Security

Tips to Secure and Customize your USB Flash Drive

February 15, 2012

No sexy headlines or social insights today just tweaking out our ubiquitous USB flash drives. I use mine on a near daily basis and here are the tips I use to make my drive more useful and more secure. If you want to skip the work and get the goods, scroll to the bottom. Customize [...]

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Defending the Internet and Yourself

July 25, 2011

I’m often asked, most usually by a friend or client that recently suffered a virus infection, why are computer viruses so rampant? Who is writing them and why? This video is an excellent explanation to the driving forces behind the current state of computer viruses. Mikko Hyppönen shares the story behind PC viruses Make [...]

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Stuxnet hints at the future of cyberwarfare

November 16, 2010

The year is 2015 and you want to take over or destroy a country. Let’s examine the options- Launch a Nuclear Attack – Effective but has the drawback that retaliation will thrust all of mankind into obliteration. Build a traditional Army – Expensive and time consuming or… Use cyber warfare to disrupt your enemy’s financial [...]

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Win32.DownAdUP Virus Removal

February 16, 2010

Several clients and friends have been infected with this virus in the past 24 hours. Once inside your network it spreads rapidly. The virus is a variant of the Conficker virus and exploits a known (and supposedly patched) vulnerability in Microsoft RPC services. A fully patched PC with updated Virus protection should prevent infection but [...]

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Is there room for innovation in Email?

January 20, 2009

The average user gives little thought to email. It is the most common application of the internet and we just expect it to work. It’s simple really, type in a email address and quick note, click send and your message is magically delivered. Unfortunately the truth is radically different. Email is one of the most [...]

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BlackHat USA 2008 WrapUp

August 18, 2008

Blackhat USA 2008 was an amazing experience this year. The first four days of training could not have gone better. Since SCuD only ran the one class this year it was a lot less work and stress on the Hired Guns. The students were great and we are fortunate every year to have some of [...]

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