WyzGuys Tech Talk

According to Bruce Schneier in the September issue of his newsletter Crypto-Gram The NSA and the British counterpart the GCHQ are engaged in a worldwide port scanning operation in order to find vulnerable computers that can be recruited and turned into an ORB, or Operational Relay Box.  Basically our government is creating large “standing armies” of botnets that can be used to attack our “enemies,” real, imaginary, or otherwise.

The issue for business or personal computer users is this:  ...

So in the last two years there have been over 400 retail companies, including many big national chains, that have fallen victim to the BackOff or other Point of sale (POS) malware exploits, revealing millions of credit card and customer records.  So how does this exploit work?

My friends at Calyptix Security sent me another article that should be interesting to anyone who is running a ...

This article was written by guest blogger Richard Thompson.  Richard Thompson works for MilesTek which has been providing complete connectivity solutions since 1981. His goal is to provide relevant information to tech conversations across the Internet.  Richard discusses some common vulnerabilities in network switches that can be exploited by cyber-attackers.

Network switches are the hardworking hardware devices we rely on to connect computer networking devices. With so much emphasis put on developing software to combat attacks (such as ARP Spoofing), ...

If you have been following this blog for a while, you may find yourself thinking that the time has definitely come to do “something” about cybersecurity in your business.  As a busy and successful entrepreneur, business owner or senior manager you may have no idea where to begin, or where you will find the time to create and implement a plan.  The National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST) has created a 41 page roadmap for businesses to use in ...

One of my favorite reads is Computerworld Daily Shark.  These are stories from the field, provided by IT professionals for the amusement and education of other IT professionals. Most of these stories are real head-slappers, on the order of how-can-they-be-so-dumb.  Basically this is a form of group therapy for those of us in the business; we get to read about situations that are worse than the ones that are driving us crazy in our own professional lives.

The story ...

Ok, if you are not a Saturday Night Live fan, you won’t know what this stuff is, but just in time for SNL’s 40th Anniversary, SNL has teamed up with candy store chain ItSugar to provide a host of SNL products from made famous on the comedy show’s skits.

I can remember when I was in college, I basically quit going out on Saturday nights just so I ...