Monthly Archives: October 2009

Not everyone may realize this, but it’s worth noting that all Microsoft Signature PCs (name-brand computers sold at their online and retail stores) include Microsoft Security Essentials pre-installed. Microsoft isn’t making the mistake of competing with their own OEM customers …

I think this year was the best ever in terms of costumes (in case you didn’t know, Halloween is a major tradition here where we basically take over the city — for example,  2003, 2005,2006, 2007, 2008, and so on). Robert’s posted some …

A federal judge in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California in San Jose awarded Facebook almost $711 million in its action against infamous junk mail king Sanford Wallace. According to the court action, Wallace and two associates …

Security is all about identifying threats and provisioning for them before your enemy exploits that threat. There are so many vectors to take care of that it truly is a daunting task. Input validation, perimeter control, user education, cryptography, physical …

Don’t. http://twitter.com/spam/status/5236330687 Tom Kelchner

Time and time again we read stories about malicious people using Trojans to steal money. This time it happened to Cumberland County Redevelopment Authority where, by using a Trojan, a malicious hacker stole nearly half a million dollars.  Brian Krebs …

There are at least two Facebook “change-your-password” scams circulating in spam. Here’s the first one. It tries to lure you to a malicious site to steal your Facebook login information. A second one comes with an attachment that installs the …

In the October 21 issue of the Sunbelt Security News, Editor Larry Jaffe ran a brief little survey that ask readers just four questions: – Do you feel your privacy has been compromised since the advent of the Internet?– Do …

In multiple articles on this blog, we have extolled the virtues of monitoring your network traffic.  From Walter Scott’s article on the virtues of time management and the productivity of the monitored employee, to the numerous discussions regarding security within …

Malicious spam. Don’t go there. Zeus Trojan. Tom Kelchner Update October 28, 2009 The FDIC has posted a consumer alert about this here.