March 6, 2017: A Critical Vulnerability has been found in the Western Digital MyCloud Series of NAS Drives This latest vulnerability presents a very real potential for complete loss of control of the device. If deployed properly, this NAS should be behind a firewall and further secured by design elements that reduce the risk these devices[…]
EXPLOIT WEDNESDAY PATCH TUESDAY IS NOW FOLLOWED BY EXPLOIT WEDNESDAY For years we were satisfied that within a couple of weeks after Patch-Tuesday the latest rounds of patches would go through deployment and stability testing then be applied to production systems in due time. THIS WAS ACCEPTABLE UNTIL RECENTLY Over recent months, using advanced reverse[…]
REPOSTED FROM THE KNOWBE4 WEBSITE We partner with KnowBe4 for obvious reasons REPOSTED FROM THE ORIGINAL POST AT KnowBe4 Here is the triple-threat scam which was discovered by our friends at Malwarebytes: Comcast has a search page called Xfininity that serves tons of searches. On this page is a malicious ad (served by Google) from[…]
MOBILE DEVICE WIPES YOU HAVE LOST YOUR PHONE. TECH SUPPORT WIPES IT. YOU ARE DONE, RIGHT? Having the ability to remote wipe a mobile device that has been lost is a lifesaver. You can simply click a few buttons on a management console and miles away that device, connected to your system magically forgets all[…]
UNCONTROLLED CHANGE IS THE ANTITHESIS OF SECURITY EASY TO UNDERSTAND, HARD TO IMPLEMENT Effective SMB Change Management is a rare beast. Most client organizations don’t demand change management procedures until after a series of troubling failures has soured a relationship. Many Managed Service Providers (MSP’s) don’t introduce the topic early in the life of an[…]
