Infrastructure Attacks Are Growing

A couple of news articles caught my eye this past week that are quite interesting IMO. Ukraine’s largest mobile operator Kyivstar downed by ‘powerful’ cyberattack & Attacks on Critical Infrastructure Attributed to Insidious Taurus You have to love the names that the security companies come up with for the other nation state actors.  I am Read More …

What is SEO Poisoning?

SEO Poisoning (or Search Engine Optimization Poisoning) is a type of social engineering attack that targets an unsuspecting user, or maybe someone who is in a hurry and not paying close attention.  These are typically used by bad guys to fool unsuspecting users into clicking their links and going to the wrong website, or worse Read More …

Camp IT DR/BCP Conference Thoughts

Recently I attended a Camp IT Conference hosted at the Stephens Convention center in Rosemont Illinois.  This particular conference was Disaster Recovery / Business Continuity – Resilient Infrastructure.  While the Convention center in Rosemont is cavernous, our group was off to the side in the Executive areas. Next time I will remember to take photos! Read More …

Getting Started :: Other Computer Things to think about

Some other Computer Things to think about. Surge Protectors I have been super please with this one as of late. I do not get any $ for recommending things.  Hopefully this site stays that way. Uninterrupted Power Supply (UPS) External Drive or Cloud Storage For this, it is important to have something where whatever you upload Read More …