On this Black friday

Make sure you have your antivirus software and other anti-malware software running while shopping.   Visit Sophos (including for Mac) and other companies Review our Security Analyzed page for the top 20 security feeds   be aware of all of the attacks… coming your way  

Sony hacked, held ransom, shut down – or not?

Is this a sign of things to come? Geek.com story  The Guardians of Peace (#GOP) hacked Sony  Pictures   Some specific details are on Reddit.com  When one person downloaded the stolen files and they reviewed the contents: Email addresses (including the Guardians of Peace email addresses apparently) Files of internal Sony Financial reports.   But … Read more

Good Time to Evaluate Patch Management

Interesting to note tomorrow is 2 weeks from Patch Tuesday November 11th (2nd Tuesday of month) and 2 weeks from patch Tuesday in December (the 9th). So it is a perfect time for reflection – thus we review a discussion of the November 2014 patch Tuesday  in SecurityWeek. It means to give direction for companies that … Read more