Network Break 152: Oracle Guts Solaris; Equifax’s Epic Fail
The Network Break examines Oracle's firing of Solaris & Sun employees, the Equifax hack that exposed 143 million people's records, Huawei's SD-WAN announcement, HPE's latest financials & more. The post Network Break 152: Oracle Guts Solaris; Equifax’s Epic Fail appeared first on Packet Pushers.
Will Ransomware Die?
Ransomware has been one of the more prevalent security topics for past few years. Some probably think this form of digital destruction is here for the long haul. While this may be an accurate prediction, I can imagine a turn of events that would end this form of attack. To be clear, my theory is not that enterprise networks will plug every possible entry point. My prediction is that the ransomware business model COULD cease to be viable.
Let me expand on my position. For a business model to work, it has to have a monetization strategy. For ransomware, that strategy includes the victim sending money (typically bitcoin) to the attacker—trusting that they will be given the keys to decrypt their files. In this model, the victim has to trust their attacker [to do the right thing]. In and of itself, that seems to be an oxymoron and a plea in desperation.
So if these types of attacks fail to produce recovery options and gain widespread coverage, this trust is further eroded. To some degree this has already happened with Nyetya.
TALOS – New Ransomware Variant “Nyetya” Compromises Systems Worldwide
Without analyzing the key generation or key storage components, Talos believes Continue reading
Will Ransomware Die?
Ransomware has been one of the more prevalent security topics for past few years. Some probably think this form of digital destruction is here for the long haul. While this may be an accurate prediction, I can imagine a turn of events that would end this form of attack. To be clear, my theory is not that enterprise networks will plug every possible entry point. My prediction is that the ransomware business model COULD cease to be viable.
Let me expand on my position. For a business model to work, it has to have a monetization strategy. For ransomware, that strategy includes the victim sending money (typically bitcoin) to the attacker—trusting that they will be given the keys to decrypt their files. In this model, the victim has to trust their attacker [to do the right thing]. In and of itself, that seems to be an oxymoron and a plea in desperation.
So if these types of attacks fail to produce recovery options and gain widespread coverage, this trust is further eroded. To some degree this has already happened with Nyetya.
TALOS – New Ransomware Variant “Nyetya” Compromises Systems Worldwide
Without analyzing the key generation or key storage components, Talos believes Continue reading
Will Ransomware Die?
Ransomware has been one of the more prevalent security topics for past few years. Some probably think this form of digital destruction is here for the long haul. While this may be an accurate prediction, I can imagine a turn of events that would end this form of attack. To be clear, my theory is not that enterprise networks will plug every possible entry point. My prediction is that the ransomware business model COULD cease to be viable.
Let me expand on my position. For a business model to work, it has to have a monetization strategy. For ransomware, that strategy includes the victim sending money (typically bitcoin) to the attacker—trusting that they will be given the keys to decrypt their files. In this model, the victim has to trust their attacker [to do the right thing]. In and of itself, that seems to be an oxymoron and a plea in desperation.
So if these types of attacks fail to produce recovery options and gain widespread coverage, this trust is further eroded. To some degree this has already happened with Nyetya.
TALOS – New Ransomware Variant “Nyetya” Compromises Systems Worldwide
Without analyzing the key generation or key storage components, Talos believes Continue reading
4 Main Design Principles of Mobile Networks
4 Main, Key Design Principles of Mobile Networks – I will explain the 4 key design principles of cellular networks in plain English. In fact I should have said, cell based systems as mobile networks may not be design based on cell based architecture. Let me explain what would be the other deployment […]
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Declarative and Imperative Automation Thinking
Event driven or workflow driven automation for the uninitiated can appear daunting. With the rise of machine learning which adds more complexity to our field, simple rule driven automation feels more in reach than it ever has. This post aims to introduce you to a viewing lens for the world of great automation.
Converting processes in to workflows can be a tough task to accomplish and whilst this is relevant, it isn’t for this post. That’s one for another day but a great talking point and one that will be addressed.
The Layer Cake
Good automation tooling offers two views of the world; one high level that you pass arbitrary data around and one that handles interface implementation, which converts the arbitrary data to meaningful contextual data. In other words, a declarative and an imperative view, the ‘what’ and the ‘how’. The dimension that exists between the two can make or break the tool. If we have to care too much about how data is passed from one layer to the other, we’re not users, we’re more co-developers and it’s a kit not a tool.
Our Layer Cake model is simple at a high level. Two layers are enough to Continue reading
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Top 10 Networking and Security Sessions at VMworld Europe
At VMworld Europe 2016, we showed that network virtualization is mainstream and that NSX will illuminate the path to bring your data center into the future with robust security, speed, and agility.
One year later, NSX is out to show that it’s not just in the data center anymore… it’s everywhere. Beyond helping you master the data center, NSX is setting out to empower you to reign supreme over the cloud, remote and branch offices (ROBO), and even containers. To help you get there, VMworld Europe 2017 has 70+ networking and security sessions and 60+ NSX customers to share expertise and direct experience with NSX. And on top of all of that, VMware will be presenting an exciting new security product to help ensure your applications stay secure!
Check out the list of the top, not-to-be-missed networking and security sessions below. You should also explore the schedule builder on VMworld.com to reserve your spot in the top networking and security sessions as well as to discover the whole range of introductory and deep dive NSX sessions covering the entire use case spectrum.
See you in sunny Barcelona at VMworld Europe 2017!
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Why Is Cisco Pushing LISP in Enterprise Campus?
I got several questions along the lines of “why is Cisco pushing LISP instead of using EVPN in VXLAN-based Enterprise campus solutions?”
Honestly, I’m wondering that myself (and maybe I’ll get the answer in a few days @ NFD16). However, let’s start at the very beginning…
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