating new knowledge.” And of course, with knowledge we are in a better position to predict, and thus prepare, for what is yet to come. For this reason, the work Check Point Research does is invaluable when it …
Read More »SSL Decryption Series: The Security Impact of HTTPS Interception
Encrypted internet traffic is on an explosive upturn. According to the Google® Transparency Report: “Users load more than half of the pages they view over HTTPS and spend two-thirds of their time on HTTPS pages.”[1] At the same time, encrypted traffic carried nearly 3.5 million unique malware samples in 2017. …
Read More »Setting Up A Free TLS/SSL Certificate With “Let’s Encrypt”
SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) is the standard security technology for establishing an encrypted link between a web server and a browser. This link ensures that all data passed between the web server and browsers remain private and integral. SSL is an industry standard and is used by millions of websites …
Read More »Probably moving to Upcloud server from Azure
It’s been almost 3 years I’m with Azure and to be honest I never had any issues. However, I found something interesting happening recently. Everytime my server was hit by high traffic volume (either a post went somwhat viral for some unknown reason – I mean come on, my posts …
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