Re: Friday Reminder: Web Site Security

[Etienne-Victor Depasquale <edepa () ieee org>]

+1

On Sat, May 16, 2020 at 4:44 AM Mike Hale <eyeronic.design () gmail com> wrote:

> Big plus 1 to Bill's point.
>
> On Fri, May 15, 2020, 6:37 PM William Herrin <bill () herrin us> wrote:
>
> > On Fri, May 15, 2020 at 4:25 PM Valdis Klētnieks
> > <valdis.kletnieks () vt edu> wrote:
> > > On Fri, 15 May 2020 12:15:13 -0700, "Ronald F. Guilmette" said:
> > > > This is your helpful Friday reminder to always pay close attention to
> > > > the security settings of all of the web sites under your
> > administration.
> > > > Otherwise, anonymous skript kiddiez could show up at any moment and
> > > > deface one or more of your web sites.  (It happens a lot.)
> > > > https://ipv4.plus/
> > >
> > > Just this week, I have seen an (unconfirmed) report that there is an
> > organized
> > > effort that's abusing SSH keys that lack passphrases - if they pwn a
> > system and
> > > find one, they go surfing it as far as they can.
> >
> > You may have missed the schadenfreude in Ronald's post.
> >
> > Give it a rest Ronald. You won.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Bill Herrin
> >
> > --
> > William Herrin
> > bill () herrin us
> > https://bill.herrin.us/

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Ing. Etienne-Victor Depasquale
Assistant Lecturer
Department of Communications & Computer Engineering
Faculty of Information & Communication Technology
University of Malta
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