Invitation – January 2010 KYSBSUG Meeting #71 Meeting Date: Wednesday January 20, 2010 Time: 6:30 PM Eastern Location: Money Concepts Address: 323 Townpark Circle, Suite 100, Louisville, KY 40243 Topic: “Password Security and Password Cracking”
Guest Presenter: Dana Epp, MVP (Enterprise […]

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This question comes up a lot:
“I have the free Adobe Acrobat Reader, but not Acrobat Professional – can I still create a password-protected PDF? I don’t feel like paying $360 for Acrobat Professional just for the ability to do encryption or […]

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As if PDF attachments weren’t already suspicious enough thanks to UCE, now you have to be concerned about PDFs that can allow someone to take control of your PC.
Yesterday (10/22) Adobe released an update to fix a critical vulnerability in the following software:

Adobe Reader 8.1 and earlier
Adobe Reader 7.0.9 and earlier
Adobe Acrobat […]

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I’ve gotten numerous calls about this piece of spam today, so I thought I’d blog it:
From: Administrator <sender changes>To: <client name>Sent: Sun Jul 08 18:15:22 2007Subject: Worm Alert!
Dear Customer,
Our robot has detected an abnormal activity from your IP adress on sending e-mails. Probably it is connected with the last epidemic of […]

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According to the latest Apple security update (2007-005), Macs need patches just like any other personal computer.  And these aren’t soft and fuzzy patches for iPods. 
This security update corrects 17 vulnerabilities affecting software packages that ship as part of OS X 10.3.9 and 10.4.9. Some of these vulnerabilities allow attackers to execute any code they […]

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Usually, technology and convergence of digital devices are wonderful things.  But when a Best Buy Geek Squad employee abuses technology to *allegedly* use his cell phone to video record a female customer showering in their own home, that’s disgusting.  Just imagine if that was your wife or sister - it’s unbelievable! 
Best Buy does background & credit […]

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How many new viruses come out per month?  Back in the day we quoted 300 per month, then 400.  And today some say 1,968 per month.  That’s 64 new viruses per day / 21 each night while you sleep / 2.6 per hour.  Sobering thought, isn’t it?
Fortunately, you’ve got anti-virus software to protect you.  But how […]

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Breaking the law just got even easier kiddos.  Now any idiot with $59.95 can violate trust between parents & kids, spouses, employees or co-workers by simply plugging in a USB stick.
Enter “SnoopStick” from CYBERsitter, or as I like to call it, “Yet another reason to lock down those USB ports in Windows Vista.”
“Oh,” you say, […]

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So far, 2007 has not been a very good year for Cisco.  Yesterday they announced two more vulnerabilites in their Internetwork Operating System (IOS) - that’s 5 this year if my count is correct.  And today they announced vulnerabilites in some PIX and ASA appliances:
This month:

Multiple Vulnerabilities in Cisco PIX and ASA Appliances (#77853)
Multiple IOS […]

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