Hackers Steal What You Allow

To anyone that pays attention Chinese hackers steal IP (Intellectual Property Theft) http://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/chinas-ip-theft-tech-transfer/ We can argue – is it $5trillion? or 3? My point is it does not matter, the Chinese steal what they can they are not picky. There are certain high value targets of course, but if you allow a hacker in your … Read more

Remove Windows Snooping Privacy Patches

The “Spy patches” from Microsoft should be uninstalled from your environment. One reason is the constant network bandwidth to Microsoft servers they generate. Second, they are not a “security” patch, in general any patch that includes more functionality is bad for security.   Winaero Blog post first noticed them in Win7 and Win8  by Sergey … Read more

What is Your Risk Level?

We are talking IT security risk – not financial or other security. IT security Risk – How to define it? Colors Green, Yellow, Orange, Red ? Numbers 12345 , or wording – low, med, high.   Image from BCM – Business Continuity Management Institute   But whatever we use it may not be very accurate in … Read more