Blogs
Patch or Perish – Lessons of WannaCry Ransomware
Last week, we saw one of the largest ransomware incidents in recent memory. Dubbed as WannaCry (also WannaCrypt, Wanna Decryptor), at this time, this malware is known to have infected over 230,000 computers in 150 countries. While…
The (North American) Internet Runs out of Addresses
Background American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN) announced earlier this week that they have officially exhausted IPv4 addresses. ARIN is the official organization tasked with providing unique network addresses to organizations that need to have a presence on…
A true story of successfully defending a DDoS attack
Here is an interesting account of how a company successfully defended itself against a massive DDoS attack in 2014. I have provided my thoughts and recommendations based on the story below: Executive Summary of the Incident The…
New Office365 features
Microsoft recently announced a slew of new features for the Email SaaS Office 365 platform. We find all these features extremely useful and we would encourage all clients already on the Office 365 platform to take advantage…
The TV5Monde Security gaffe
My brief take on a funny, unfortunate but true security incident I came across over the weekend. The French TV5Monde television station was hacked last week by entities sympathetic to Islamic State. The hack led to a…
Hello World…
Why Tixzy Consulting? It’s my first blog, so it’s an excellent opportunity to describe why Tixzy Consulting was founded and what we hope to achieve with the company. In other words, an opportunity for Tixzy…