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Vladimir Putin ‘s computers still run Windows XP, Media reports

Security Affairs

The news is curious and it probably has little real if not the fact that Vladimir Putin is not a super cyber security expert, although he knows its importance very well. Nowadays it is a suicide to use a computer running Windows XP because the OS doesn’t receive security updates and it is quite easy to find working exploits online.

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Weekly podcast: 2018 end-of-year roundup

IT Governance

This week, in our last podcast of the year, we revisit some of the biggest information security stories from the past 12 months. As is now traditional, I’ve installed myself in the porter’s chair next to the fire in the library, ready to recap some of the year’s more newsworthy information security events. caused problems of their own.

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: How To Become A 1337 Hacker

ForAllSecure

Some, like Adam Van Prooyan, just kind of wandered into that path, in part because he was interested in computers, and also because the West Point Military Academy just happened to have a CTF team that competes in the annual Cyberstakes competition. Vamosi: So, not everyone is in a military academy. Cyber 600 and that was.

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: Shall We Play A Game?

ForAllSecure

Vamosi: Today, John has taken his juvenile curiosity in breaking things down to become a security researcher with Huntress Labs. Hammond: As a security researcher, I am hierarchically in their Threat OPs department. So I originally had kind of participated in cyber stakes, way back in 2015. So, that’s the military.

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: Shall We Play A Game?

ForAllSecure

Vamosi: Today, John has taken his juvenile curiosity in breaking things down to become a security researcher with Huntress Labs. Hammond: As a security researcher, I am hierarchically in their Threat OPs department. So I originally had kind of participated in cyber stakes, way back in 2015. So, that’s the military.