Chinese Hackers Have Sense of Humor

I got a fake “your email box is full” message from my “Email Administrator.”

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I know this is fake, because we have our own email service and I am the administrator.   One of the things I like to do is hover (DO NOT CLICK ON LINK) over the link to discover the actual destination of the link.

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We Are Moving Our Web Site to WordPress

This is our first post on the new platform.  Mainly we are developing this site to provide a place for us to refocus our web presence on our new business specialty: computer, network, and web security.  This will also let us combine our website and blog at one site.  So eventually the posts at WyzGuys Tech Talk on Blogger will be imported to this site.

My friend and business associate Troy king of King Web Design will be providing ...

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CryptoLocker–New Ransomware Encrypts Your Files

CryptoLocker is a new exploit where the bad guys encrypt your personal files in your Documents, Pictures, Music, and Videos folder and holds them for ransom.  You have 72 hours to respond, and the cost to decrypt is $300.  Once your files are encrypted there is no getting them back!

This is a pretty serious exploit, as there is no way to decrypt the files without the encryption key that the bad guys want to sell you for $300. And of ...

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A Scary Vision of the Future – 2020

Trend Micro has a nifty series of 9 – 5 minute videos that show just how dangerous the world could become with everything becoming network connected and moving to “the Cloud” (the Internet).  Check it out here.  With names like Switched Off, Stay Calm, We Didn’t See It Coming, it makes for interesting viewing.  Trend Micro is releasing one episode a week during Cyber Security Awareness Month and into November.

Go check it out.  This is very, very possible.

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Your WordPress Blog Might Be Vulnerable to Attack

This alert was given early in September, but my post is by way of reminder to those of you who are running WordPress-powered blogs or web sites.  If you have been meaning to “get around to it,” go and do it today.  Below you will find your official “Round Tuit.”  Go ahead and get it done. 

You want to update our version of WordPress to 3.6.1, which fixes a Remote Code Execution vulnerability. For more information on this issue please ...

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Cyber-Security Training For Employees–NCSAM

The weakest link in your security program is always going to be your employees.  Most people are too trusting, too gullible, and too uninformed when it comes to computer and network security.  A hacker does not need great skill or fancy software tools if a simple social engineering exploit such as a phone call will get them the user credentials of one of your employees.

The best solution, and possibly the only solution, is to provide training to your employees so ...

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5 Protecting Customer Information–NCSAM

Many, if not most, small businesses keep customer information on their computers or servers.  When you collect and store customer information there is an expectation that the information will remain secure.  In some cases there are legal liabilities to the small business if client information is released.  Credit card information is regulated under PCI-DSS, and releasing this information is a $25,000 fine PER CARD NUMBER.  This can be double in the case of willful negligence.  There are other regulatory requirements ...

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Creating and Deploying a Cyber Security Plan–NCSAM

Engaging a computer security professional to complete a network security assessment can be the start to developing a cyber-security plan that will help you reduce and eliminate the threats and vulnerabilities that could impact your business.

The important areas to consider are:

  • Prevention – the best defense is to keep the bad guys off your network in the first place.  Typical defenses include a hardware firewall, UTM (Unified Threat Management), or Intrusion Detection device, couple with a solid Internet Security software product ...
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Congress is Wasting Our Money With A Fake Shut Down–Throw the Bums Out!!

Thugs with the Nazi Park Service are pulling guns on seniors and foreign tourists at Yellowstone.

Thugs at the Nazi Park Service are telling businesses that rent canoes or provide boat trips on the St Croix that they can’t run their business during the fake government shut down.

Government WEB SITES are down (whaaaa????), evidently because the government workers who provided the electricity for them by running inside giant hamster wheels or riding stationary bikes attached to generators have been furloughed.

Congress ...

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How to Report a Cyber Attack – NCSAM

So you think your computer or network security has been breached.  What next?

Your computer support staff may have brought this to your attention already, but if not you need to make them aware as quickly as possible.  Avoid the obvious urge to wipe the hard drives and start over!  You need to preserve the compromised computers or servers for a forensic analysis.  This is work that is best performed by a qualified computer security or forensics professional.

Signs that you may ...

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