Priceless John McAfee on Intel's decision to drop the name McAfee
Oh, this one is priceless. The BBC's CES 2014 reporting included an item about Brian Krzanich, the new Intel CEO who unveiled a computer the size of an SD card, but one part of his presentation was...
View ArticleA very good Cryptolocker virus e-mail attempt
Hey all, Sorry I haven't been active much. I'm swamped this time of year with a ton of projects that are outside my department (understaffed). That aside, I wanted to quickly share this to you all...
View ArticleIs your printer your networks weak link?
I'm going to share a real experience that happened to me yesterday. We have had an HP 4730 laserjet MFP donated to us and it has a couple issues I'm trying to resolve. It has a web interface so I...
View ArticleMalware to take over a PC - User blissfully unaware
Is anyone aware of any malware whereby a Win7 PC is turned into a "drone" that can load software, download and upload files and generally be used for no-goodness while the user is unaware. Win7 using...
View ArticleData security
How much information if any is stored or sent outside our environment? Is it stored outside Canada ? What is the security policy ?
View ArticleKES 10 keeps disabling it's self
Since last Tuesday After I talked to Support about my Computers locking up when KES would do it's updates. And the tech made some changes to my Policy by turning off some unneeded components. All of...
View ArticleCyber Security in 2014
I dont generally pay much attention to cyber security articles (except for Sophos' Naked Security) but i was shown this today and thought i'd...
View ArticleGoToMeeting and Software Restriction Policy
So I am having all kinds of problems with meeting software like go to meeting, webex and join.me because of our white listing software restriction policy. I had white listed citrix online launcher.exe...
View Articleneed advice: user account lockout and source workstation
Hi there, Need a quick advice on how to find out the device that causing the failed user authentication, which eventually lock the user account. (User account not used anymore so it can remain locked)...
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Track down potential threats with Webroot integrated in Spiceworks
I'm back... So today I wanted to highlight another one of the sweet 7.1 integrations focused around security. With the new Webroot integration, if you are a Webroot user and checking out a computer in...
View ArticleIE 10 passing SSL 1.0 packets
I have upgraded a few users to IE10 and they are reporting issues with websites not loading correctly. I initially thought it was a content filter issue with my SonicWall because once I added the...
View ArticleNot sure if phishing or ...
... spear phishing. Normally I'm very good at spotting phishing email, but this one has me stumped. I got THREE emails in the span of 5 seconds, all addressed directly to me, claiming to be from...
View ArticleServer Security / Vulnerability Audit Software
We're looking to perform a security assessment on our network, starting with our 250+ servers. Is there a commercial software tool that can go out and scan all of our servers that we can report from...
View ArticlePOS Security issues
Found this in my inbox today http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/it-security/target-data-breach-exposes-serious-threat-of-pos-malware-and-botnets/#ftag=RSS56d97e7 , a little light but draws soem...
View ArticleDummy Laundromat Burglars Cover Dummy Camera
"A father and daughter team in Kentucky face burglary charges after covering the wrong surveillance camera and thus failing to protect themselves from discovery as they robbed a Laundromat of $800 in...
View ArticleIs your printer your networks weak link?
I'm going to share a real experience that happened to me yesterday. We have had an HP 4730 laserjet MFP donated to us and it has a couple issues I'm trying to resolve. It has a web interface so I...
View ArticleCheap SSL
Has anyone actually used any of these budget SSL certs such as the site below?www.123-reg.co.uk/SSLwww.cheapssls.com/£3.09; I know all about the limitations of the technology I just want to know if...
View ArticleUser cannot access Yahoo links at office but can at home?
Her profile is local on her laptop. She is on WIN7 64b, currently has IE8, but I downgraded from IE9 when the issue began. I've deleted all temp files I can find, reset IE settings to default,...
View ArticlePasswords - Password State vs. Secret Server vs. LastPass vs. ?
We currently use KeePass. Works great except that it isn't granular i.e. you can't limit access to a credential only to an entire database. I looked at LastPass Enterprise as I use it personally, and...
View ArticleMy PC is part of a Botnet
I've posted this on another social site but have not received any helpful input yet so I'm casting my net wider...Hi there. I cannot sustain a stable VPN connection to a remote office. I successfully...
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