Computer Safety & News

The Corporate Compliance Insights website for ethics, policy development, and human resource managers.   Each link below shares great standards for exempliary personal and business conduct.  As security is built on a foundation of trust, companies should actively promote ethical conduct for customers and within their teams.  Ethics – Your Personal Roadmap to Success http://www.corporatecomplianceinsights.com/your-personal-road-map-for-the-high-road-to-success/ Ethics – Eight questions leaders should […]

http://isc.sans.org/diary/Fake+tech+reps+calling/12874 QUOTE:  Fake Anti-Virus isn’t enough, now we also have to contend with fake Microsoft reps! This scam has been going on for a while, but continues to be rampant, which suggests that it is quite successful for the bad guys.  ISC reader Fred received such a call earlier today. The caller claimed to be […]

PC Magazine shares a potential sizeable cost for every participating business MasterCard, Visa Data Theft May Cost Each Business $1.6 Million QUOTE:  It’s still a mystery how many MasterCard and Visa customers will be affected by the recent breach at a credit card payment processor. Regardless of the actual size of the breach, businesses are […]

http://www.securelist.com/en/analysis/204792208/Stuxnet_Duqu_The_Evolution_of_Drivers QUOTE: Duqu is a sophisticated Trojan which seems to have been written by the same people who created the infamous Stuxnet worm. Its main purpose is to act as a backdoor into the system and facilitate the theft of private information. Part one Part two Part three Part four Part five Part six Part […]

Kapersky has an excellent FAQ related to this Botnet FAQ: Disabling the new Hlux/Kelihos Botnet http://www.securelist.com/en/blog/208193438/FAQ_Disabling_the_new_Hlux_Kelihos_Botnet QUOTE: Kelihos is Microsoft’s name for what Kaspersky calls Hlux. Hlux is a peer-to-peer botnet with an architecture similar to the one used for the Waledac botnet. It consists of layers of different kinds of nodes: controllers, routers and […]

This excellent article from ESET Security documents issues for both the employee and employer.  Facebook logins toxic for employers, violate security and privacy principles http://blog.eset.com/2012/03/24/facebook-logins-toxic-for-employers-violate-security-principles-as-well-as-privacy QUOTE:  Attention CEOs and HR Managers: Facebook login credentials belonging to current or prospective employees are not something that any employer should request, use, or posses. Why? Apart from the violation of […]

Up to 10 million credit cards may have exposed earlier this year:  VISA and MasterCard warn of massive security breach (up to 10 Million credit cards) http://www.marketwatch.com/story/mastercard-visa-warn-of-security-breach-report-2012-03-30 http://krebsonsecurity.com/2012/03/mastercard-visa-warn-of-processor-breach/ QUOTE:  VISA and MasterCard are alerting banks across the country about a recent major breach at a U.S.-based credit card processor. Sources in the financial sector are […]

F-Secure documents a continued concerted effort by Microsoft and other vendors to eradicate this sophisticated botnet Microsoft’s Digital Crimes Unit Targets ZeuS Botnet http://www.f-secure.com/weblog/archives/00002337.html QUOTE: Microsoft’s Digital Crimes Unit expanded its legal arsenal against malicious botnets this past weekend when – in collaboration with financial services industry members – it took out servers belonging to […]

This link documents to navigate to key functions using new Metro interface: Common Management Tasks and Navigation in Windows Server “8” Beta http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh831491.aspx QUOTE: Options are available for installing Windows Server “8” Beta with a minimal user interface well-suited to remote management. For more information, see Windows Server Installation Options. In this topic: Open the […]

This informative article in Microsoft’s Technet Security Blog shares future challenges:  Trustworthy Computing Next: Building Trust in a Connected World http://blogs.technet.com/b/microsoft_blog/archive/2012/02/28/trustworthy-computing-next-building-trust-in-a-connected-world.aspx QUOTE:  From the beginning, Trustworthy Computing’s mission was billed as a long-term journey. As Microsoft marked the 10-year milestone of TwC last month, we also looked forward and recognized that evolving IT models and societal changes have […]