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Tag: threats
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I noticed this evening that someone had changed the admin password for our site. Apparently our version of Joomla had a serious flaw and it was easy to change the password. This website shows the problem http://developer.joomla.org/security/news/35-core-security/241-20080801-core-password-remind-functionality.html
Just goes to show the age old problem of a painters house never being painted. Having only launched the new website, we hadn't bothered patching it up yet when new versions where released. We have now!!
Anyhow, whoever changed our password...thanks!! At least they didn't deface the site...Yet!
Anyone who isn't on Joomla 1.5.7+ beware!
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We have seen an awful lot of scams that claim that the receiver has won a lot of money. Most of the scams seem to use large corporations as a hook into the scam. For instance, a recent one that we saw said that Microsoft Corp has set up a lottery fund, is giving away lots of money, and that YOU are the lucky winner.
Firstly, why would a company like Microsoft Corp give away all of that money? Even if they did, why would it not be to a huge worldwide fanfare with the Microsoft marketing department at full tilt and spreading the word across the world.
A number of our customers have phoned me asking if these scams are real or not. Of course, my answer is always to shred the letter. However, some of them have been called first by a mystery woman who tells them what is going to happen. This seems to be a step up from the normal scattergun approach and it would appear that these people are actually targetting potential victims.
A good website for checking out a lot of these scams is http://www.scambusters.org/
It has a lot of good information about each scam or hoax and tells you straight away whether the mail is true or not.
Be warned!
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One question that was posed to me today is whether implementing MS Exchange in a small business environment poses more of a threat to a network than using a more traditional POP3/hosted approach.
My answer was that, quite the contrary, in our experience, implementing MS Exchange provides a more centralised approach to email than the POP3 method and so is far easier to police, no matter how big the site.
Our experience goes as far as the 200 user mark but the majority of our customers would fit into the 5 - 25 user bracket. Having MS Exchange installed at their site has always lead to an increase in productivity and a decrease in overall spam and malware outbreaks, given the correct anti-X tools.
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