Ubiquiti Discovery Port Open by Default
Its with a (slightly) heavy heart I write this as I’m a fan boy of ‘s networking gear. For those that don’t know, put business-class networking firmly in the consumer price bracket. ...
Author Archives: Bob McKay
Cisco Router Vulnerability
Cisco announced patches last week for a vulnerabilities in two of their routers that are rated High and scored over 7 each on the CVSS. Which devices are affected? At present it appears that only two ...
Caesar Cipher Wheel Printable PDF
My daughter recently made up her own cipher at school, inventing 26 characters of her own to write secret messages but she found the complex symbols tiring to write after a while. We started talking a ...
Introduction to ISO 27001
As the cyber security journey continues, I’ve been inevitably caught in the net of ISO 27001. As one of the most globally accepted frameworks for information security, its inevitable that those ...
How Apps Will Continue to Redefine Society in 2020
Apps are continuing to redefine the way we interact with our mobile devices, and new and innovative revolutionising services seem to pop up every year, like novel tracking apps from Google (when they ...
Solved: Kali Linux Install Says Your installation CD-ROM couldn’t be mounted.
If you receive the following error message when install Kali Linux from a USB drive: Your installation CD-ROM couldn’t be mounted. This probably means that the CD-ROM was not in the drive. If ...
The Sophos Shake Up
It’s not often I do a write up about a vendor rather than a specific piece of software or kit but my recent experiences with Sophos (both personally and at work) have made a lasting impression I ...
Connecting Ubiquiti Unifi USG to Azure via VPN
As a self confessed Ubiquiti fanboy that wants to learn the Microsoft Azure platform (just well, because), it made sense to attempt to create a Site-to-Site (AKA Site-to-Cloud) VPN connection between ...
Install Splunk on Ubuntu Server via CLI (Command Line)
To install Splunk on an Ubuntu server via Command Line, go through the following steps: Visit the Splunk Downloads page: https://www.splunk.com/en_us/download/splunk-enterprise.html Select the ...
Solved: Windows 10 Bluetooth Headphones Jittery & Interrupting Music Playback
So I’ve had lots of Windows 10 issues on multiple laptop when trying to play music via Bluetooth headphones or earpieces recently. My headphones would cut out at seemingly random times and also ...