Tag: windows

Monitor WiFi Status with Xirrus Wi-Fi Monitor Windows 7 Desktop Gadget

Free Download: http://win7gadgets.com/pc-system/xirrus_wi-fi_monitor.html Xirrus Wi-Fi Monitor is a simple Windows gadget that looks like a radar and shows all the available Wi-Fi networks and their relative range. It is a small toll that doesn’t take up that much space and can forever be turned on in your sidebar.Click here to learn more about Xirrus’ wireless […]

Simple Denial of Service DOS attack mitigation using HAProxy

Denial of Service (DOS) attacks can be especially effective against certain types of web application. If the application is highly dynamic or database intensive it can be remarkably simple to degrade or cripple the functionality of a site. This blog article describes some simple methods to mitigate single source IP DOS attacks using HAProxy. I’ve described how you would implement the techniques using the Loadbalancer.org appliance but they are easily transferable to any HAProxy based cluster

Windows Desktop Naming Convention Unveiled

I was sitting in an interview in Dubai, UAE , discussing the finer points of Active Directory, provisioning users, user life cycle management, monitoring AD changes, recovering from AD changes, etc. During our conversation, we got onto the issue of Windows desktops and the history of Microsoft and the desktop. We noticed that there is a distinct pattern of good and not-so-good (OK, in some cases AWFUL) operating systems.

Solving a Cyber Crime Case Like Sherlock Holmes

IT security managers lay a lot of emphasis on conducting log forensics investigations. According to the SANS 2013 Digital Forensics Survey , 57% of the respondents said that they conduct forensic investigations to “find and investigate incidents as they are occurring” and 75% of the respondents said they conduct forensic investigations to “find and investigate incidents after the fact”. Detecting the activity of hackers is never easy