Archive for the ‘Security’ Category

Concurrent Connections

I have noticed over the last few days that we have had Roadrunner messages in our main e-mail gateway stuck in our queue with the following error: 56FE71501A1C 1695 Fri Jul 30 08:32:19 noreply@nowhere.com (host hrndva-smtpin02.mail.rr.com[71.74.56.244] refused to talk to me: 421 4.7.1 – Connection refused – - Too many concurrent connections from source IP) [...]

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Social Networks Redirect Issue

While managing the network infrastructure at our Annual Conference I have run across a weird redirect issue.  All of the computers in the News Room running Windows XP, Vista and 7 started redirecting to MySpace pages.  In the beginning it was redirecting to an actual profile.  After an hour or so the website started returning [...]

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Emergency Control Of The Internet

There is a bill now being written behind closed doors that would give the President the power to exert emergency control of the internet in times of emergency.  If you are fortunate enough to be a company that is designated as a critical interest you could be subjected to forced removal from the internet when [...]

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Antivirus

The NC State Office of Information Technology has produced a video outlining the importance of installing antivirus software on your computer.  You may not qualify for their software but you should run something!

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Who Killed Twitter?

PC Mag Editor Lance Ulanoff writes about who killed Twitter.  The answer is that we are the ones killing it through a DDoS (Distributed Denial of Service) attack. The DDoS problem is a whale of a different color, however. All you people who I’ve warned over and over again to install or update your security [...]

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Common Sense: The Cure For The Common FUD

Did you know that we were attacked by North Korea last week? To hear the media tell it, the United States suffered a major cyberattack last week. Stories were everywhere. “Cyber Blitz hits U.S., Korea” was the headline in Thursday’s Wall Street Journal. North Korea was blamed. Where were you when North Korea attacked America? [...]

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