I am working my way through the online course “Cert Prep: CompTIA Security+” by Michael Chapple. This is available on Lynda and LinkedIn Learning. These are my study notes- 1.4.1 Application Security Our increasing dependence on software makes it essential that we use software that is known to be secure and reliable. In one example of an application attack, a…
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I am working my way through the online course “Cert Prep: CompTIA Security+” by Michael Chapple. This is available on Lynda and LinkedIn Learning. These are my study notes- 1.3.1 Denial of Service Attacks DoS Denial of Service attacks are a category of attack that disrupts the normal use of computing resources. they disrupt the availability of a web service…
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Continue Reading→I am working my way through the online course “Cert Prep: CompTIA Security+” by Michael Chapple. This is available on Lynda and LinkedIn Learning. These are my study notes- 1.2.1 Cyber-security Adversaries Attackers come in different forms. Some of the ways they might differ are: internal vs external attackers Their level of sophistication Access to resources Motivation Intent Attackers range…
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I am working my way through the online course “Cert Prep: CompTIA Security+” by Michael Chapple. This is available on Lynda and LinkedIn Learning. These are my study notes- 1.1.1 Comparing viruses, worms and Trojans All malware has 2 parts: Propagation Mechanism- the way that a malware object spreads Payload- The malicious action that the malware performs Viruses These are…
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In this video Dr Rhonda Patrick and Dr. Satchin Panda discuss what ‘Time Restricted Feeding’ is and the benefits it has for the body. The video goes for 90 minutes but there is some great information in there. If you don’t have the time to watch the video, check out my notes below What is the circadian clock? Every…
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We all know what its like trying to deal with that ever growing list of tasks. You get stressed just looking at the tasks and spend more time worrying about the list then actually working and dealing with any of the tasks. The following is some sound advice taken from the book ‘Extreme Ownership’ “Even the most competent of leaders…
Continue Reading→Backing up SQL databases with Powershell is quite useful and is probably easier than you think. This can be used in situations where you only have the SQL Server Express edition installed and can’t manage backups through the SQL Management Studio, or if you just want to do some one off backups Install SQLServer Powershell module 1. Open a Powershell…
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Introduction This allows you to query the Spiceworks database and save the results as a HTML report. It uses the PSSQLite Powerhsell module and then the ‘ConvertTo-HTML’ command to output it to HTML. Step 1: Create your SQL Query It is best to run your test query’s against a copy of your Spiceworks database, not your live database. There are…
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Introduction I have being playing around with Powershell a lot more lately and trying to learn and utilise it as much as possible. One of the repetitive tasks we deal with is when a student exits the school. There are a number of steps in AD that have to be undertaken each time a student leaves. These include: Disable the…
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