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Fake Microsoft “Security Essentials” in the wild.

A very popular tactic by malware and virus writers is to masquerade as security software. Recently something has showed up in the wild that alleges to be Microsoft Security Essentials. This imposter not unlike many similar packages downloads and installs malicious components that undermine security settings on the infected host and prevents access to antivirus websites. The most popular method for packages like this are browser popups or carefully crafted links in Emails. If you think you may...

Google Chrome Vulnerabilities – Joe Reviews SB10-053 Cert Report (Video)

Here is a review of this weeks Cert Advisory. Surprising number of Google Chrome issues this week, luckily Chrome is updated constantly and quietly without prompting. This is a weekly feature here at Managed Solutions.

Blocking Farmville on Facebook (Video)

We received a question on our Facebook page about blocking Farmville. Here is a short video on how to do this:

A broadband router botnet and vendor complacency stinks

A worm is creating a botnet based on broadband routers. Botnets are used to launch denial of service attacks which cause internet services such as websites to become unavailable or slow. The disturbing component of this example is the vendor complacency. In spite being warned about using the same settings on their broadband routers it seems some companies have continued to do so. That creates great opportunity for this sort of worm. We will watch this issue closely and produce follow up infor...

Using public pool NTP servers in Windows

Some windows users may find their computers time off, especially on an older system. Utilizing public pool ntp servers will allow you to synchronize to a reliable resource. This clip shows how to do just that. http://amplify.com/u/20p0

309 Year sentence for White Collar Criminal

The leader of a massive white collar crime syndicate was sentenced to a 309 year sentence in federal court this week. Bribary, Fraud and Identity theft were among the crimes he was convicted of. http://amplify.com/u/1z6t

Mock cyber attack shows US unpreparedness

Came across this article about a mock cyber attack that showed how unprepared we are. This is an awareness building piece. http://amplify.com/u/1yed

Circa January 2000 Managed Solutions #archives

Do you have a website that has been around for a long time? Check out archive.org and see if there is an old version to look at. At the time of this snapshot we were based in Fremont, CA. Memories! http://amplify.com/u/1xut

Run Windows Updates – Joe Reviews SB10-046 Cert Report (Video)

Here is a review of this weeks Cert Advisory. This week is Microsoft triage week, there are a ton of 9.3 severity and above (out of 10) vulnerabilities. This is a weekly feature here at Managed Solutions. What can you do to protect yourself: Perform Windows updates when prompted or visit http://update.microsoft.com/windowsupdate Perform Office Updates if you use any of the Micrososft Office family products at http://office.microsoft.com Be cautious with file attachments and links in Emai...

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