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No more ‘123456′ passwords for Hotmail users! And it is about time. Users obviously will not make these changes so it is going to be up to the information system providers to enforce these measures to secure their services. I think the next step will be setting time limits on the passwords and forcing users [...] Free software in Android Markets and Malware. We all install those fun and free Android applications on occasion without thinking about what we might be opening. And besides Android devices, this Trojan spyware also affects Nokia’s Symbian, Blackberry, And Windows Phone. Zitmo, a Trojan spyware app [...] It looks like the exploits by hacking group Anonymous continue. From Yahoo NEWS: Hacker group Anonymous released a trove of military email addresses and passwords it claimed to have plundered from the network of US defense consulting firm Booz Allen Hamilton. Anonymous made available a file containing more than 90,000 email addresses and other information it said in [...] An interesting security report, PandaLabs reveals that the past quarter has been one of the worst in history. “PandaLabs, Panda Security’s anti-malware laboratory, today published its Quarterly Report for Q2, analyzing the IT security events and incidents from April through June 2011. As the report outlines, this quarter has been one of the worst on record, [...] Reading through the NSA guide to securing computers and networks I noticed the recommendation to using alternate DNS providers and we agree with this assessment. Alternate DNS solutions offer a lot extra’s for a small fee. “Domain Name Servers (DNS) provided by the ISP typically don’t provide enhanced security services such as the blocking and blacklisting [...] While Windows users have been fighting this for a while, we now see that Apple’s OSX has some vulnerabilities of its own. Starting this past weekend articles like the one referenced below are showing up all over the internet. “A fake antivirus application is targeting Mac OS X computers using Apple’s Safari browser. Cybercriminals pushing MAC Defender, [...] MLD Services is big on cloud based or Software as a Service (SaaS) solutions for small business and wanted to share an article I just read from others who share the same opinion. MLD Services has already implemented online backup solutions for customers and also uses Zoho for their small business and productivity needs. For security needs check out our cloud based security option using OpenDNS. Claiming [...] In the last article I wrote about a client using an FTP server to use as a file share for remote offices, and before I go any further I would recommend thinking about your using FTP and security issues before continuing, especially with so many other options available that might be more secure. With that said [...] Recently I had a client that wanted to allow multiple users from different locations to log into an ftp server and show the same folder and only that folder. The folder name is Upload. I chose a GNU/Linux setup using CentOS as the operating system and VSFTP as the FTP server. I set this up so that [...] Mint Online Finance Software – Your Own Impenetrable Fort Knox With the influx of new software on private finance and online security, the most frequently-asked question still asked is, “Why?” Why use software when there are banks and secretaries or assistants? Here’s why: Too many people are becoming victims of insufficient information to make sound decisions, high bank [...] |
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