I love bitcoins and cryptocurrencies and I wrote some articles about bitcoin here at menardconnect.com and in our company security blog some years back. I also delved into mining crypto-coins but my electricity costs and my alt-coin mining difficulty is at odds so I re-assessed the situation and concluded it was not cost effective anymore. […]
“I’m so three thousand and eight You so two thousand and late” Boom Boom Pow, Black Eyed Peas And so our beloved Philippine National Police Anti-Cybercrime Group (PNP-ACG) warned the Filipino citizenry about ransomware. Wow! I’m lost for words, so let me just sing a song from the the Black Eyed Peas instead I’m so […]
“We Are Under Attack!!!” That is what the orcs will shout (in their very unique husky and grunty voice) when the enemies attack their orc base in Warcraft 3. That is also my topic of this post: “WAUA!!!” No I’m now screaming about the attack on my blog. I have this good mindset about threats […]
Last week, I was “literally” fooling around with the bash bug by reposting 9gag images about it 🙂 For you @ErrataRob #ShellShocked #TMNT pic.twitter.com/jSdAXxOQEU — OMG ??XOR (@SynAckPwn) September 25, 2014 and mashing it up with old movie flicks: Everytime I read/hear about this #vuln the names of #Popoy and #Bash comes to my mind […]
Twitter launched some cool features last week. Going to analytics.twitter.com will give you great metrics about your tweets and your followers. For followers stats, it shows data about your followers interests (Top Interests and Most Unique Interests), location, gender and list tweeps your followers also follow. For the tweets metrics, it highlights your tweets impressions […]
I recently attended an information security conference in San Francisco, CA, USA (hence some lull moments with the posting frequency for this blog late last month and early March). I was able to collect some insights and posted them in TrendLabs Security Intelligence Blog. TrendLabs posted it yesterday and so I am reposting it here […]
And so the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP), the Central Bank of the Philippines already issued an advisory on bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. Image Credit: Wikimedia Commons I believe it’s a good and timely move. But reflecting back, there is really nothing new with this announcement (ok maybe for me and other crypto coins […]
Reposting some cute and informative infographics courtesy of 9gag. My tweet: must lern how to googel mor efectivly http://t.co/44r71GMCGt via @9GAG — Menard Osena (@Menardconnect) September 13, 2013 Original post from 9gag. Some link love to hackcollege.com http://9gag.com/gag/a75dOge
I stumbled upon some announcement via Official Gazette. It’s some sort of preso from DOST-ICTO discussing compromised government websites and the need for secure web hosting (see quoted text below). As much as possible I avoid writing about politics here at menardconnect.com. But just like with the RA 10175: Philippines Cybercrime Prevention Act, I will […]
Are you a Mac power user? Do you want some free Trend Micro gift items? Do you want some Sodexo Gift Checks? If you’re answer is YES to the questions above, then I’ve got great news for you… My teammates at TrendLabs will be having a Mac Power User event on Saturday, August 17, 2013 […]