“”Tripwire announced SecureCheq, a free configuration utility that helps evaluate and repair the most common, critical configuration vulnerabilities in Windows desktops and servers.”"
Free tool repairs critical Windows configuration vulnerabilities
(By AddThis – NetSecurity.org)
This excellent tool scans your system for configuration errors. In the example below, we use a system that has NOT been secured.
“Trend Micro researchers have discovered a new, massive cyber espionage campaign that has been hitting as many as 71 victims each day, including government ministries, technology companies, academic research institutions, nongovernmental organizations and media outlets.”
Cyber espionage campaign uses professionally-made malware (Add This)
Here’s a cool time-lapse satellite of the Earth – Time.com
After the initial start-up screen, you can zoom in on any city in the world or use the tab below the initial view to Explore the World.
Las Vegas – Before
Las Vegas – After
This excellent post comes from MakeUseOf.
“Did You Know Windows 8 Has a Built-In Time Machine Backup?”
“We sometimes forget with all the focus on Windows 8′s new “Modern” interface, but Windows 8 has a variety of great desktop improvements. One of them is File History, a built-in backup feature that functions similarly to Apple’s much-loved Time Machine. Enable the Windows 8 “time machine” File History, and Windows will automatically back up your files to an external or network drive.” Read More
If you have a computer running Microsoft's 'new' Windows 8, I strongly recommend you take the following (quick and easy) action - promptly. Don't dilly, or dally, do it now! Take it from a computer technician, you want to undo (one of) the incredibly stupid thing(s) Microsoft did to Windows 8 and, restore this advanced recovery and troubleshooting feature.
“One of the US’s critical military and espionage contractors QinetiQ North America (QNA) was successfully pillaged for huge amounts of top-secret know-how by the infamous Chinese ‘Comment Crew’ or PLA 61398 hacking group in a campaign stretching over years….”
Chinese ‘Comment Crew’ hackers emptied QinetiQ of top-secret military data.
Networkworld (ShareThis)
“There are two kinds of people in the world: Those who have lost critical data, and those who will.”
How to Build a Bulletproof Cloud Backup System Without Spending a Dime.
(Shared – CIO)
“There’s a war going on, and it’s raging here at home — not in the streets or the fields, but on the Internet. You can think of it as a war on the digital homeland. If you work for a power company, bank, defense contractor, transportation provider, or other critical infrastructure type of operation, your organization might be in the direct line of fire. And everyone can become collateral damage”
Unseen, All-Out Cyber War on the U.S. has Begun.
(Shared from CIO)
Excellent post from Jennifer at Bits of Bytes.
The Microsoft Surface Pro can be an asset to the Information Technology industry with its versatile ability to accept hardware and applications already in the industry.
Microsoft Surface Pro with Microsoft GPS during wireless site surveys.
inSSIDer on Microsoft’s Surface Pro
Ubiquiti Spectrum Analyzer and the Surface Pro
Microsoft’s Surface Pro can us 99% of the software on the market. The versatility of this tablet makes it a good choice for IT Professionals.
Amazingly, you don’t need special apps and most of the software on the market for Windows based computers is free. For licensed software, the Windows 7/8 software will work on this tablet.
Look for updates soon on Windows 8 and Microsoft’s Surface.
So your new SSD drive is thin and you can’t align it in your hard drive dock to clone the drive. What do you do? Make it work.
