http://www.gfi.com/blog Brought to you by GFI Software Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:39:38 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en After talking about mobile phones as a threat to your organization we will today discuss yet another device widely in use and that too has the potential of being misused in a way that can compromise your organization. This device is generally seen as an innocent tool and few would ... http://www.gfi.com/blog/hacking-devices-ensuring-printer-secure/ Some time ago I wrote an article about preventing virtual theft - theft of goods from a virtual world (such as a game) by compromising the machine from which you play the game - and loyal reader John Mello pointed out how it’s not only gamers who have to worry ... http://www.gfi.com/blog/hacking-devices/ After installing Windows Patches the user may find strange looking folders (with names that are hexadecimal numbers, i.e. only letters a-z and 0-9) at the top level of a drive.  Some of these folders are only temporary folders and are not needed once the patch has been installed. In Figure 1, ... http://www.gfi.com/blog/delete-windows-patch-install-folders-vista/ Two men in Indiana, US are facing up to five years in prison and a quarter of a million dollar fine after they were allegedly caught using old passwords to gain access to the company’s network even though they were no longer employed there. Federal authorities said the two men had ... http://www.gfi.com/blog/when-employees-bite-back-security-in-organizations/ Today I saw a ‘how-to’ of what is supposed to be the 'perfect server' setup. Well, the 'perfect' was not meant literally, but the setup is in fact very nice - from a functional point of view. Open source is great, you can learn a lot from looking at the source ... http://www.gfi.com/blog/compiled-source-bad-security-practice/ We have talked a lot about theft in the real world so I guess it is about time we also discuss theft in virtual world. The BBC reported that some Trojan software are now targeting Online Games and stealing login information from their victims. Microsoft have stated that Taterf (one such ... http://www.gfi.com/blog/prevent-virtual-theft/ GFI WebMonitor 2009™ is now available as a stand-alone proxy. The perfect internet monitoring solution for the SMB market, this new version of GFI WebMonitor will work in most networking environments and allows administrators to manage and control employee access to the Internet as well as provide a high level of ... http://www.gfi.com/blog/gfi-webmonitor-2009-launches-standalone-version/ News of the launch of GFI MAX in July and the announcement that we have acquired Katharion have generated a huge amount of interest among the Channel and in the media. To cite a few examples, we have had over 1,000 partners attend our GFI MAX introductory webinars and partner sponsored ... http://www.gfi.com/blog/the-way-forward-for-gfi/ 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 security, access control; the list goes on and on. Each of ... http://www.gfi.com/blog/search-engines-friend-foe/ 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 from the Washington post has some really good tips and ... http://www.gfi.com/blog/protecting-money-theft/