Beacon's Blog http://blog.beacontechsolutions.com Helpful Computer News to keep your computer up and running. Provided by Beacon Technology Solutions LLC. Serving Metro Detroit. Wed, 03 Mar 2010 22:58:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc en hourly 1 Laptop theft can be reduced by turning off WiFi http://blog.beacontechsolutions.com/laptop-theft-can-be-reduced-by-turning-off-wifi/ http://blog.beacontechsolutions.com/laptop-theft-can-be-reduced-by-turning-off-wifi/#comments Wed, 03 Mar 2010 22:58:45 +0000 Beacon (Eric Vogel) http://blog.beacontechsolutions.com/?p=142 02 March 2010
Credant Technologies, the endpoint data security specialist, has warned laptop users to turn off their WiFi signals when not in use to prevent the use of low-cost scanners tracking down the machines.
www.infosecurity-magazine.com/view/7750/laptop-theft-can-be-reduced-by-turning-off-wifi/

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]]> http://blog.beacontechsolutions.com/help-bts-better-service-you-by-filling-out-this-survey-and-get-a-valuable-coupon/feed/ 0 Thousands Of Organizations Worldwide Hit By Widespread Malware Attack http://blog.beacontechsolutions.com/thousands-of-organizations-worldwide-hit-by-widespread-malware-attack/ http://blog.beacontechsolutions.com/thousands-of-organizations-worldwide-hit-by-widespread-malware-attack/#comments Sun, 21 Feb 2010 01:18:17 +0000 Beacon (Eric Vogel) http://blog.beacontechsolutions.com/?p=138 Botnet bearing the Zeus Trojan infected 75,000 systems worldwide in 2,500 enterprises, government agencies
Feb 18, 2010 | 04:52 PM
By Kelly Jackson Higgins
DarkReading

Yet another sign that the Zeus Trojan isn’t just for stealing consumer online banking credentials anymore: Some 2,500 enterprises and government agencies worldwide have been infiltrated by a botnet spreading the pervasive piece of malware, a security firm revealed today.

http://darkreading.com/insiderthreat/security/attacks/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=223000193

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In an interview with an unnamed Facebook employee, the Rumpus revealed some disconcerting revelations about the privacy, or lack thereof, in the social network. The most eye-popping of these is that Facebook keeps track of the profiles you click on the most.

Summarized in a post on The Cleveland Leader, here are some of the top pieces of info from the story:
http://consumerist.com/2010/01/anonymous-facebook-employe-says-network-keeps-track-of-whom-you-stalk-most.html

]]> http://blog.beacontechsolutions.com/anonymous-facebook-employee-says-network-keeps-track-of-whom-you-stalk-most/feed/ 0 Encryption busted on NIST-certified Kingston, SanDisk and Verbatim USB flash drives http://blog.beacontechsolutions.com/encryption-busted-on-nist-certified-kingston-sandisk-and-verbatim-usb-flash-drives/ http://blog.beacontechsolutions.com/encryption-busted-on-nist-certified-kingston-sandisk-and-verbatim-usb-flash-drives/#comments Thu, 07 Jan 2010 23:39:30 +0000 Beacon (Eric Vogel) http://blog.beacontechsolutions.com/?p=131 Posted by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes @ 10:04 am

A word of warning to those of you who rely on hardware-based encrypted USB flash drives. Security firm SySS has reportedly cracked the AES 256-bit hardware-based encryption used on flash drives manufactured by Kingston, SanDisk and Verbatim.

http://blogs.zdnet.com/hardware/?p=6655&tag=nl.e589

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Author: Debra Littlejohn Shinder

If it seems like you’re getting hit with more email scams than ever, you’re right. Deb Shinder explains what you and your users should watch out for to avoid being duped.
http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/10things/?p=1227&tag=nl.e101

]]> http://blog.beacontechsolutions.com/10-email-scams-to-watch-out-for/feed/ 0 Who Gets Your Personal Information on Facebook? http://blog.beacontechsolutions.com/who-gets-your-personal-information-on-facebook/ http://blog.beacontechsolutions.com/who-gets-your-personal-information-on-facebook/#comments Mon, 07 Dec 2009 02:48:22 +0000 Beacon (Eric Vogel) http://blog.beacontechsolutions.com/?p=120 Are you one of the 350 million Facebook users? I’m a big fan of Facebook and like many I connect daily to see what my friends are doing and to share photos. As a security professional I am very careful about what I post and what information I allow to be shared. In that respect I’m unique…

http://billpstudios.blogspot.com/2009/12/who-gets-your-personal-information-on.html

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