Is it me or has the IT world become a bad movie?
Heratbleed, Java exploits, end of life for XP and now another longstanding issue with IE that has everyone running about in a panic.I feel like a cow in the presence of a cattle prod- even though...
View ArticleSecurity system installation; specifically, cameras only.
Hello Spiceheads!So here's the scoop; I've got to install plenty of cameras for our entire building, all external. We have everything else we need as far as security goes (i.e. internal motion...
View ArticleAlienVault - I Like
Have you heard about the AlienVault integration with Spiceworks? I noticed a dashboard alert saying, "A new cloud service AlienVault was been detected..." on one of our public facing servers. Since we...
View ArticleJust an interesting article on Cyberwarfare thought you might enjoy.
http://www.techrepublic.com/article/inside-the-secret-digital-arms-race/?tag=nl.e099&s_cid=e099&...It's an interesting read if nothing overly new is presented.
View ArticleWife wants to do at home medical transcription job
All right. My wife is considering taking classes to do a at home medical transcription job. My question is will I have to make my home system HIPAA compliant? She said one of the courses deals with...
View ArticleBrute force attempts on server-through Terminal Services
Today I discovered someone using a bot to brute force into one of my servers. The server has a public IP and Terminal services is open on the firewall to this server. Two IP addresses were spamming...
View ArticleAny Free software to turn WebCam into Security Camera?
Anyone know of any good free software that would turn a webcam into a security camera? So I can record video when a motion is detected?
View ArticleScreensavers/Automatic Lock - What's your policy?
How do you guys implement screensavers and automatic computer locking?Timeouts?Issues (the one that leaps to mind is "What if I'm giving a presentation?")?How to display something corporate vs. a...
View ArticleSecurity of Intellectual Property on Laptop Computers for Mobile Users
Howdy,I'm the IT and Quality Manager for an industrial turbine repair company in Houston.Here is the situation. We have some engineers and sales account managers that often have need to work from home,...
View ArticleBecoming a penetration tester.
Hi All, I just transitioned from being a systems administrator to working in the security department at a new company. Right now i am just auditing windows based systems but i witnessed some of the...
View ArticleIPSEC VPN on top of HTTPS???
I currently use a few enterprise cloud based apps (O365, Salesforce, etc.) which all use HTTPS. I also have an IPSEC VPN (Juniper MAG/SA). I understand that only the browser communication is...
View Articlevxworks 5.5.1 ftp server
I found a client on our network that has 21 & 23 open. An in depth scan show that 21's service is running "vxworks 5.5.1 ftp server". 23 is "vxworks telnetd". I cannot find much on the web about...
View ArticleNetwork Vulnerability scanning/Penetration test
Hi,I have to check for vulnerabilities in my network and try to do a penetration test. I have installed kali linux on my computer and I am able to run various network scanners. My question is how do I...
View ArticleKaspersky Endpoint Security 10 and vapm.exe
I've noticed vapm.exe running on computers with KES 10(.1 and .2) when users have been reporting slowness. That process is called "Kaspersky Security Center Vulnerability Assessment & Patch...
View ArticleCloud security
Hi allI'm helping my uncle puttogether a solution to help him streamline his business. He works in themusic industry. Right now his clients have to carry around session/musicfiles via portable hard...
View ArticleAnyone deploying EMET and enforcing settings via GPO?
I've been running EMET 4 on my Windows 8 workstation for a week or so now, and am starting to look at using it more broadly and utilizing GPO. The deployment part is easy, Local Update Publisher has...
View ArticleHow do you track and manage your IT passwords?
Curious how everyone tracks their passwords that are typically shared with others for administrative purposes. Passwords for say admin server accounts, switches, web portals, etc. We currently use a...
View ArticleIE 0-Day Patched by MS, including XP!
1 May 2014 10:18 AMhttp://blogs.technet.com/b/microsoft_blog/archive/2014/05/01/updating-internet-explorer-and-driving-..."This means that when we saw the first reports about this vulnerability we said...
View ArticleSaving settings with Deep Freeze
Couldn't find what group this would fit into really so move it wherever. Thanks.I was just wondering if anybody using Deep Freeze or other program like it, knows of a way to keep programs from...
View ArticlePort Security
Our organization doesn’t allow employees to bring in their personal devices like laptops but some users do not respect the policy. We do not want those devices on our network and thought about MAC...
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