Having difficulty keeping track of all your online passwords? Here are some tools that may help you manage and make sense of the different passwords you have for your favorite social networking sites, blogs, phones, photos, games, documents, news, bank account, expenses, stores, books, and dozens of other services where a secure password is critical.
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Managing Your Online Passwords
October 12th, 2011 · No Comments · Security
Cheap Firewalls: In the End, You Get What You Pay For
October 11th, 2011 · No Comments · Firewalls, Security
Part of establishing a proper security cordon around your business data is having the right hardware – like a router/firewall – to get the job done, and done well. Resorting to cheap and basic equipment might cut it for simple personal or home use, but it’s not ideal for business applications.
In business, protecting important information [...]
Air Traffic Controller Data Left on Switch Device Sold on eBay
October 10th, 2011 · No Comments · Security
This article illustrates why it is vitally important to wipe all devices before retiring or recycling and, if you use a third-party, how important it is to “trust, but verify” that they are actually doing what you are paying them to do.
A switch with networking configurations and passwords for the UK traffic control centre was [...]
VoIP May Become Newest Target in Massive DDoS Attacks
October 6th, 2011 · No Comments · Security
VoIP systems have substantially expanded the organizational footprint in cyberspace, and voice, video and data now traverse the same network infrastructure. This marriage has rendered networks even more vulnerable, if that’s possible. The following excerpts describe just one exploitation of this widening vulnerability. (Complete original article at link below.)
Massive DDoS Attacks a Growing Threat to [...]
Cool Tool Friday: Windows Security Essentials
September 30th, 2011 · No Comments · Dallas Data Center, Microsoft, Security
Welcome to this week’s installment of our new feature, Cool Tool Friday! Each Friday we will feature a tool – hardware or software – that we’re using and think you might enjoy. Whether it increases productivity, helps with organization, provides a quick work-around for difficult networking situations, or is simply interesting and fun, we’ll share [...]
Tags: Antivirus·Cool Tool Friday·cool tools·Microsoft·Security·Windows
New Malware Spreads as Browser Update, Seizes DNS and DHCP Servers
September 29th, 2011 · No Comments · Security
A worm has been discovered that, when unleashed, takes over DHCP and DNS servers and sends undesired requests to more malware-containing locations. Identified by the name of Worm(dot)Ropian.E, it immediately seizes the DNS and DHCP servers.
Because these are some of the most important services that control Internet connections, the malware can make sure users are [...]
USA Today Twitter Account Hacked by Script Kiddies
September 28th, 2011 · No Comments · Security
From SECNAP Alerts:
USA Today is the latest media organization to have its Twitter account fall prey to hackers known as the Script Kiddies. Unlike previous Script Kiddies hacks, however, the USA Today effort apparently did not include tweets with fake news stories. Instead, the group boasted about previous hacks and encouraged people to “like” them [...]
How an Unknown Hole in Firewall Let Bad Guys into a Company’s Network
September 26th, 2011 · No Comments · Security
From SECNAP Alerts:
(Excerpted from an IT Business.ca article posted at: http://www.itbusiness.ca/it/client/en/home/News.asp?id=64239)
… So, on this particular Friday afternoon, I was sorting through the alerts being generated by the new system when I ran across something odd: a large number of remote desktop connections from the Internet into some computers on our internal network. In his Aug. [...]
User Passwords Hacked to Point Go Daddy Websites to Malware
September 22nd, 2011 · No Comments · Security
From SECNAP Alerts:
Hundreds of Go Daddy websites were compromised to point toward a site hosting malware over the weekend of September 17 and 18. The mass hack of around 445 sites involved the injection of hostile code into the .htaccess files. Go Daddy quickly removed the hostile code, and began working with its customers to [...]
New Scam: Fake CS Call from Microsoft
September 21st, 2011 · No Comments · Microsoft, Security
You have to give it to scammers for constantly finding new ways to victimize people. One such new scam has been making the rounds recently, and more than a few people have fallen for it. This particular modus operandi involves a person calling you claiming to be from Microsoft customer support, and insisting that you [...]
Facebook “If I Die” App Will Bury Your Computer
September 20th, 2011 · No Comments · Security
The premise of a new Facebook app called “If I Die” is sweet if a little morbid: You record a video message that will be played for your loved ones after your death. As the app advertisement says: “Death can catch you anywhere, anytime. Leave your If I Die message before it’s too late.”
There’s just [...]
Watch for Malware Disguised as Windows Help Files (.hlp)
September 19th, 2011 · No Comments · Microsoft, Security
Viruses and other malicious software contained in simple help files are not news to Internet security specialists. However, the fact that these pieces of malware are sent using email messages is part of a more recent scheme by cybercriminals to fool unsuspecting victims, infect computers with malicious applications, and take over users’ virtual lives, according [...]
Download.com Wrapping its Downloads in Bloatware
September 13th, 2011 · No Comments · Security
From SECNAP Alerts:
There was a time long, long ago when Download.com was the place I went for software. It’s been years, however, as the site repeatedly showed signs of devolving into a site every bit as bothersome as the many third-tier software repositories that hide genuine links below clever-placed advertisements and bundle toolbars with their [...]
“Cookiejacking” Discovered in Internet Explorer
September 8th, 2011 · No Comments · Microsoft, Security
While Microsoft’s Internet Explorer continues to enjoy a wide audience – businesses included – a new flaw has been discovered in the browser. Called “cookiejacking”, the flaw allows hackers to access passwords and other personal information stored in any cookie from any website.
Despite a few flaws, Internet Explorer remains one of the most commonly used [...]
DHS, FDIC Warn of Emails Related to Sept 11, Wire/ACH Security
September 7th, 2011 · No Comments · Security
From SECNAP Alerts:
Homeland Security officials are warning the public to beware of email scams and possible cyberattacks related to the upcoming 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks.
New bulletins issued in recent days by the Homeland Security Department’s cybersecurity center said computer users should be wary of emails with subject lines referring to 9/11, even [...]
Understanding Data Breach Prevention Called a “Full-Time Job”
September 6th, 2011 · No Comments · Business Continuity, Security
From SECNAP Alerts:
Enterprise data systems are proving to be porous, as a number of breaches over the past few months have affected not only large banks, but major organizations outside of financial services as well.
An August breach at Citigroup’s Japanese card unit was followed by another one in the same month, which was caused by [...]
Phony Digital Certificates May Still be Live, Affecting Security
September 2nd, 2011 · No Comments · Security
From SECNAP Alerts:
What at first appeared to be a one-off attack targeting Google Gmail users was actually part of a larger breach at Dutch digital certificate authority (CA) DigiNotar, which today confirmed speculation that it indeed was hacked and its SSL and EV-SSL CA system abused by attackers. “The company found out on July 19 [...]
Tags: certificates·Hackers·Security
New Windows Worm ‘Morto’ Exploits Weak Passwords
September 1st, 2011 · No Comments · Microsoft, Security
From SECNAP Alerts:
A new Windows worm is working its way through company networks by taking advantage of weak passwords, security researchers said over the weekend. The worm, dubbed “Morto” by Microsoft and Helsinki-based F-Secure, has been circulating since at least last week, when company administrators noticed systems generating large numbers of unexplained connections to the [...]
Tags: Microsoft·Passwords·Security·Vulnerability·Windows·worm
Factoring the Human Element into our IT Security Equation
August 31st, 2011 · No Comments · Business Continuity, Security
Keeping your IT system safe is more than just getting the right security software – it also entails training your employees to become more responsible users and making them more aware of how to prevent becoming unwitting accomplices in letting malware into your system.
One of the things many people fail to realize is that securing [...]
Tags: Business Continuity·Security
DHS Warns That Phishing Scams Could Follow Hurricane Irene
August 30th, 2011 · No Comments · Security
From SECNAP Alerts:
As Hurricane Irene barreled toward the eastern seaboard, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security warned government agencies and private companies to be on the lookout for storm-related phishing attacks and other malicious cyberactivity. The agency said that cybercriminals go into overdrive during highly publicized physical events such as hurricanes and earthquakes.
“Both government agencies [...]
Tags: hurricanes·scams·Security