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The One Security Tool Every Windows User Should Know About

admin — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 18:50:31 +0000

This article from “Ed Bott’s Microsoft Report at ZDNet.com describes a tool that Windows users can employ to block some of the more serious attacks of the operating system:

EMET is a living tool designed to be updated as new mitigation technologies become available. This provides a chance for users to try out and benefit from cutting edge mitigations. The release cycle for EMET is also not tied to any product. EMET updates can be made dynamically as soon as new mitigations are ready.

The one security tool every Windows user should know about | ZDNet

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admin — Wed, 12 Jan 2011 16:00:37 +0000

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admin — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 16:15:42 +0000

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Planned Server Maintenance 4/19

admin — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 16:52:25 +0000

The server racks in the Datacenter in which our server is housed are being reorganized to better utilize available power. The following maintenance window has been scheduled to complete the upgrade:

April 19th, 2010 @ 2:00am (EST). Expected duration: 1-2 hours

During this period, Shoestring-hosted web sites and services will be offline and unavailable. The outage will include web sites and email services including Google Apps email via custom domains.

If you have any questions about the scheduled maintenance period, please contact us.

FDIC: Hackers Took More Than $120M In Three Months

admin — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 19:20:14 +0000

Cyber crime scams targeting small businesses cost U.S. companies $25 million in Q3 of 2009, said the U.S. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation this week. Since the Zeus trojan is on the loose and is much more prevalent now than 6 months ago, it’s easy to predict that this kind of cyber theft is going to be much more in 2010. You HAVE to have layered defenses to prevent this kind of crime.

David Nelson, an examination specialist with the FDIC said that almost all of the incidents reported to the FDIC were “related to malware on online banking customers’ PCs.” Usually an employee in accounting is ‘social engineered’ into going to malicious site or downloading a Trojan horse program that gives hackers access to their banking passwords. Money is then stolen out of the business account using the Automated Clearing House system that banks use to transmit payments.

The first thing I would do is talk to accounting specifically, and perhaps even dedicate a PC to JUST banking and nothing else. You have to have end-user training in place as well as the usual layers of firewalls, anti-malware, patching, and several others. And make sure they are all updated and that definitions are being downloaded consistently.

(Hat tip: www.wservernews.com)