Email Scam
Hello friends...Please read this and suggest what precaution we want to take for this type of email scam??? We have sent bank particulars to one of our oversees clients by email. The client received...
View ArticleGetting your foot in the door
Not sure where this really belongs but it is security related.How do you get your foot in the door for a security career?Reaching the end of my 12 month work contract and it is time to decide where and...
View Articlewrote the Words NSA and got BAnned in SW!
hello guys just wanted you to know that i posted this important issue:http://community.spiceworks.com/topic/456608-saying-good-bye-to-american-bull-shit-moving-from-gmail...and spiceworks banned it....
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Another day, another sophisticated Phishing scam...this time with Google Docs
These are getting to the point where they're almost not news any more...except that the minute we stop paying attention is the minute one of these malwares crashes a satellite into the moon.HELLO...
View ArticleKaspersky Security Center setting consistent scan schedules
Ok, I've noticed that the supposed "group task" for our servers does not seem to have anything to do with the reflected scan times on each of the servers. If I set the "group task" virus scan to...
View ArticleJust did battle with ICE Cyber Crime ransomware...
http://malwaretips.com/blogs/ice-cyber-crime-center-removal/That's what it looks like.The PC in question was a run-of-the-mill HP Pavilion DV7 with Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 x64.Now let me say this;...
View ArticleDGA DNS Queries with only router connected
I am completely stuck on this one. I use OpenDNS umbrella to monitor our networks. One of our networks only consists of a computer, a video camera, and a time clock behind a router/DSL modem. For the...
View ArticleVendors for Network Locking Systems for a small-medium sized ski resort
Hello all, I am currently using Salto for access for guest and employees' to our Resort company and am looking for other options if anyone has or uses anyone else. My biggest concern is support, we...
View ArticleSuffering from Security Effectiveness Disorder?
Here is a Spicehead-only sneak peek into our new video "Suffering from Security Effectiveness Disorder (S.E.D.)?"http://discover.arcticwolf.com/SEDVideo.htmlKnow the symptoms.Don't know if your...
View ArticleRidiculous places users store passwords?
Hey there Spiceheads! The creative team at Spiceworks Studios is making a fun commercial for our friends over at Ping Identity and we need your help! The topic? Crazy (some would say stupid) places...
View ArticlePhysical vs. Electronic
So I need the help of my fellow IT Pros:I am trying to overcome some misconceptions in the office, and your input will hopefully assist.Three simple questions:1. Do you use fax technology?2. Do you...
View ArticleHow these recent amplified DOS attack work.
Excellent explanation of the difference between TDP and UDP, what NTP is and how these recent amplified DOS attack works:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BcDZS7iYNsA&feature=em-uploademailWarm...
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No Antivirus Detects Russian Malware For 8 Years!
It was all over the news the last few days. Researchers with BAE Systems determined that Russian malware known as Snake dates back as far as 2006, instead of 2011 as initially presented by a German...
View ArticleMeraki Systems Manager - Clients Appear in different countries?
SO i use meraki's systems manager for all of our computers here in office, and I've noticed that random computers will show up in Germany, France, south Korea, etc... all of my clients are in house in...
View Article"Hey, would you watch my laptop?"
I stumbled across this on youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ozHk_bwp7Wc
View ArticleVideo monitoring system for the elderly
This will be a bit long, but hopefully it'll help cover what I'm after.... My grandparents are in their late 80's and increasingly in need of a lot of care. My grandfather is fairly immobilized, and...
View Articlebitcrypt2 virus
i think i am attacked by the bitcrypt2 virus, in which some of the files cannot open, words documents and pictures.will i be able to recover the files if i do not have the backup.or do i really have...
View ArticleWhy Am I Being Pinged So Frequently By The Russian Federation?
I was working on some configurations on my Cisco ASA Firewall and noticed in the syslogs that a multitude of outside ICMP requests are being denied by the firewall, (as they should be.) Curious as to...
View ArticleTracking Down the Infection
I've recently dealt with, what I am lead to believe, a ZeroAccess botnet virus called Serifef. This little nasty sends spam from the infected machine and had caused us to be blacklisted with CBL,...
View ArticleWork Computer Compromised. Mr. Mgr is mad.
Hi Everyone,I was about 2 months into my new tech support job and my computer had been compromised. Not totally sure how, but there wasn't any virus or malware after the ton's of scans we ran it with...
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