Security Wandering

CLEVELAND, Ohio — More than 7,100 University Hospitals patients received notification by mail this week that their protected personal medical information was potentially exposed after a hard drive containing physician office data was stolen from a third-party vendor helping to upgrade the health system’s computer systems . Someone stole the hard drive from the car […]

Driven by the people element. End users still have the the keys to the kingdom and malware and phishing have clearly marked them for targeting.  The Standard number of targeted phishings at my employer is well over 20 a month.  The human element is still opening email from “DEAD cousin NED”  and we apparently all […]

So the story goes something like this. bout airplane tickest a while ago…..great priceDay before try to get 2 seats together  online at check in…. That did not happen, normal not a big deal.but this time the wife is in a walking boot for her ankle and the kid always flys next to the wife. […]

  Over on the post “Microsoft plugs 34 holes; Adobe fixes Flash Player bug | InSecurity Complex – CNET News” contains this text: “Microsoft plugs 34 holes; Adobe fixes Flash Player bug by Elinor Mills Share 18 comments Microsoft released 16 security bulletins today fixing 34 holes, including critical holes in Windows, SMB Client and […]

  Over on the post “The top 10 passcodes you should never use on your iPhone | Naked Security” contains this text: by Graham Cluley on June 14, 2011 | Comments (5) FILED UNDER: Privacy, Apple, Mobile, Data loss, Featured Are you one of the many people who is using a dangerously easy-to-guess passcode on […]

  Over on the post “Facebook spam prevention scam spreading like wildfire • The Register” contains this text: Facebook spam prevention scam spreading like wildfire Alert Print Post comment Retweet Facebook Social media worm d’jour By John Leyden • Get more from this author Posted in Spam, 12th May 2011 10:22 GMT Free whitepaper – BitDefender […]

  Over on the post “Lab Matters – At the Halfway Mark: Malware Predictions in 2011 – Securelist” contains this text In this newest edition of Lab Matters, Director of Kaspersky Lab’s Global Research and Analysis Team Costin Raiu offers some predictions about what we will see in the second half of 2011. Raiu’s predictions […]

  from the top get the following loaded on your computer: Pick one anti-virus from below: esetnode 32 http://www.eset.com/us/download/free-trial AVG http://free.avg.com/us-en/homepage Kaspersky http://usa.kaspersky.com/store/all-products f-secure http://www.f-secure.com/en_US/ Now the question is why I have not listed symantec, mcafee or any CA products…. the big three tend to be long way behind the curve when it comes to […]