Another nail in the coffin of the RC4 cipher
Microsoft recently published the following support articles: RC4 cipher is no longer supported in Internet Explorer 11 or Microsoft Edge Windows Update has deprecated support Read More …
Category: Security
Updating McAfee VirusScan Enterprise DAT files manually.
In short, go to http://www.mcafee.com/apps/downloads/security-updates/security-updates.aspx and download the DAT file. The install switches are as follows: Which seems much easier than following McAfee’s instructions here: Read More …
AppLocker, ActiveSetup, Group Policy; all the dumb things
Welcome, strangers, to the showI’m the one who should be lying lowSaw the knives out, turned my backHeard the train coming, stayed out on the Read More …
IE8 on Windows XP does not support SNI
, or “you desktop IT people have broken something”. Just before Windows XP gets to take a well earned retirement on “the farm”, it popped Read More …
Enable TLS 1.2 on Windows 7 & 8.
We’re in the process of developing a new Windows 8.1 SOE for a customer. One of the things I looked at was Internet Explorer HTTPS Read More …
KB2918614 – Not only does it break MSI Repair .
“What the security bulletin doesn’t say is that the change in Windows Installer repair operations means that application repair attempts will be met with a Read More …
Forgeries, Fakes and Forensics
Recently went to a talk by Victoria Police Chief Forensic Scientist, Bryan Found PhD, titled “Forgeries, Fakes and Forensics”. Bryan Found is a very engaging Read More …
“Who is doing what on your PC now???”
This is an ad for iOpus Starr software from February 2003. Considering the breath of the Edward Snowden revelations about the US Government being able Read More …
How to determine why a user has failed to logon
By looking at the Security Event Log, and Event ID 529 In the above example, the user tried to logon to the computer while it Read More …
15 Password Managers
You might have seen this cartoon here before, but it’s worth repeating, as it’s that time of month. Some organisations require passwords that are longer Read More …