What Your Out Of Office Message Tells Hackers
It’s time for a vacation or your going on a business trip and your super excited, naturally our out of office message may reveal some of this excitement to hackers. People don’t naturally think about how cybercriminals would benefit from the details of your Out Of Office Message (OOO). But this attack vector is a great social engineering opportunity.
What Can Hackers Learn From Your OOO Message?
If the company is being targeted an OOO message will raise a flag for the cyber criminal to take action to learn more about you. Many employees share information on social media publicly which can give them a painted picture to what you are doing. Many people would provide overly detailed leave notification in email signatures or add details about their time off in their OOO responses, even when they plan to return to work or the details of the conference they are … Read the rest
Configure Unifi Controller Ports On Ubuntu 20.04
In this tutorial you will be shown how to configure Ubuntu 20.04’s Uncomplicated Firewall (ufw) with the necessary Unifi Controller ports.
Lets Get Started
- First make sure that you have already have your Unifi Controller Installed and working.
- Log into your Ubuntu 20.04 using putty via SSH.
- We will now configure a proper firewall with rules for your Ubuntu 20.04 Server. We will be using the Uncomplicated Firewall (ufw). Before we turn on the firewall lets add some ports to the firewall rules.
sudo ufw allow 22 sudo ufw allow 8080 sudo ufw allow 8880 sudo ufw allow 8443 sudo ufw allow 80 sudo ufw allow 443 sudo ufw allow 3478/udp sudo ufw allow 10001/udp sudo ufw allow 6666/udp sudo ufw allow 47763/udp
4. Now that we have the rules in place we can enable the ufw firewall and set it to auto start.
sudo systemctl enable ufw sudo
Is A Comcast Business Modem HIPAA Compliant?
I know the reason your here is to find out if a stand alone Comcast Business Modem can be used in a Medical Practice and pass the HIPAA compliance security check for protecting a healthcare network. Well, first there are a few things we need to know about HIPAA and Firewall Requirements.
HIPAA Firewalls 101 
The internet is full of viruses and malicious software actively attempting to execute exploits and gain access to computers and networks. Without proper firewalls in place patient data will be vulnerable and accessible to bay guys.
Firewalls can provide a first line of defense. A firewall acts much like a solid brick wall around a building, complete with a gate and security guard. The security guard only allowing the specific things you have told him through.
What Would A Proper HIPAA Approved Firewall Do?
Can A Comcast Modem Reduce Risk And Impact Of Malware?
- A
Windows Server Pending Reboot Status Won’t Clear
You may have a problem with Windows Server Pending Reboot Status Won’t Clear because you may have installed new windows updates, new drivers or new windows features and windows server is throwing a fit about needing to reboot, even though you have reboot it dozens of times.
In comprehensive guide on troubleshooting the issue of a pending reboot status that won’t clear on a Windows Server. As a system administrator or IT professional, you might have encountered this frustrating situation where the server continues to show a pending reboot status even after a restart. In this article, we will explore the possible causes behind this issue and provide you with effective solutions to resolve it. So, let’s dive in and get your Windows Server back on track!
Solution 1: Check for Pending Updates
One of the common causes of the pending reboot status is incomplete update installations. To address this … Read the rest
How to clear all event logs with .bat file for CMD
In this tutorial you will be shown how to clear all event logs with a .bat for CMD. This Bat file will come handy to clear stuck events from the logs or if your event viewer is crashing cause by too much data.
Let’s get started.
- Open notepad or notepad++.
- Copy the contents blow and paste them into notepad.
- Save the file as clearevens.bat
- Right click on the newly created clearevens.bat and run it as administrator.
@echo off
FOR /F "tokens=1,2*" %%V IN ('bcdedit') DO SET adminTest=%%V
IF (%adminTest%)==(Access) goto noAdmin
for /F "tokens=*" %%G in ('wevtutil.exe el') DO (call :do_clear "%%G")
echo.
echo All Event Logs have been cleared!
goto theEnd
:do_clear
echo clearing %1
wevtutil.exe cl %1
goto :eof
:noAdmin
echo Current user permissions to execute this .BAT file are inadequate.
echo This .BAT file must be run with administrative privileges.
echo Exit now, right click on this 
Configure Attack Defense with TP-Link Omada Controller
In this TP-Link Omada tutorial, you will be shown how to configure attack defense security settings with the TP-Link Omada Controller.
Why should we properly configure TP-Link Omada Attack Defense?
Attack Defense provides protection against outside cyber attackers by shielding your computer or network from malicious or unnecessary network traffic. TP-Links Omada Attack Defense can also prevent malicious software from accessing a computer or network via the internet.
Let’s get started.
- Log into your cloud controller either using the omada.toplinkcloud.com URL or The IP address assigned to the TP-Link Omada Controller.
- Once logged in go ahead and expand the menu by sliding your mouse to the left bar.
- Click on Settings down at the bottom.
- Next click on the Network Security.
- From here click on Attack Defense.
- Under Flood Defense. Have the following all checked marked with the default settings the set.
Flood Defense
Configure Wireless Network with TP-Link Omada Controller
In this tutorial, you will be shown how to configure a Wireless Network with the TP-Link Omada Controller.
Let’s get started.
Before we start this tutorial is under the impression you already have additional networks created. If you need help with creating new VLAN Networks Click Here. You may want to create a VLAN if it is for a new wireless network.
- Log into your cloud controller either using the omada.toplinkcloud.com URL or The IP address assigned to the TP-Link Omada Controller.
- Once logged in go ahead and expand the menu by sliding your mouse to the left bar.
- Click on Settings down at the bottom.
- Afterwards, click on Wireless Networks and then click Create New Wireless Network.
- The Create new Wireless Network page should have loaded.
- Fill out the name you want for your wireless connection.
- If this will be a Guest Network checkmark Enable for Guest Network.
Configure VLAN Network with TP-Link Omada Controller
In this tutorial, you will be shown how to configure a new VLAN network using TP-Link Omada Controller.
Let’s get started.
- Log into your cloud controller either using the omada.toplinkcloud.com URL or The IP address assigned to the TP-Link Omada Controller.
- Once logged in go ahead and expand the menu by sliding your mouse to the left bar.
- Click on Settings down at the bottom.
- Afterwards, click on Wired Networks and then click LAN.
- Click the Create New Lan button at the bottom.
- I will be creating a new network for my IOT devices.
- In the Name field I will be calling my network IOT LAN.
- Make sure to checkmark LAN.
- I like to keep my VLAN ID the same as the subnet address
- Here I decided to use VLAN 200 and Subnet 192.168.200.1/24
- Click Update DHCP Range.
- If you scroll down a few you should see the DHCP Pool,
Configure Network Segmentation with TP-Link Omada Controller
In this tutorial, you will be shown how to configure network segmentation with the TP-Link Omada Controller. Segmentation is an ideal practice to protect your TP-Link Omada network.
What is network segmentation?
Network segmentation is, to put it as simply as possible, the practice of dividing a larger computer network into several small subnetworks that are each isolated from one another. Network segmentation is also a key part of HIPAA and PCI compliance. The benefits of segmenting your network can massively outweigh the challenges of configuration. Some key benefits of network segmentation include:
- Slowing Down Attackers.
- Increasing Overall Data Security.
- Enabling Implementation of a Policy of Least Privilege.
- Reducing Damage from Successful Attacks.
Let’s get started with network segmentation
Before we start this tutorial is under the impression you already have additional networks created. If you need help with creating new VLAN Networks Click Here.
- Log into your cloud
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