• MS Windows Defender & DeCSS Part II

    MS Windows Defender & DeCSS Part II

    Mutated / Changed Definition MS Windows Defender now see’s the same file as a different definition: Trojan:Win32/Orsam!rts. The definition of the new threat? This is a generic detection, which means we use this name for a large number of trojans. Again, this is the same copy of DeCSS. Nothing has changed. Microsoft Defender still ignoring…

  • MS Windows Defender & DeCSS

    MS Windows Defender & DeCSS

    Windows Defender is listing the DeCSS DVD decryption library as a false positive virus on 07/20/2021. MS appears to have issued a fix as of 07/21/2021.

  • Raspberry Pi & Random Number Generation

    Raspberry Pi & Random Number Generation

    You cannot have good encryption without random numbers, but few people realize the Raspberry Pi (all versions) have a random number generator right on their silicon. Unfortunately, the Raspberry Pi OS’s do not utilize it without a set of tools not installed by default. As a result, you end up with a much smaller pool…

  • Security Setup & Hardening of Raspberry Pi OS {Buster}

    Security Setup & Hardening of Raspberry Pi OS {Buster}

    So you got a new Raspberry Pi, and after some tinkering, like many others, you’ve decided you want to take the plunge into self hosting something. And why not? The Pi is a powerful computer and a very able small scale server with nearly endless use cases. But if you are going to do this,…

  • Miami River Sunset – June 6th 2020

    Miami River Sunset – June 6th 2020

    Miami River Sunset Timelapse looking north from Downtown Miami.

  • May 2020 Miami Storms

    May 2020 Miami Storms