Warning Of Malicious USB Exploit

Posted by karl on Nov 21, 2008 in Hardware, Security, Technology, Trends | 0 comments http://www.us-cert.gov/current/#malicious_code_spreading_through_usb As we have blogged previously about security holes and data leakage, we wanted to alert everyone about the report by US-CERT about the malicious exploits of USB devices (which includes cameras, smartphones, and PDAs) and an earlier security tip of protecting USB devices (http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/tips/ST08-001.html). Remember...
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How Many Security Holes Do You Have?

Posted by karl on Jun 9, 2008 in Security, Services, Technology, Trends | 0 comments I’ll bet more than you think. The average small business has no security policies or procedures in place to identify and close security vulnerabilities. I’ll mention some classic ones here that will hopefully show areas that are needed to be looked at, if not closed outright. USB ports – Today a 4 gigabyte usb memory stick costs less that $50. Most people move their USB memory...
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The Social Networking/Desktop Tool Data Dilemma

Posted by karl on May 12, 2008 in Technology, Trends | 0 comments Came across this great article regarding the “applications” you can load for social networking sites such as Facebook and MySpace. You can read the article online here. One important note: this applies to google desktop gadgets (think vista sidebar) and yahoo widgets as...
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It’s Actually EASY To Be PC Green!

Posted by karl on Apr 28, 2008 in Hardware, Technology, Trends | 0 comments With all of the talk of being “green” in the IT industry, it sometimes seems hard to think that you can be have a green system. Here are some ways that you can be green. Of course, the most costly (upfront) method is to get a new less power consuming PC. Unfortunately, this may not recoup anything for the individual consumer – even if you run your PCs continuously (at $0.14/kWh,...
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Consistent e-mail = consistent business!

Posted by karl on Apr 7, 2008 in Trends, Web | 1 comment I was talking to a very nice couple. They own their own business and even have a website for it. As they were presenting their business card they prefaced it with, “our e-mail will be changing soon to email@newispdomain.dom, so ignore the one on the card.” Has this happened to you?  A business card with an e-mail scratched out or a label stuck on it over the old e-mail/website? As...
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Archiving for data SANITY!

Posted by karl on Mar 24, 2008 in Technology, Trends | 0 comments How many of you think your PC’s hard drive or server storage is too small? Don’t answer…it’s a rhetorical question. There was a time when I was that way too…always needing more drives for storage of data. That was before I realized that I had never looked at my data for duplicates or outdated data I could archive to CD/DVD. Archive to CD/DVD? Yes…archive to...
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