Category Archives: A-KO’s Blog

The category dedicated to A-KO’s musings and rants.

Windows 8 – Secure Overwrite

TweetIn the ongoing battle of DOD 5220 and NIST SP800-88 and which secure overwrite procedure is the most suited to ensure no keyboard nor lab recovery of data stored on magnetic media; Microsoft has made further improvements to the Windows … Continue reading

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Is this exe file malicious?

TweetA really quick way to determine whether or not an executable is malicious is the location from which it is executing. While further investigation is always necessary, you can usually give a quick cursory glance to the file and determine … Continue reading

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Basic best practices for Windows security

TweetThis blog post is intended for those whom are basic to moderately advanced (A+) users of Windows. I know some of you will sit here and say, “Windows!? How can you secure that!? Microsoft doesn’t know how to secure anything!” … Continue reading

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