NEW Kevin Mitnick VIDEO: The Word Document Exploit
Check out a brand new 3:25 min Kevin Mitnick video where he shows live how an infected Word document allows a hacker to steal the employee's user name and password. This is just one of the videos in...
View ArticleWireshark filter for conficker
Our ISP has been sending notices that our connection is sending out the conficker worm. I have ran the McAfee network scans against the entire network searching for infected machines, I have searched...
View ArticleExecutable blocker
Does anyone know of a program other than Faronics AE that blocks executables from running. We are currently using Faronics but it's such a huge pain I would like to try and find something a little...
View ArticlePrivacy issue
Hello. A simple question. I already read the spiceworks privacy policy and I can't understand part of it. When Spiceworks says that it gathers info and this info is anonymized, one doubt remains....
View ArticleGeovision MultiView - Unknown Publisher Fix
So we recently put together a new security system with Geovision, which we love so far. The only issue we have run into is allowing users to access the MultiView.exe. When a user tries to open the...
View ArticleWell hidden Virus / Rootkit
Hello. I'm on a network of 8 users and a server DC. a few weeks back a user complained that their pc was running slow. This is a brand new pc (6 months old, if that, Inter core i5 CPU, asus MB, its...
View ArticleKaspersky endpoint security 10 blocked network attack.
OK so one of are computers used for shipping keeps getting attacked, the notifications is... Notifications: Critical event: 11/14/2013 12:28:18 PM: Event type: Network attack detected...
View ArticleNew wireless laser printers: one more backdoor to your network
I was writing on another discussion about rogue sysadmins and how they could access a network once they were no longer with the company. So I started to wear the "rogue sysadmin" hat and figured how...
View ArticleViewing an IP Camera from a Website
I have installed a surveillance system for a customer and now they would like to be able to stream one of the cameras to their website so anyone can log on to the website and see the camera image. It...
View ArticleComputer sending large amounts of data to China?!
One of our SQL servers over the weekend appears to have become infected with something and is sending large amounts of data to an IP address in China. I ran Windows Malicious Scanner and MalwareBytes...
View ArticleHow safe is "ShareFile by CITRIX" to secure files for my banking organization ?
I work for a small community bank. And it has been suggested to possibly implement "ShareFile by Citrix" to our website for our customers to be able to send tax returns as well as financial...
View ArticleBest of: Firewalls
This installment of our “Best Of” series takes a look at firewalls. Every organization needs some sort of firewall to protect their network from external access. Firewalls come in many shapes and...
View ArticlePhysical Security...What's IT's responsibility?
Hello Spiceheads, I'm trying to figure out the typical division of labor between IT Pros and Physical Security Professionals. In your experience, what percentage of the time does Physical Security...
View ArticleCryptoLocker has struck! Beware!
Just when you think its going to be a nice, quiet week.... I had 2 laptops get hit with the CryptoLocker Worm Virus this week and it is a bastard! CryptoLocker is a Ransom virus that encrypts...
View ArticleDoing my part to fight identity theft...
We received a phishing email at our resume@ email address this morning. Apparently, it was from the Revenue Canada looking for my tax information. Luckily, my HR girl is awesome and didn't open it and...
View ArticleWhich cloud, file sharing service can be used by health organizations?
This is with regards to HIPAA and other regulations and standards. The organization is small and would like to securely store files and access them reliably from anywhere.
View ArticleNeed a cheap security camera setup
I had something stolen off my porch this week and I really would like to implement one or two cheap WiFI network cameras to watch my porch and boat. Anybody have any recommendations?
View ArticleWhich Certificate Authority?
Recently we decided that we need a Certificate Authority and need to sign all of you internal servers. I went the easy route and spun up a Windows 2008r2 server and added the Cert Authority role,...
View Article"Best (in general)" 2 Factor Authentication Solution
Hi Team, I'm looking for a good 2 Factor Authentication solution I have in mind:http://www.wrightccs.comhttp://www.securenvoy.comhttp://www2.safenet-inc.com I appreciate your opinion. Thanks guys.
View ArticleNeed suggestions for self-service password reset tool
Please suggest any good self-service password reset tool for AD. It doesn’t matter whether it is windows or web based but it must support win XP and win 7. It would be great if it sends reminders...
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