I’m often asked which is the best USB flash drive you can buy. My answer varies with the requirements of the individual or business that will utilize the device. The average person requires a fast and reliable storage device to shuttle files to/from work or school, and does not require security features at all, but for those who do require …
mysql.com website hacked and used to serve malware to visitors
In what is becoming way too common, the popular site, mysql.com was exploited, and used to distribute malware by redirecting visitors to another site this week. Anyone browsing to mysql.com yesterday would have been redirected, and without even being prompted, then likely been exploited themselves by the software running on the rogue website which apparently looked for vulnerable browser plugins …
Cisco OnPlus service available now to small & medium businesses
Large businesses have full-time IT staff or fully outsourced IT support that provide monitoring of their infrastructure and keep them up to date and now small & medium (SMB) businesses can have the same level of support when it comes to devices on their network. Cisco OnPlus works by allowing Homeland Secure IT or your Cisco SMB service provider to place …
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What’s your favorite phone? Android? Which flavor?
What smartphone are you using and why? Our office has moved to Androids, and in particular Samsung Epic 4G (original and the new Galaxy S II Touch) and absolutely love them. I’d love you input….
SSL encryption broken – Proof of concept demo later this week #ph33r
My first reaction to the news that read “Hackers break SSL encryption used by millions of sites – Beware of BEAST decrypting secret PayPal cookies” was, “What took ’em so long?” The article above gives all the details you can stand, and a quick search of Google for news articles will tell you everything else you want to know. The …
Apple’s Mac OS X Lion poses enterprise security risks (this is not a repeat)…
Using Mac’s in your enterprise? You will want to read this article http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/08/26/mac_osx_lion_security_hole/… This is kind of a big deal, as it underscores that Mac OS X Lion machines simply fail at LDAP, a basic part of enterprise network integration. In short, if you bring these Macs into your environment, once authenticated, they simply don’t care which password is entered, they …
Don’t trust those external portable USB hard drives with your important data!
I’ve posted this before… External, portable, USB hard drives are convenient to store some data on, but dang it, don’t put everything on one and trust that it is forever and always going to be there for you. These devices use 2.5″ hard drives like you would find in a notebook computer, and while there is nothing wrong with those …
Adobe Updates for Shockwave, Flash Media Server, Flash Player, AIR, Photoshop & RoboHelp
Running Adobe products? Of course you are! There are number of updates available that you need to apply. Please, if you are prompted to install these updates, do so. If not, make sure they are indeed installed, or better yet, just upgrade to the latest versions of the applications to avoid the potential for the vulnerabilities to be exploited… …
Security consultancy advises enterprise clients to steer clear of adopting large numbers of Macs
An article in The Register states, “Beware of Macs in enterprise” due to the findings by iSec Partners who claim large numbers of Macs are “in many ways more vulnerable than recent versions of Windows.” The vulnerability they specifically mention is the DHX authentication scheme which is easy to compromise and apparently “trivial to force OS X server to resort …
Secure IT Alert: Microsoft to unleash a ration of updates in August Patch Tuesday….
Homeland Secure IT Alert for Friday, August 5th, 2011 Tired of boring Tuesdays? Feeling deprived by Microsoft? Well, coming this Patch Tuesday, something to make every Microsoft user smile! Updates! You read that right, Microsoft has updates galore coming your way! They cover every current version of the Microsoft Operating system including the almost forgotten Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, …