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12
JAN
2015

Philip Cooper Appointed Chief Technology Officer at Blue Diamond Solutions, Inc.

PINE BROOK, NJ, (January 12, 2015) – Blue Diamonds Solutions, Inc. (BDS), a leader in cloud and infrastructure solutions, announced today that it has appointed Philip Cooper as Chief Technology Officer. He is a 35-year technology solutions veteran and former employee of Sprint...
08
JUL
2014

A Week in Security Jun 29 – Jul 5

Banking malware sniffs out data sent over HTTPS. Our friends at Trend Micro discovered a banking Trojan capable of intercepting and capturing data even when transferred securely. Its name is Emotet. (Source: Help Net Security) Microsoft Darkens 4M Sites in Malware Fight. What was...
01
JUL
2014

A Week in Security (Jun 22 – 28)

Top news stories: Selfmite: Attack using SMS worm to increase pay-per-install income. Mobile Security company Adaptive Mobile discovered the first SMS-propagating worm for Android devices they named “Selfmite”. (Source: Adaptive Mobile Blog) IE users get new protection against...
24
JUN
2014

A Week in Security (Jun 15 – 21)

Gear to Block ‘Juice Jacking’ on Your Mobile. “Juice jacking” assumed its place as a real, valid threat on one’s security, alongside online dangers like malware and spam, in 2011 at DefCon. Since then, products were created to prevent juice jacking from happening. (Source: Krebs...
17
JUN
2014

A Week in Security (June 8 – 14)

The Bitcoin App That Could Create a Black Market for Leaked Data. “Whistleblowers like Chelsea Manning and Edward Snowden exposed classified information because they believed their leaks were in the public interest. The next secret-spiller might be motivated instead by something...
11
JUN
2014

Malware warning from AppRiver

From Brain Haynes at AppRiver AppRiver is currently seeing a lot of malicious email traffic containing the Cryptolocker malware that can encrypt your business’s data. The bulk of this traffic is coming through trusted free file share programs disguised as voicemail messages...
11
JUN
2014

“For Security Purposes, Your Account has been Locked” Barclays Phish

Here’s a rather simple phishing mail currently in circulation which claims to be from Barclays: It reads: For security purposes, your online account has been locked. To restore your account, please click : Sign into My Barclays Account and proceed with the verification process....
11
JUN
2014

Prank URL Shortening Service is Good Security Basics Reminder

Many of us use URL shortening services on a daily basis, especially when dealing with short form communication tools such as Twitter. Of course, it pays to be vigilant when presented with a shortening service link. While it’s a useful tools to have, there have always been issues...
10
JUN
2014

Careful what you click

Today we received this lovely email From: TAX@irs.gov Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2014 4:19 PM To: a4tfqmh9u8hj11a@****.com Subject: Your FED TAX payment (ID:KQEIRS089013269) was Rejected *** PLEASE DO NOT RESPOND TO THIS EMAIL *** Your federal Tax payment (ID: KQEIRS089013269),...
04
JUN
2014

This Week in Security (May 25 – 31)

Top news stories: Unsafe cookies leave WordPress accounts open to hijacking, 2-factor bypass. Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) had determined that internet users who accessed their WordPress accounts over insecure networks, which are generally public Wi-Fi hubs, are in danger...
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