New Attacks Against SCADA, ICS, and Industrial Safety Control Systems

This can’t be good.  Klaxons sounding at the chemical plant only meant one thing, that the automatic safety systems were not working and that a dangerous explosion was immanent.  The explosion would release a toxic cloud of hydrogen sulfide gas that would kill everyone at the plant and hundreds of people living nearby.

A movie scene?  A spy novel plot?  Unfortunately not, this is an actual event that took place in Saudi ...

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Computers and Internet, cybersecurity, Internet of Things, Software vulnerability

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Weekend Update

A quick Saturday digest of cybersecurity news articles from other sources.

Social Warfare WordPress Plugin Zero-Day: Details and Attack Data

In our earlier post, we issued a warning to users of the Social Warfare plugin regarding a zero-day vulnerability affecting their sites. At this time, the plugin’s developers have issued a patch for the flaw. All users are urged to update to version 3.5.3 immediately.

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Phishing, social engineering, Web Design, Weekend Update, WordPress

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Personal and Business Uses for Keyloggers.

Would you like to use a keylogger to spy on your spouse?  How about your kids?  Is it legal?  Can an employer use a keylogger to monitor employee computer activity in the workplace?

Usually, when I am discussing keyloggers, it is the kind of keylogger a cyber-criminal would use, and how to keep them off our computer.  Today we are looking at this from another angle.

A keylogger, if you don’t know, ...

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Computers and Internet, cybersecurity, Spyware, surveillance

Cybersecurity Basics for Small Businesses

If you are a small business owner or manager, you have a target on your back.   You face a special set of risks from cyber-crime exploits.  Most often, you do not have the financial resources to afford a full time IT support employee.  You do not have the budget for expensive Intrusion Prevention Systems (IPS), or Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) systems.  You might not even have a firewall, ...

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backup, Computers and Internet, cybersecurity, education, training, Web Design, WordPress

Cybersecurity Basics

It’s April Fools Day, and in honor of those people who are still trading away safety for convenience when working with a computer or online, we have a short list of simple and basic security methods.  If you are someone who provides “tech support” for a family member or are the “go-to” unofficial tech support in a small business, this is a good place to start.

Behaviors

This is simple stuff, but ...

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Sunday Funnies – April Fools Jokes, IT Style

Close enough, so I decided to write about my favorite IT style April Fool’s Day pranks:

Switch right and left mouse buttons – In the control panel, mouse, there is a check box to switch the left and right buttons.  While ostensibly for left-handed people, this will pretty much try your victim batty.

BSOD Screensaver.  The infamous Blue Screen of Death means your ...

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Sunday Funnies

Weekend Update

A quick Saturday digest of cybersecurity news articles from other sources.

Tomorrow is World Backup Day

March 31 is World Backup Day.  Monday is April Fool’s Day.  Coincidence?  I think not.  I you are one of the hold-outs who is going to get around to it someday, today is your chance.

Google reveals BuggyCow macOS security flaw

Google’s Project Zero researchers have revealed a ...

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Apple, backup, Facebook, Google, Internet of Things, Software vulnerability, Weekend Update

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