Database Server Backup to Hybrid Onsite/Cloud FAIL
This is a very instructive nightmare:
The Noisy Virus
Mom called. She had done an Internet search using Internet Explorer 11 and wound up with this in her browser:
Crypto Viruses: the Online Stickup
You may have heard of a resurgence of the CyptoLocker/CryptoWall ransmomware viruses. These make me nervous because they can actually encrypt the files on your drive, making them unreadable and …
Mom Dodges a Fake Antivirus Bullet
Tonight my mom was browsing her local utility’s web site when she got a popup “Message from webpage” that Microsoft Antivirus had found critical activity A “Microsoft Security Essentials Alert” …
Secure Email Signatures in Outlook 2010
I don’t come across Secure MIME (S/MIME) signed emails very often so I thought it might be interesting to post a few screenshots of what happens when you receive a …
Fake Facebook Notifications
It seems that fake notification emails from social networking sites are the #1 way that spammers and virus writers try to lure you to their sites. Here’s an example of …
Phony AT&T Bill
Got a pretty realistic-looking AT&T billing notice this morning. So how to tell it’s phony? Well beside the fact that I’ve never had a $634 phone bill, all you have …
Getting through Malware Monday
A government-supported workaround to the 2007 DNSChanger virus will expire on Monday, July 9, 2012. To see if your computer is infected, visit www.dns-ok.us. If you are infected, run a …
New USPS Shipment Virus Email
Here’s a new variation on the airline ticket virus email that I reported on last November. An email supposedly from the United States Postal Service says that I have a …
Urgent: New Remote Desktop Vulnerability
Remote Desktop is used by most IT service firms to do remote computer maintenance. It’s also a great tool for allowing people to work from home. This week, Microsoft disclosed …