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2013 Security Awareness Training Survey

I just recevied some interesting information. SearchSecurity.com surveyed IT professionals about their end-user security training purchase intentions for 2013. The numbers are revealing. ...

7 shortcuts To Get Your Network Hacked

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="700"] Shortcuts To Get Hacked[/caption] Today, October 30, 2012 we asked system administators: "In your opinion, what are the most gruesome ...

Why We Are Doing This

Some of you might remember Sunbelt Software, which from 1996 to 2010 sold system admin and security tools for Windows Server. I am one of the two co-founders of Sunbelt. After ...

Cybergeddon - New Web Series Sponsored By Symantec

[caption id="Cybergeddon" align="aligncenter" width="570"]Missy Peregrym in the Yahoo Web series Cybergeddon Still from Cyberteddon © Yahoo. All rights reserved.[/caption] Not sure how I ...

Industrial Control Systems The Next Twin Towers

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="588"] Shodan Network[/caption] Eugene Kaspersky a few days ago wrote a hair-raising blog post about the reality of our Industrial Control Systems ...

Real-time Cyber-Attack Map

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="625" caption="Real-time Cyber-Attack Map"][/caption] James Fallows reported on his latest blog about the new real-time map of the honeynet ...

What a live botnet looks like YIKES

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="760" caption="ZeroAccess Botnet"][/caption] MIT's Technology Review posted something fasctinating put together by Mike Orcutt. What you see above ...

Black Hole Malware Dominates Web So Train Your Employees

[caption id="" align="alignleft" width="460" caption="Microsoft Security Intelligence Report Volume 13"][/caption] Microsoft released their Security Intelligence Report (SIR) last week, ...

Article: Is Your Credit Card Stolen? Check for free!

Is Your Credit Card Stolen? Check for free! (This is a great PSA) http://ismycreditcardstolen.com/

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Cyberespionage miniFlame malware discovered

Antone Gonsalves at CSOonline covered this in-depth on October 16, 2012. "Newly discovered spying malware designed to steal data from infected systems was likely built from the same ...

FBI has new Cyber Safety Website

10/15/12 - the FBI announced a new initiative: "With school back in session, one topic that’s on many class curriculums around the nation is cyber safety. After all, it’s a ...

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Prepaid Cards Go Mainstream - Watch For New Scams

[caption id="" align="alignleft" width="270" caption="Bluebird prepaid card"][/caption] Wal-mart and American Express have started a joint venture to sell prepaid Bluebird cards, stamped ...

Hackers exploit Skype API to infect Windows PCs

Cyber criminals are again using Skype to wreak havoc, according to Sophos's Naked Security blog. The worm they're using this time, a variant of Dorkbot, lets hackers take control of ...