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Recovering data from a corrupted USB thumbdrive using ddrescue

Posted on December 1, 2020 by grymoire

A friend asked me for help. He has a USB thumbdrive that he used for backup and when he plugged it into his Windows system, Windows wanted to re-format the drive (and therefore erase his backups). Obviously a sub-optimal solution, … Continue reading →

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LetsEncrypt + Amazon EC2 = SSLLabs A Rating

Posted on March 24, 2017 by grymoire

I wanted to easily add web security to a static AWS EC2 website to improve the search rankings. I found a guide by Ivo Petkov however there were a few problems with his instructions. I followed his advice: sudo yum install … Continue reading →

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RSA Breach

Posted on April 11, 2011 by grymoire

RSA/SecurID data has been compromised. What does this mean?? Security researchers have been discussion the latest news about hackers getting data from RSA related to the SecurID authentication token. I have one and used it for years. The SecurID fob … Continue reading →

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New Blog location

Posted on February 13, 2011 by grymoire

I moved my blog to here.

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My Prediction on Apple’s tablet – what should it do?

Posted on January 8, 2010 by grymoire

I can’t resist.  With all of the buzz, I might as well add to the noise. Here are the features of the new apple tablet. It’s large, flat and thin. Like the air, but thinner. It’s great to watch videos … Continue reading →

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My Prediction on Apple's tablet – what should it do?

Posted on January 8, 2010 by grymoire

I can’t resist.  With all of the buzz, I might as well add to the noise. Here are the features of the new apple tablet. It’s large, flat and thin. Like the air, but thinner. It’s great to watch videos … Continue reading →

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FDA and Cybersecurity – a perfect match?

Posted on September 17, 2009 by grymoire

Companies that develop products used to maintain our infrastructure have a big problem. The security of the infrastructure is 10 years behind the times.  There are three types of companies: Some companies don’t care about security. Some make a token … Continue reading →

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