In my opinion the most difficult ransomware prevention actions would be the act of deciding to spend money on something that may not happen. (part of the dynamic of “Psychology of Security” Before we go into the details of the above sentence – lets review the attackers: What should be obvious by now when one … Read more
5 reasons to Fix Cyber Stay productive – keep running your business Making sure your devices are not used to attack others (part of good neighbor policy) Compliant with regulations (keep government in check) Emergency device failure would be taken care of Stay out of news The idea is to give 5 positive reasons … Read more
FireEye Blogpost last week about phishing emails using the iCEDID phishing infection has an interesting image explaining this concept: This is a sophisticated phishing setup and thus it behooves us to review this carefully. If you notice the initial phishing email when opened has several embedded items as well as a password structure so that … Read more
Threatpost has the story Microsoft pulls bad Windows Update After Patch Tuesday headaches . Patch Tuesday this month (February) was the second Tuesday of the month so it was the Feb 9th. Today the 17th is a week later and apparently this story is from yesterday(16th). There were some problems with a service pack update. … Read more
In my upcoming book many things will be discussed including why it is necessary to test your backups and recover the data. Why is this a big deal? Because if you do not take backups seriously and then when you actually need it, the backup better not have any problems. If you can’t actually recover … Read more
