Monthly Archives: April 2013

Cloud Security Cautionary Tale

Posted on 04/29/2013 by Patrick Botz

“Former Hostgator employee arrested, charged with rooting 2,700 servers” was the headline of an April 19, 2013 article published by Ars Technica website.  Rooting refers to providing the attacker a way to gain superuser access on a computer system. Doing … Continue reading →

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Compliance-based Security Not Sufficient

Posted on 04/17/2013 by Patrick Botz

This from a LinkedIn group post published on SecurityInfoWatch.com: “In the ever evolving threat landscape that is IT security, some security executives have become so focused on taking an approach that meets compliance requirements that their attention has become diverted … Continue reading →

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Nobody would want to hack my computer. Wanna bet?

Posted on 04/16/2013 by Patrick Botz

How many times have you heard someone say “Nobody would want to attack my computer.”?  I’ve heard it too many times to count. I even hear it from some of the businesses I work with. Well Brian Krebs, author of … Continue reading →

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Fixes for Kerberos related issues — IBMi V7R1

Posted on 04/03/2013 by Patrick Botz

Recently I did a Google search for Kerberos-related problems on V7R1 for IBM i. The results should be useful for lots of IBM i customers using SSO. The first one, SI43918, is in a CUM package. However, some of the … Continue reading →

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