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May 29, 2011  1:35 PM

Huge Spikes in Malware



Posted by: Ken Harthun
E-mail scam, Epsilon breach, Malicious Website, Malware

According to the good folks over at Sunbelt Security (now owned by GFI), an incredible 73,000 new types of malware are being issued every day, a 26% increase over last year's figures. Between this and the recent security breach at Epsilon, I am noticing a huge increase in my own spam levels. One of...

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May 28, 2011  12:12 PM

Time to Lighten Up!



Posted by: Ken Harthun
Security Humor, Video

Very funny Cisco commercial. Sometimes, we just have to laugh and make fun of ourselves as Cisco does in this video. [kml_flashembed movie="http://www.youtube.com/v/q35Uzw1M9e0" width="425" height="350" wmode="transparent" /]

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May 28, 2011  1:12 AM

Wire Fund Transfer Trojan



Posted by: Ken Harthun
Email security, Fraud, Malicious Website, Malware, Security, Trojan

Got an interesting email this morning purportedly from "alerts@federalreserve.gov" with "Your Wire fund transfer" as the subject. Here's a screen shot:

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May 25, 2011  1:28 AM

Apple Refuses to Help Victims of Mac Defender



Posted by: Ken Harthun
Apple, FakeAV, Mac, OS X, Security

[caption id="attachment_1235" align="alignleft" width="245" caption="Mac Attack"]

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May 22, 2011  4:56 PM

How Long Should a Strong Password Be These Days?



Posted by: Ken Harthun
password manager, passwords, SANS, Security, security awareness, Security best practice

[caption id="attachment_1233" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Source: thegoldguys.blogspot.com"]

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May 16, 2011  10:50 PM

Michaels POS Breach Bigger than Reported



Posted by: Ken Harthun
Credit Card Fraud, data breach, Fraud, Security

Michaels Stores, Inc. says that their point-of-sale (POS) PIN pads at 90 stores in 20 states were tampered with. The craft store chain is replacing PIN pads at most of its 964 U.S. Stores. According to BankInfoSecurity.com, the breach is much bigger than the company initially thought. [See

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May 10, 2011  4:34 PM

LastPass Security Incident #4dc9630d9b403



Posted by: Ken Harthun
LastPass, Password, password manager, Security best practice

Just received this email from LastPass which gives further information about the security incident.

Dear LastPass User, On May 3rd, we discovered suspicious network activity on the LastPass internal network. After investigating, we determined that it was possible that a limited...

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May 7, 2011  11:32 PM

Video: How to Choose Strong Passwords



Posted by: Ken Harthun
Password, Security, Security best practice

The

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May 7, 2011  3:32 PM

LastPass Experiences Network Anomaly, Forces Users to Change Master Passwords



Posted by: Ken Harthun
data breach, LastPass, security awareness, Security best practice

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May 2, 2011  8:36 PM

Bin Laden News Event Spawning Malware & Phishing Attempts



Posted by: Ken Harthun
Facebook Bin Laden Video Hoax, Security, Virus, virus warning

As always happens around big disasters and news events, the miscreants are using the event to attempt to infect PCs with malware and are sending phishing emails. Apparently Facebook is being targeted with video. Got this note from a friend on Skype:

"PLEASE READ AND REPOST! WARNING:...

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