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1. Page 20 Blue Chips Magazine November 2008 viously written in the free space Note A report of the Wipe Free Space activity is always available as well See graphic Caveat Because Search Disk will be ineffective after the free space has been wiped this option should be enabled only when security reasons require it Note The Wipe Free Space fea ture also overwrites unused file records in the Master File Table MFT on NTFS volumes 4 Recovery Bin NEW The Undelete 2009 Recovery Bin features a user interface that s simi lar to the Window s Recycle Bin Please note This is a very impor tant distinction to be aware of right off the bat After Undelete is installed a Recovery Bin is created by default on each disk volume detected on your computer Although these Recovery Bins initially use no disk space they will eventually grow as files are deleted The default size limit for these Recov ery Bins is 20 of the disk volume but this can be changed easily with the Recovery Bin Properties option on the Tools menu Wipe rem Spence adum Li Tha rper aves Ber murs cd ab ups lan ee qaom rb CL teg um BEL ae Using an Explorer like window users can view deleted files and fold ers The Recovery Bin captures and protects all deleted files those deleted by applications Explorer and even the Windows command prompt BIW In addition files deleted by network clients are also captured and2. Utah s Award Winning Computer Magazine By Cliff Millward Editor cliffm xmission com How About this Web Address J ennifer Thornburg legally changed her name to CutoutDissection com cutout for short She wanted to do something to protest animal dissections in schools The moniker is also the Web address for the anti dissection page of the site for People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals Will this start a trend Will you change your name to ucs org What about Microsoft com I can see the law suits forming al ready Line up lawyers the gravy train is rolling in Apples amp Oranges No Blackberries According to a recent study Apple s iPhone has half the failure rate of RIM s BlackBerry Also Apple has overtaken RIM in smartphone sales After all Get Smart used a shoe for communica tions so why not use fruits and vegetables or anything else for that matter Would you like to see my new hard drive phone It stores a terabyte of phone numbers and uses Linux Guitar Hero gets Restrung The game now has a drum kit and microphone in addition to the mock guitar In case you have never seen this thing in action the players try to match lights moving across the screen with the string positions on the mock guitar It keeps count of the mistakes you make and at the end of the song grades you on your performance The new version has 80 tracks of popular songs Recent Trends Panyo o
3. Tee Boris en NN ATTEN The October Meeting will be held in the old Introduction fo Modern Engineering amp Mines Classroom Building Introduces us to Blue Squirrel s ClickBook S Calling CQ Calling CQ Calling CQ This Month s Topic System Mechanic 7 Full Service for Your PC T 10 4 Good Buddy AND Ledon Gottlieb will present her program to produce a Storybook Utan s Award Winning Computer Magazine Utah s Award Winning Computer Magazine Ulah s Award Winning Computer Magazine Presented by Stuart Gygi Tid Rach Freie Die DLE Gah En LL il E NL rere Microsoft Vista and You in 2007 or later p a gi ARE M MU uu mom ALL Intermabiored ES da Broderbund VE Software LCS member Rick Gregory discusses homes design SpGfraware such as JD Home Architect I T Presented by James Alerander CELL ID Vat eh Bea Vista on E Page H cic Utah s Award i Winning Computer eessen Liebe Aard 3 Winning Niagazine ed LASS ASN RI EE E H a Ww E Uiah s Award Winning Coaniputer TNT DAA SELSUES SIS Created with Comic Book Creator Page 10 Blue Chips Magazine November 2008 SE EE E INVES ote ote Some Quick delat for Firefox2 lis ef y E 8 1 Femme amp yx Randy Julander pror d Mozilla presents Tl Meca a Meeting Firefox 2 Snow Survey
4. The Science Behind the US Attor ney Scandal By Steve Burgess http ezinearticles com Why Email Mat ters The Science Behind the US Attorney Scandal amp id 5314 12 But then you re different you really do want those precious files back again don t you Well not to worry Undelete has gained popularity for its data recov ery ability asit can instantly recover deleted files from anywhere on a home PC or anywhere on a corpo rate network even the many files JUST RELEASED that bypassthe Recycle Bin such as those on Digital Cameras USB Flash Drives or Memory Cards Sticks But I m just slightly ahead of myself For Starters Here s What s New in Undelete 2009 Undelete 2009 Key Features D InvisiTasking NEW InvisiTasking is a Diskeeper devel oped performance technology that en ables tasks to operate in the background with zero overhead InvisiTasking only uses idle system resources that would otherwise be wasted First introduced in Diskeeper 2007 InvisiTasking in Undelete 2009 ensures that com mon Recovery Bin operations such as purging the Recovery Bin when it becomes full managing the common Recovery Bin moving files from one volumeto another securely overwriting free spaces using the automatic Wipe Free Space option and automatically adjustingthe size of the Recovery Bin operate in the background with zero impact on system performance 2 SecureDelete 2 0 NEW Security Rela
5. deleted files before installing the full Undelete product included with all versions of Undelete 2009 except Undelete 2009 Desktop Client solves this problem for you Emergency Undelete runs from the Undelete 2009 installation CD or from the file you downloaded from Diskeeper BTW It can also be run from a USB drive or even from the old fashion floppy disk without installing any files on your computer so you don t risk overwriting the files you re trying to recover Caveat Once you ve installed Undelete 2009 there s a chance that the space previously occupied by the file you re searching for could be overwritten by the installation process You ve been forewarned Now you re forearmed Installation Notes Undelete 2009 installs from a software download or CD ROM or USB Drive in just a few minutes Refer to the Undelete 2009 User s Manual for detailed installation instructions However here are a few tips to keep in mind e The installation wizard checks for previous versions of Undelete and will remove those previous versions before installing Undelete 2009 e The installation Wizard will ask you if you want to check the Diskeeper site for a more recent version Note Depending on your installed firewall THE NEXT THING I FEEL THEN I WAKE LIP AND SOMEONE IS KISSING ME POUNDING ON MY WHEW THAT S MY TAIL ER TALE MANY THANKS TO UNDELETE FOR GOING GREEN ON THEIR RECYCLE BIN AND SO HER
6. recently Diskeeper became the first defragmenter to receive Microsoft certification for Windows 2000 Advanced Server and for Windows 2003 Enterprise Edition whose advanced level certifi Page 16 Blue Chips Magazine November 2008 Windows Review cations require stringent testing and compatibility with Windows clustering Diskeeper Products Overview Diskeeper Corporation provides automatic disk defragmentation fragmentation analysis the most complete file recovery system for lost files on Windows 2000 XP Server2003 2008 Vista and mixed Windows networks and auto matic data caching software Products for VMS and OpenVMS on the VAX and Alpha platforms include Diskeeper FragGuard Filemaster and I O Express Diskeeper Factoids Unit sales of Diskeeper have now reached an 89 8 market share in System Utilities General Disk Utilities sold accordingto data from The NPD Group s Distributor Track Of this Diskeeper is the top standalone defragmenter on the market accounting for 99 296 of 3rd party defragmenter unit sales in the entirety of North America According to leading independent IT test ing lab engineers at NSITL the negative impact fragmentation has on system performance is far greater in the enterprise then previously envi sioned Through extensive testing conducted by NSTL on Windows based enterprise systems documented evidence of performance gains from 56 to 200 on average could be realized a
7. with Invisi lasking Diske Mec ca c 7 a Do C RS w s i eet Maximizing Performance and Reliability Automatically Try It Free You will still need both programs to tackle and defend against the critically dangerous world of malicious nefari ous ne er do wells re DEFCON s et al Please do give both a try be sides they re both a free to try download Without fail they re both to coin a phrase truly Life Saviors Note I m still very curious As I intrigued you to do in my BCM June 2004 Undelete 4 0 Review did any of you ever find the explanation for sin cere in Dan Brown s NY Times best selling thriller Digital Fortress Well what are you waiting for Just because you re on the maiden voyage of the Titanic doesn t mean that all s lost No sir ree Bob Dis keeper Corporation can really help you out there Call or visit them online and get your life preserver Diskeeper 2008 Pro the World s Most Popular Disk Defragmenter ees and your guaranteed seat in a s Fy Undelete life boat Undelete Pro 2009 Hop Aulus m wt InvisiTasking 2009 to it time s wasting the clock s the a uL t DGIO OD you e CASO Iceberg dead ahead Happy Veteran s Day Support Qur Vererans Cliff amp Don Until Christmas at Rea 3l Time protect Real Time g Recovery Footnote See the actual Reviews Reports in the Blue
8. Chips Magazine Archives at lt www ucs org gt Note Always choose the pdf format for its beauty Ciao corporation Page 24 Blue Chips Magazine November 2008 Utah Blue Chips Calenoar November December 2008 Sunday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday saturday Nov I0 Nov 12 UBC General Meeting U of U 7 00 p m Gene Magazine Barlow e Deadline Nov I7 Nov 18 he A ge Nov 22 Nov 26 Nav 29 Dec 4 Dec 6 UCS Board of Trustees C amp C Bldg Room N3005 6 30 p m Dec IU Dec I1 Dec 12 Dec 13 UBC General Meeting U of U 7 00 p m TBA Magazine Deadline Dec I4 Dec IS Dec 19 Dec 20 Blue Chips Utah s Computer Guide in the 21st Century
9. Undelete 2009 New Features Support for 64 bit operating sys tems Support for Windows Server 2008 operating systems Undelete 2009 Server Edition Note Undelete 2009 Server Edition nowincludes 10 Desktop Cli ent Devices Simply stated Diskeeper Corpora tion says that Undelete 2009 Profes Toolbar loons for conmonky used Unchetele furchons Ze ieisis FO Pralesakanal Pian 8 WI Commie TOSHIBA sional Edition is the right choice for desktops or business laptops where important data is stored both locally and or on network file servers Kindly Note It s equally as great a choice for us Home User s as well it goes without saying else why would I be writing about it here in BCM Rock solid Old Standbys D Search Disk Search Disk avail able from the File menu is a powerful feature of Undelete 2009 that lets you search for files that have really been de leted These files include files that have been purged from the Recovery Bin but not deleted by SecureDelete files that were deleted prior to the instal lation of Undelete 2009 files deleted when Undelete was not enabled or files excluded from Recovery Bin pro cessing such as tmp or cab files 2 Search Recovery Bin Search Recovery Bin is similar to Search Disk except this tool allows the user to search for deleted files in the Recovery Bin When searching the Recovery Bin in addition to searching by location and file type theuser
10. according to a report from Symantec The Symantec report found on average a 10196 in crease of botnet spam in September In addition to the increase in botnet PCs Symantec notes that there was also an increase of email messages carrying malware payloads rather than just links to malicious code The study indicated that spam now accounts for 78 of all email and the greatest percentage of spam attempts to redirect you to another Web site Spam of a financial nature was the second most common classification 3 U S must secure its systems and cyber infrastructure against botnet attacks by Ashar Aziz GSN Government Security News Octo ber 2008 The FBI estimates losses due to computer crime were 67 2 billion for U S organizations in 2005 and ranks fighting cyber crime behind only ter rorism and foreign counterintelligence investigations Fueling the surge in cyber crime is a lucrative cyber crime economy Criminals infect PCs with malicious software malware and sell access to and the data on these infected PCs Add central manage ment of those infected PCs and they have a botnet A single botnet which can be comprised of tens of thousands of infected PCs under the control of an adversary poses a significant threat to our national security and information economy 4 Russian hacktivists used Turkish botnets to attack Georgia by J acob Goodwin Editor in Chief GSN Government Security News Sep
11. and presented Water Forcasting Motogawa Presented by James Alexander D Link Video Phane g S Bei Personal Information Security amp Encryption EI Check out the review Sne we of this great product E that appeared in the August 2007 ET Blue Chips Magazine Utah s Award Winning Computer Magarine New Freeware New Freeware Utilities and Applications Utilities and Applications worth having on your PC worth having on your PC Presented by Presented by James Alexander James Alexander ALSO ALSO Computer Auction Computer Auction Delayed from Ang Delayed from Aug NATIONAL CYBER SECURITY AWARENESS MONTH Utah s Award Winning Seater Magazine Utah s Award Winning Computer Magazine m Ed 6 WWWUCS ORE Created with Comic Book Creator Page 11 Blue Chips Magazine November 2008 i a A 4 in post 9 11 dollars have combined to give the agency an almost Orwellian ability to eavesdrop Coincidently Remember the Celestine Prophecy s First Insight with the release of The Shadow Factory ABC World News did an Exclusive interview with two 2 of the Whistleblowers spotlighted in his book See also the CBC2 graphics accompanying this Report BOOT UF SECRETS G JAMES BAMFORD bi EN U i j i a Lo EE ie amari B amori lee Al Camii rdar LE CH AME rr rrur id sali I first met James at D
12. and Bo oon Af remped work attacks on Defense Department tinem KA RICSELET Security is is no geckeg it be to be practised Page 15 Blue Chips Magazine November 2008 Undelete 2009 Professional Real Time Protection Real Time Recovery Reviewed by Don Nendell Manufacturer Diskeeper Corporation 7590 N Glenoaks Blvd Burbank CA 91504 Phone 818 771 1600 800 829 6468 FAX 818 252 5514 F mail Infodesk diskeeper com Sales Phone 800 829 6468 Customer Support Contact 8 30 A M 5 30 P M Pacific Time E mail tech_ support executive com Note All Diskeeper manuals can be down loaded online Product Support Registered users receive 90 days of free telephone support and special up grade pricing Plus a free Technical Support web site contains a searchable Knowledge Base KB Note Diskeeper Corporation s philosophy in regards to Customer Support is to provide service as near instantly as possible They also have one of the best trained Support staffs in the business If possible they like to get your questions answered on the spot In the event that it is not they will ensure that you get your answers as quickly as they possibly can Web site www undelete com Blog www diskeeperblog com Knowledge Center www diskeeper com products documentation documentation asp Available Undelete 2009 Editions in clude Home Professional Server and Desktop Client All are available a
13. around First The Bad News As Per Usual The Bad Guys are still going at it Hammer Russian Mafia and Tong the Chinese of course Page4 Blue Chips Magazine November 2008 Security Report IT AN RAIN amp MOONLIGHT MAZI joe Hack theo Daten ruthie Sagan ar World War IIl Has 1 Minimo Dele Begun and it ts a Cyber War The 800 pound gorilla NSA is pounding away harder than ever See CBC2 ABCWorld News graphic plus a whole host of other Baddies as per usual And they All only seem to get Badder and Badder to coin a phrase Ergo herewith are some samples for your elucidation education and edification that I ve ferreted out during my NCSAM et al Internet search forthis Report See also Now For the Good News Below Results 1 10 af about 461 000 1 2008 Brings Record Number of Data Breaches Processor com News October 24 2008 A recent study from the Identity Theft Resource Center found that there have been 524 large security breaches so far this year The report indicates that the identities ofupto 30 million consumers may have been exposed Even at this point in the year the number of consumers possibly affected by the data breaches is greater than all of 2007 2 Zombie PCs Increase Pro cessor com News October 24 2008 The number of compromised computers functioning as botnet PCs delivering spam increased dramatically from August to September
14. can make your password what characters are valid and use something like KeePass Password Sate to manage your passwords After you create the email ac count and create a strong password save the false information you entered in your password manager That way if you change your password but don t Save it in your safe you have the false information you need to reset the password Never use your email account for anything other then public communi cation Don t forget once you hit send you haveno control over what others do with your email Never leave email on the server Ei ther download it to a computer or delete it Why would an attacker go after your computer when they can attack your email Ever do a search in your mailbox for keywords like password login or other sensitive information You will be shocked what you might find f yu need to send something that isn t meant to be public use encry p tion my emphasis here Check out Hushmail if you want free and easy Please see also my August 2008 Review of CMS s CE Secure Vault Edition Pro and my August 2006 Review of AutoEnc em H mery Dn _ CE Secure Vault Edition Pro SS G A ARS 255 Bit Protection Features eror Kee up T A i ITE D Fos En PU Vlt pd rap own late Tene I mi CE FCK VURATE Bo iaa ed Mrfurcrk Aart T DE AT GO Ce bi Lr Med EH 5e wer F gr TEH Alipe Lit One dree Peel LAT sa CLF AT TD Maer re sci
15. has the option of searching for deleted files based on the date they were created or deleted as well as by file owner or by the user who actually deleted the file With a Recovery Bin selected this function is available from the Undelete 2009 File menu See graphic 3 Version Protection for Microsoft Office Files It s not uncommon for users to accidentally save over previous versions of Office files with newer versions Sometimes the changes to the newer version just so eg ae Page 21 Hsght chick on Selected fies to recover delete exclude or open Ee l exberlurs H r _ Blue Chips Magazine November 2008 aren t workable and you wish that you could rollback to an earlier version of a file For files undergoing lengthy revisions Version Protection for Microsoft Office files could save you a tremendous amount of time From the Recovery Bin properties menu select the Versions tab See graphic By default Version Protection automatically protects Word Excel and PowerPoint files for all versions of Microsoft Office You can recover previous versions in an intuitive Explorer like window 4 Emergency Undelete What if you need to recover a deleted file on a system that doesn t have Undelete 2009 installed You ve checked Win dows Recycle Bin and the file you re looking for isn t there Emergency Undelete a sepa rate utility used to recover accidentally
16. protected In organizations that deploy Undelete 2009 Server on their server platforms clients using either Unde lete 2009 Pro or Undelete Desktop Client no longer need to contact system administrators to recover their deleted or saved over files They can recover their own files using the Explorer like interface This eliminates the time con suming process of a System Administra tor or a Help Desk technician restoring files from the last tape backup It also saves the client from losing any work on the file performed subsequent to the last backup Undelete 2009 can also recre ate the original file trees associated with deleted files When using Undelete 2009 to recover hundreds of files this feature could save many many hours by eliminating the need to manually reorganize files back into their original complex file folder structures 5 Automatic Resizing of the Recovery Bin NEW Should free space on a volume become critically low a new feature of Undelete 2009 allows it to automati cally detect and reduce the size of the Recovery Bin UsingInvisiTasking Un delete 2009 automatically purges the oldest files first When space becomes available on the volume the Recovery Bin will automatically resize itself to the original size setting Alternatively clients can set a fixed size for the Re covery Bin and chooseto Auto Purge when the bin becomes full or disablethe Recovery Bin when the maximum size is reached 6 Other
17. E I AM ___ BACK SAFE AND ON THEN OF COURSE THE SOLUND STAGE IT S MY FAVORITE IF YOU KNOW WHAT __ COLOR Z I MEANS SO WHAT ELSE em STAY SAFE TAS TAS T E CIOE Sal CH tee EE A e Created with Comic Book Creator Page 22 Blue Chips Magazine November 2008 you may have to grant permission for the Undelete installer to access the Internet e Undelete 2009 requires a system restart on Windows 2000 2003 and XP However no restart is required for Vista or Windows Server 2008 Exploring Undelete 2009 Getting Started Prior to installing Undelete 2009 check your Windows Recycle Bin Ifthere s nothing there that you need empty the Recycle Bin Note The first hands on exercise will use Emergency Undelete to scan your computer for recoverable files Emergency Undelete e Launch the setup program on your CD or in the unzipped folder of your Undelete 2009 downloaded on your PC or USB Flash Drive On the setup screen select Emergency Undelete and you ll see the screen in the graphic Click OK e Alternatively you can run Emer gency Undelete from your installa File View Help Search Disk Name Location Mg v Include subfolders in search Recoverable Files Date HAL 7 15 2 15 TILS 7 A5J 7 15 7 15 7 A5SJ ZB Mame Size SponsoredLinksIFram 14KB actinicexkras 1 js ZKE header _logoli ipa 17KB header image4 1 ppg 28KB bapmenu left 1
18. EFCON X in Las Vegas and asked him how has he eluded the Feds Kill Squads with his exposes of the NSA Tt wasn t really as scary as that besides I m a lawyer he responded Oh Yeah I ll bet I responded Truly I am mightily impressed with the courage J ames has displayed in publishing his four 4 books about the NSA I have enjoyed each and every one and needless to say I ve learned so very much from each of them as I developed my DYCRAV Security Suite IT lo these past thirteen years The Shadow Factory is probably the scariest Wake Up Call of them all I truly believe You really must read it and all of them to be sure for yourself to believe that last Orwellian statement As proof FYI Here s an excerpt from the Chapter entitled Trailblazer Well beyond word spotting NSA is also developing another tool known as Acquaint which stands for Advanced QUestion Answering for INTelligence that Orwell s Thought Police George Orwell s classic dystopian novel 1984 might have found useful an artificial intelligence system designed to know what people are thinking my em phasis here With the entire Internet and thou sands of databas es for a brain the device will be able to respond almost instantly to com plex questions posed by intelli gence analysts As more and more data is collected through phone calls credit card receipts social networks like Fa cebook and
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20. Magazine Volume 26 No 11 November 2008 Utah Computer Society Monthly Report Wwww ucs org Check Out the Report of Security News Views On Page 4 And Review of Undelele 2009 Professional ISSN 1061 5725 This Month s Presentation Backing Up Your Hard Drive using Acronis True Image Gene Barlowhasbeen g a guest speaker in the E user group community g for over 25 years He Gi has presented to the WE Utah Computer Soci W ety on various topics many times in the past starting back in 1996 when Gene and his family lived in Lindon UT Gene and his wife Linda now live in beautiful southern Utah St W George just 40 min i ute away from Zone aN National Park i Gene s topic is Backing up Your Hard Drive Acronis just announced a significant new release of their top rated backup utility Acronis True Image Home 2009 To read Gene s newsletter in full about the dozens of important new features in this product you can go to www ugr com nl1008 html Make sure you are adequately protected and can recover from any unforeseen events such as viruses unstable software downloads and hard drive failures by having a well thought out backup plan Having a good backup system is essential in order to put your system back together again in a few minutes not days or weeks Thisis an important topic that every PC User should implement on their computer Don t miss this meeting
21. MySpace GPS tracks cell phone geolocation Internet searches Amazon book purchases even E Z Pass toll records it may one day be possible to know not just where people are and what they are doing but what and how they think The system is so potentially intrusive that at least one researcher has quit citing concerns over the dangers in placing such a powerful weapon in the hands of a top secret agency with little accountability HOT SHOCKING STUFF THAT With that flashback now to the 1998 Enemy of the State film starring Will Smith Gene Hackman and Jon Voight Tagline It s not paranoia if they re really after you and The only privacy left is inside of Page 12 Blue Chips Magazine November 2008 OF THE STATE UNRATED your head See also the YouTube 2 36 min trailer plus others of the film at lt http www youtube com watch v R90VWtcHLIE gt If you don t know where you re going you re unlikely to end up there Forrest Gump One More Thought Before I Venture Onward Re Sarah Palin s E Mail Hacked http www time com time politics article 0 8599 1842097 00 html gt 10 important points Alaskan Gov Sarah Palin has taught us about E mail September 18th 2008 Posted in News When creating a free email ac count it s OK to lie Never give your real information to anyone asking for it online unless it s required Use a strong password Find out how long you
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23. agencies his first book The Puzzle Palace 1982 was the first book published about the National Security Agency NSA came out with his fourth book on September 16 2008 The Shadow Factory The Ultra Secret NSA from 9 11 to the Eavesdropping on America Double day ISBN 0385521324 The flyleaf states Heshows hownewtechnology the NSA s lack of oversight and billions NSA s Ears Wide Open GEUN LED EJAPLOVEES PHIGHERS LC RU AGEERS A OLO RELTAGLE NGA ege J P Is the Government Spying on Americans t JIM ALWAYS TELLS BOTTOM LINE The WE RE IN BIG ch adow TROLIBLE FOLKS TAKE GREAT CARES Age i Kies gi RET Donum vg Pant i LEE d LE HE Mee 7 ah Lee bg PRO a Loe mra Miri ler Created with Comic Book Creator Page 6 Blue Chips Magazine November 2008 Auburn University amp OIT present NATIONAL CYBERSECURITY AWARENESS MONTH 1 OCTOBER 2008 Tug SECURITY CENTER Phishing Facts sa eer ab AG aai imi to Protect Tou real 58 million phishing e mails are DON T TAKE Watch out for phishy emails sent each day Dan t click on links within emails that ask for your About 1 in 6 are opened personal information lA 2006 about 109 mullicn H Only open email attachments if U S adults received phishing M ER youre expecting them and e mail attacks a e SG Ai Less Tra know what they contain Report phishing whether The average loss per victim in
24. aid the blind man nodding his head in agreement as he picked up his file and started sharpening the teeth on his saw Anywho FYI Take A QUICK Gander at DEFCON 16 s 3 day Schedule of Events if you want to get an eyeful of FUD Fear Uncertainty and Digital Armageddon I m throwing around here First the basic DEFCON 16 web site 1s at http www defcon org html defcon 16 dc 16 post html and the 3 day class schedule is at http www defcon org html defcon 16 dc 16 schedule html gt Second Do criminals go to DEF CON You bet they do They also go to high school and college and work in your workplace and the government amongst others FYI There are also lawyers law enforcement agents civil libertarians cryptographers plus all the hackers in attendance too However don t tell anyone told you OK OK Caveat Regardless you all simply have got to learn to protect yourself better and that s been my intention all along truly to help as best I can Page 3 Soapbox Stuff Thankfully there s more help out there besides our other beloved mem bers of Blue Chips re Those Mem bers Helping Members and we all certainly need all our valuable local volunteer organizations help that s for sure FYI eZines like Smart Comput ing their web site s at lt www smart computing com gt and CNET TechSpe cials immediately come to mind 0 COMMUNITY HELP amp HOW TO Their
25. all benefits of membership including multiple individual membership and prepaid advertising coverage Contact a Board Member for more information Other important information Meeting Information http www ucs org Group Business James Alexander 200 2269 Magazine Cliff Millward 955 9633 Web Site http www ucs org WebMaster 262 6045 Membership evenings Bob 262 6045 November Renewals LeR Burton Doug Jackson Jared Motogawa Don Nendell Page 3 Blue Chips Magazine November 2008 Security Related News amp Views cont Part 3 Cyber Security Awareness 101 Reported by Don Nendell To beseventy years young is some times far more cheerful and hopeful than to be forty years old Oliver W Holmes Prolog Howdy again A number of signifi cant events have occurred since my last Security Related News and Views cont Report Seethe Report in the September 2008 BCM Archives So what s wrong with this picture You re reading this in the month of November 2008 and I m re porting to you I m actually writing this in October that October 2008 was designated National Cyber Secu rity Awareness Month NCSAM by DHS Actually I m very skeptical about anybody s Cyber Awareness let alone that this is the 5 consecutive year this program has been in existence Truth be known This is my 57 Security Related Report Review published herein BCM overthe years and even I was blissfully totally una
26. anti virus software a firewall and anti spyware software to help keep your computer safe and secure 4 Set up your operat ing system and web browser soft ware properly and update them regularly 5 Use strongpasswords and strongauthentication technol ogy to help protect your personal information 6 Backup important files regularly Please see also my September 2008 Review of NTI s BackUp Now 5 Complets UETIITHI d er Edition ied erinra maiia wiih Tom great products iram NTI TETT a image L aiii pb A T Top Ten voer Niuenaces for Groe i L According t ow Ta T Weel ey ili 2008 cyber 5py Ops estimates he SAAS Uritibule Ins ran 7 Learn what to do if some thing goes wrong and 8 Protect your children online Well that certainly ought to be enough for this episode of Boo from your local Boogie man Ciao Footnote See the actual Reports Reviews in the Blue Chips Magazine Archives at lt www ucs org gt Note Always choose the pdf format for its D PF TdHEFERTTW TIET STITT Hor ea LL raf ILR aring the first g attack traffic or ginated From 33 5 unique cou Warter of nr pis that the world of corpaorabe eipig lage has exploded tt 3n annual 44 amp trillion protem ACT Reports brew r hex ol L5 qovernment pel private eo LER Ck ieee OMPURGT MEI Cate TAIN xoo7 there were ODG reported H O a VTT assaults on federal agencees
27. ard e You ve received a postcard from a family member e Colleague sent you a postcard from egreetings com e Birthday e card 2 They do resemble legitimate notices from e card companies This means every user needs to be very care ful when dealing with such emails no matter what the apparent source Before clicking on any links or attachments in the body of such a message check to see if you can verify that it came from a legitimate source and that isn t always easy If you can t verify don t click 3 Don t click on links or attach ments in e card notices that arrive anonymously or from senders whose names you don t recognize 4 Dont click on attachments or links that seem suspicious in any other Way 5 Generally speaking forwarded email warnings such as the POSTCARD alerts above cannot be trusted to provide accurate information Caveat Read carefully Try not to confuse hoax warnings with the real thing Bogus virus alerts often contain links to websites which at first glance may seem to confirm the authenticity of Page 5 Blue Chips Magazine November 2008 the message but which in fact discuss a completely different matter The very message we re discussing happens to be a case in point Despite the fact that there are real e card viruses out there the POSICARD warning above is in fact a hoax It is simply the newest of many variants of a false alert that began circulating several
28. as DF mD irera vm ore If using web email disable POP3 and IMAP access Setup your emails to automatically be forwarded to your main account and auto delete whatever is on the server Ifyou do need POP3 or IMAP only use if SSL is enabled Test the forgot password func tion for your account Ifit seems too easy to reset it might be easy enough for an attacker J ust ask Gov Palin Learn to use temporary email ad dresses Web sites like 10 Minute Mail can be used for online registration for web services Do what you can to keep your email address from making the rounds Now For the Good News In case you missed all the fun as mentioned above October was the 5th consecutive National Cyber Secu rity Awareness Month NCSAM BTW For me it s National Cyber Security Awareness 24 7 365 just as it should be for all of you out there in No No land And please accept my apologies for the tardiness in alerting you about this stellar event No Ex cuse Sir Wisdom is the power to put our time and our knowledge to proper use Thomas Watson However Better Late Than Never You may be asking yourself What is Cyber Security Awareness The Oxford English Dictionary defines awareness as Ihe quality or state of being aware consciousness And aware is defined as Informed cognizant conscious sensible And Webster s New World Dictionary of the American Language further defines awareness a
29. b put him up there to begin with Apt you think Don t answer that Bruce Schneier does seem to have an answer however I think This kind of thinking Security Mindset is not natural for most people It s not natural for engineers Good engineering involves thinking about how things can be made to work the security mindset involves thinking about how things can be made to fail It involves thinking like an attacker an adversary or a criminal You dont have to exploit the vulner abilities you find but if you don t see the world that way you ll never notice most security problems I ve often speculated about how much of this is innate and how much is teachable In general I think it s a particular way of looking at the world and that it s far easier to teach someone domain expertise cryptogra phy or software security or safecrack ing or document forgery than it is to teach someone a security mindset CRYPTO GRAM age RESIDUI EE EE UNITIES Abril 15 2008 lt sch a IU neier SCHNEIER COM gt The strongest human instinct is to impart information the sec ond strongest is to resist it Ken neth Grahame Scottish author And another answer maybe Novelist Peter de Vries once said Ihe Page 1 Blue Chips Magazine November 2008 Universe is like a safe to which there is a combination but the combination is locked up in the safe I can seeit clearly now s
30. by downloading reputable anti virus and security software Make sure your computer is set to receive auto security updates Avoid downloading software from a Web site with an unknown or falsified brand Do not click through or open suspi cious e mails or e mail attachments Avoid social networking scams never provide your personal in formation i e social security number credit card numbers to e mails that so licit this information even if the e mail looks to be from a legitimate company or brand that you recognize A legitimate company would not request this infor mation via e mail Note For more Internet Safety tips visit lt www Comcast net security gt Security is Constantly Evolving Security is something that con stantly evolves One thing that needs to be remembered however is that security is more than a collection of applications and tools security is a mindset My emphasis here see also Bruce Schneier s explanation of Security Mindset in the Unde lete 2009 Pro Review that follows this Report Being aware of security is absolutely essential more so today than ever before We are reminded that Mak ingsecurity an integral part of your daily activities or even just paying due care and attention as you surfthe Internet is an important process There are definite layers to se curity There is the human layer and then a layer that deals with tools both software and hardware rela
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32. egy ensuring no data is ever accidently lost period Even saved over versions of Microsoft Office files are safe No longer will users cry about having saved over their spreadsheets Just a few clicks of the mouse and your files are back And with the Desktop Client feature of Undelete users can recover their files on their own so you can get back to the important stuff like building out your high availability mail cluster or working on your golf swing Real Time Protection Real Time Recovery Try it free at www undelete com udpro This is how UD2009 does it Undelete replaces the basic Windows Recycle Bin with its own powerful Recovery Bin The Undelete 2009 Recovery Bin captures all data protection strategy to ensure data is never lost By protecting all files and providing means for instant recovery Undelete 2009 creates an indestruc tible data defense Undelete Blue Chips Magazine November 2008 2009 Diskeeper corporation Undelete 2009 includes 1 In visilasking a Diskeeper background processing technology with zero over head first introduced in Diskeeper 2007 This ensures that UD2009 op erates completely transparently consuming resources only when not used by the operating system 2 Ver sion Protection for Microsoft Office files which provides a simple intuitive recovery of earlier or saved over ver sions of Microsoft Office Word Excel and PowerPoint for example file
33. eleted data unreadable Caveat Choosingthis option how ever eliminates the possibility of recov ering deleted files They re probably still on the M T A most likely Because Search Disk will be ineffective on files deleted from the Recovery Bin with SecureDelete enabled Secure Delete should be enabled only when security reasons require it Also Note SecureDelete relies on Undelete having sufficient permis sions to write to the disk volume on which the files reside In cases where Undelete does not have write permis sion the file will be simply deleted in the normal fashion However the Wipe Free Space feature does not have this limitation and can clean areas of the disk volume that SecureDelete might not 3 Wipe Free Space NEW Security Related Wipe Free Space a new feature of Undelete 2009 is part of the SecureDelete functionality Howeverinstead of over writing individual deleted files the Wipe Free Space feature overwrites all the free space on the selected disk volume according to the DOD specification making it impossible to read or recover any files that previously occupied the nowunused disk space The user can optionally enablethis feature to run automatically for each volume runs invisibly with InvisiTasking or can manually wipe selected volumes as needed 1 Undelete 2009 Professional Manual Wipe P P bw Recovery Bin Excusion Us L Recovery Bn Properhes Reco
34. es all deleted files even files deleted by net work clients Search Disk allows users to seek and recover deleted files Ver sion Protection for Microsoft Of Specify the name and location of the File s For which you want to search You can use wildcard characters and 7 in the name For example searching For DOC returns all DOC Files in the selected location Browse Close C Documents and Settings All Users C Documents and Settings All Users C Documents and Settings All User C Documents and Settings All Users Page 23 Blue Chips Magazine November 2008 fices Files provides instant recovery of earlier or saved over versions of Word Excel and PowerPoint files Securely deletes files from the Recovery Bin immediately rather than waiting for the files to be purged and Emergency Undelete recovers files deleted before installing Undelete Timeand Again I ve lamented Happiness will forever be a work ing computer Once again here s a hat s off truly sincere e g Without Wax very special public thank you to Executive Software and most especially to the ever so efficient Colleen Toumayan of Diskeeper Technology Media As al ways this is my 10 Review of a Diskeeper product if I ve counted correctly I ve certainly enjoyed work ingsuccessfully with Undelete 2009 and of course with as well my pride and joy the Diskeeper 2009 Professional Edition _
35. f 20 licenses Note Professional Edition upgrades require Undelete Professional 3 or higher System Requirements The various editions of Undelete run on the Intel x86 platform including the Intel Pentium and Pentium compatible CPUs from other manufacturers running Microsoft Windows XP Professional Home Tablet PC Media Center editions all versions of Windows Vista Windows 2000 all Professional and Server edi tions and Windows Server 2003 all editions About Diskeeper Corporation In novators in Performance and Reliability Technologies With over 30 million licenses sold home users to large corporations rely on Diskeeper softwareto provideunparalleled performance and reliability to their laptops desktops and servers Diskeeper Corporation further provides up to the minute data protection and instant file recovery with Undelete Executive Focused Development of System Management Toots Diskeeper Corporation formerly Execu tive Software was founded by Craig Jensen on July 22 1981 Since that time the Diskeeper automatic defragmenter has led the industry in defragmentation technology Originally released in 1986 for the Digital VMS platform Diskeeper became the first and original Set It and Forget It automatic disk defragmenter for the enterprise Introduced with the release of Windows NT v 3 51 Diskeeper became the first ever Microsoft Certi fied defragmenter on November 22 1999 More
36. fter defragmentation of servers and workstations Further corroborating NSTL s findings IDC analysts separately report that corporations are losing as much as 50 billion per year as a result of not defragmenting every server and workstation on the network Prolog FYI This is going to be a multi it s worth I must be some kind of a Post Turtle or some such Don t know purpose type Review itisnotsimply what that is The alleged story goes goingto bejust a Diskeeper Undelete 2009 Review Oh no The reason be ing thisis becausethereal problem is actually much bigger than all that and as Paul Harvey would intone This is simply a means to an end A 1 i Blum zril T erch F i is Record to the New Tork times ee loss cosis Busimesses an esimaled 13 lion per I Le bo a H d af z islata 4b OI 15 LU Ing I li pr L rf hii Ones I Git every Opleg lil Li filas daira nerwork and aider saquedg oauer VH even your backup syttem proves comprehe aive reat time protection Page 1 To Begin With I intend to handle this Review in the manner to which it should become accustomed to wit a Security Related Review my 58 to be exact More on that in a bit For an update see the CBC2 graphics leading in to the Security Related News and Views Cont Part 3 Cyber Secu rity Awareness 101Report earlier in this issue of BCM Page 2 Caveat Hang on we
37. in the Recycle Bin either So what can one do when oneis faced with this frightening dilem ma The answer is really quite simple actually Undelete 2009 replaces the Windows Recycle Bin with a catch all Recovery Bin that intercepts all deleted files no matter howthey were deleted Hoorah Caveat However be forever forewarned it s an entirely different story if the files have been Destroyed which Undelete 2009 can actually do with the SecureDelete option See below which to meis the Security Relat ed Coup de Grace Baby when you hit that SecureDelete Enter Key you ll immediately hear the Kingston Trio s 1959 version of the The M T A Song better known as Charlie on the M T A come blaring out of your speakers Chorus Did he ever return No he never returned And his fate is still unlearn d He may ride forever neath the streets of Boston He s the man who never returned Just kidding But you can rest assured They ll never return on the MTA or anything else for that matter either The Story Moral You have but to ask Oliver North you might remember him as an Iran contra figure what he thinks about so called Deleted Files On second thought may be you d better not See also lt http www operation freedombell org main gt However one explanation of De leted Files that I might suggest for your perusal is Why Email Matters
38. iously which can result in identity theft A person can unknowingly infect their computer with a bot by not pro tecting his or her PC with anti virus and security software opening suspicious e mails and or e mail attachments or downloading software from a Web site with an unknown or falsified brand said Opperman Signs that indicate a computer may be infected with a bot include Numerous undelivered e mail notifications in your inbox to unknown e mail addresses Bots will frequently use e mail accounts to send out spam Spam to unknown e mail addresses will result in a failure to deliver notification in your inbox Suspicious e mail account activity Bots create multiple e mail addresses in your e mail account If you notice addi tional e mail addresses in your account that you did not create you may have an infected computer Multipletoolbars on your Internet browser Bots will frequently install various toolbars to help collect search information from your browser Frequent flashing of the data light on your cable modem If the data light constantly flashes for a period of days when you are not using the Internet a bot could be operating on the com puter Unusual error messages Error messages that suggest applications can not run or drives cannot be accessed can be indications of a bot infection To help prevent a bot infection Comcast recommends the following tips Keep your computer protected
39. ipg 1KB button checkout hig 1KB header_imagel 1 jpq SKE 18KB 19KB Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Linknown topmenu searchtop 1 topmenu search 1 ipg Ready Emergency Undelete 7009 Deleted Files Drive C on system HPMEDIA Original Location tion CD or Undelete folder by double dickingon EmergUnd exein the Emer gency Undelete folder Fill in the file specification and the volume to search See graphic In this example the wildcard was used to search for all files and C V was speci fied as the location Optionally you can choose to include or exclude sub direc tories Clicking Search yielded these recoverable files on a test computer who s Windows Recycle Bin had just been deleted To recover these files se lect them and click on Undelete Tip You can use Undelete 2009 or Emergency Undelete to recover files that were accidentally deleted on your digital camera Diskeeper sug gests the following as an acid test of Emergency Undelete My empha sis here Use your digital camera to accidentally erase all of the images Then insert the memory card in a card reader and recover them with Emer gency Undelete OK OK Enjoy In Summary Undelete 2009 Key Features InvisiTasking technology performs product configuration operations in the background with zero overhead Se cureDelete 2 0 now with Wipe Free Space completely erases sensitive files and free space Recovery Bin captur
40. r Sansonic Panasonic and Sanyo are contemplating a merger The companies hoped to complete a deal by the end of the year Panasonic did not say how much it planned to offer sanyo The consumer electronics indus try is reeling from a sharp drop off in sales and Sanyo is in trouble Panasonic is interested in acquiring Sanyo because of its leading position in rechargeable batteries and solar cells Their batteries are widely used in cell phones and laptop computers and solar cells may well be the way in the future Firefox reaches 20 Firefox has passed the 20 percent market share for the first time recently They still have a long way to go before they threaten Internet Explorer but they are mak ing slow progress by producing an excellent product A new Firefox will be out shortly which will feature Private Browsing This feature is about making sure that the browser doesn t store any data which can be used to trace your online activities This means that no one will know what you did during your online session USB SuperSpeed This month a SuperSpeed USB specification will enter the market and be available sometime in 2009 All future PC s will include the connectors based on it The new connection is expected to offer 10 times the speed of the old USB 2 0 5 gigabits per second The specification would have been available sooner but Inter and Nvidia have been fighting over the standard However they seem to have resolv
41. re getting to the actual Review itself but first you ve got to un derstand precisely Why you should protect your PC s with applications like Diskeeper s Undelete 2009 Pro Diskeeper 2008 Pro Premier See my January 2008 BCM Review BACKUP NOW 5 See my Septem ber 2008 BCM Review an Anti virus program like CyberDefender Ultimate See my December 2007 BCM Review a SpyWare program likeSpy Sweeper See my May 2007 BCM Review Firewalls Knives Guns Guard Dogs even Burglar Alarms connected to a monitoring company et al Sorry I got alittle car ried away there again and although I was unable to attend my 8th DEFCON Hackers convention www defcon org gt and my 4 Black Hat Briefings this year in Las Vegas I m still and perpetually absolutely shaking in my boots DEFCON 17 WH be II Joly 24 nt th Riwi tel amp August Weqas E For me it s an ongoing Deja Vu all over again Nothing ever seems to change no matter how much mud I Throwup on that Security Wall You d thinkthat maybe some of it would stick sooner or later wouldn t you For what something like this When you re driving down a coun try road and you come across a fence post with a turtle balanced on top that s a post turtle You know he didn t get up there by himself he doesn t belong up there and he doesn t know what to do while he s up there and you just wonder what kind of dum
42. right about here don t you Well keep on reading Page 4 And Now the Rest of the Story Katherine in answer to your ques tion Diskeeper advertises Undelete 2009 UD2009 as being Worry free data protection with instant file recovery recover deleted files faster than going to backup You are in Safe Hands now Katherine PO rc ee e i A Quickie Rundown of Undelete 2009 Undelete 2009 provides real time data protection and real time instant Page 18 data recovery The UD2009 product family allows home users network cli ents or systems administrators without their ever having to leave their desk which is a first ever achievement for any platform to immediately recover those accidentally deleted or saved over files From the Makers of Diskeeper Introducing Undelete 2009 i E If you ve never had a frantic executive call you in despair about a file they including files commonly missed by Windows Recycle Bin as well as files that have been saved over or deleted across a network In addition Unde lete s real time protection surpasses the occasional data protection provided by Windows Volume Shadow Cop ies removing all gaps from the data accidently deleted pleading with you to recover it from a black hole consider yourself lucky For the rest of us there s Undelete 2009 with InvisiTasking technology Undelete fills the critical gap in your data protection strat
43. ro vides Tips on Preventing Online Identity Theft By BusinessWire PHILADELPHIA BUSINESSWIRE Accordingto the National Cyber Security Alliance bots are the Internet s fastest growing cyber crime and 71percent of consumers lack knowledge about this online threat My emphasis here October is recognized as Na tional Cyber Security Awareness Month and as the nation s largest residential Internet Service Provider Comcast is committed to informing consumers about how to have a safe and secure online experience Online criminals are savvy and are developing more sophisticated ways to steal personal data financial information and the entire identities of unsuspecting people said J ay Op perman Senior Director of Security and Privacy at Comcast According to the Federal Trade Commission as many as nine million Americans have their identities stolen each year so it s important that consumers learn how to protect themselves and their fami lies from online scams that can lead to identity theft A bot also known as a Web robot is a form of malicious software that is used to gain control over a computer Once a bot is in control the computer can beused to send spam host phishing sites or infect other computers Online thieves use bots to collect personal data about people such as their social security numbers bank account information and credit card information When this personal data is collected it is often used malic
44. s Knowing realizing OK OK A Little Background Music Maestro Please Each year the National Cyber Se a IF curityDivisionofthe supr TU U S Department of Homeland Securi ty DHS provides tools tips and in AR formation on cyber Pe security to homes and businesses to promote safe online activities The aim of the project is to educate users on ways of avoiding cyber attacks and what to do if their systems are compromised Cyber attacks are increasing in sophistication and frequency every day They include a broad spectrum of nefarious activity from an in dividual hacker to an organized criminal group stealing information or identities to nation states engaged in cyber espionage said Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff We have embarked on a massive ef fort to guard federal systems and to work with industry to defend our criti cal infrastructure Because no single entity owns the Internet the federal government needs the cooperation of both the private sector and everyday citizens to protect against a range of cyber threats Page 13 Blue Chips Magazine November 2008 One 1 More Sample Should Be Ample Here s but one 1 example of the multitude of the dangers we all face to day repeat today and Everyday During National Cyber Secu rity Awareness Month Comcast Warns Consumers to Watch Out for the Internet s Fastest Growing Cyber Crime Bots Comcast P
45. s 3 SecureDelete 2 0 now with Wipe Free Space which completely erases sensitive files and wipes free space according to Department of Defense DOD standards more on this in a mo ment to be sure and 4 Emergency Undelete See also Below In a nutshell the Undelete 2009 instant recovery product saves time by recover ing the broadest possible range of acci dentally deleted files and has become the industry leader in file protection So What s it All About Alfie Accidental and malicious file dele tions are unavoidable You have but to think of all the valuable data on your home computer or your office or network Financial records work and school documents Microsoft Office files like PowerPoint presentations Word documents et al database files or even those precious once in a lifetime digital photos that you ll never be able to take again or possibly your AVI files videos MP3 files songs etc etc Well here s a real frightening thought for you What if Katherine R s See above fears actually happened to you i e they really did cometrue and consequently any all of those files were accidentally deleted and you couldn t get them back It s a fact of life accidental file loss through deletion and or over writing happens more often and is alot easier Be Lose that important file than one might think And here s the worst part Windows doesn t cap ture all deleted files
46. t major retail stores on line resellers or they can be downloaded from their web site Note One 1 Undelete license is required for each computer Undelete 2009 protects Un delete 2009 is now available in English French and Japanese More information is available at lt www diskeeper com gt Pricing Undelete 2009 Home 29 95 13 0 MB Download Undelete 2009 Professional 59 95 13 1 MB download Undelete Server 499 95 includes 10 Desktop licenses Service amp Support EST LS eer uon re p de L have one of ha bp i ie nad Suppeet ilala m the birra If nara bie wp arde Be UE L wer muitis ante eres en fh fact Ir J ure UAT yu get your ari werd Questions Website fbupipsagt help with product daw nip regen i A ri Onine TOT IC ors upeern mene A Tiechinbeal Support hel with podut Peer Steer leen Ce Reta atc Lustomer Sipir Hp ith Upare Afermanen fie blk afur ifm Stl Bupenn nus Service amp S tw Dypes og upport corporation nport to bezt zuit r jur Peet Bibidia dele e Gem the aptior Belas Pr fr bein fee Jur SPO and mopot related patrio Pre Sales Support Customer Support LEB pg TAREE Bo eee Lite Gu log ippert when pex ve 4 ci A pou Army Cem an rper ater in Lg BHpar Cine ee ee le LP ee NELA a IG Lene PUNO gh and haan Gopher Tribe dra rris Dale Cone DN Sven bala i rini praduet Peart Jawnicadz undates Undelete Client 19 95 Minimum o
47. ted The hu man layer of security is complex There is nothing that will identify a person as criminal for example or one that will predict or detect that J oe Blow in HR is stealing company assets Likewise while there is an abundance of hardware and software based security on the market today no one single tool can do it all Important Notice See also the CBC2 graphics accompanying this Report One of the better web sites specifically related to NCSAM which covers some aspects of security out there is the University of Texas San Antonio lt http www utsa edu cyber security Another first rate web site also covering many aspects of security is the University of Auburn http keep itsafe auburn edu gt And some really great published Security material can be seen at the Multi State Information Sharing and Analysis Center web site http www msisac org awareness octo8 index cfm And finally a very C Page 14 Blue Chips Magazine November 2008 valuable Resource Kit for National Cy ber Security Awareness Month and other Security Related endeavors can be found at EDUCAUSE lt http www educause edu 7479 a nonprofit association whose mission is to advance higher education by promoting the in telligent use of information technology They re all great Please check them out Lest We Forget If there could be any doubt in your mind at all at this juncture as to the rationale behind this Securit
48. ted When a file is deleted from the computer it s not really gone Undelete 2009 s Recovery Bin ensures that you ll be able to retrieve those accidentally de leted or saved over files However there may be times when due to corporate security policies or personal preference you need or want files to be completely erased so that they can t be recovered The SecureDelete feature in Undelete provides just such a capability SecureDelete provides multiple options for users to securely delete files When enabled SecureDelete not only deletes the file but it overwrites the disk space the file previously occupied thereby removing any remaining traces of the file left on the disk This is done by overwriting it with a specific bit pat tern specified for this purpose by the National Security Agency NSA for the Department of Defense DOD Finally after the file has been over written it is deleted The SecureDe lete procedure makes it impossible for anyone to access sensitive file data from a disk after it has been deleted from the Recovery Bin ergo its name The SecureDelete option which provides the user with the maximum amount of security can be set to over write files as they are purged from the Recovery Bin or immediately as they are deleted rather than waiting for the Recovery Bin to be purged Secure Delete also provides an option to wipe or overwrite any free space on the disk rendering any previously d
49. tember 23rd 2008 Many of the cyber attacks that were launched against government comput ers in the nation of Georgia which coincided with the real world military attacks by Russia against that country last month were actually carried out by computers sitting in Turkey that had been captured by Russian hacktivists and drafted into huge unwitting botnet 5 On the personal side of the ledger Last month October was a most notable one for me starting with the sudden arrival of an e mail pro claiming the spread of the worst virus ever This one certainly bears repeating Netlore Archive False email alert warns of the worst virus ever circulating in the form of an attachment labeled POSTCARD or POSTCARD FROM HALL MARK Description Email hoax Circulating since Feb 2008 this version Status False although real e card viruses resembling this do exist Comments With so many real viruses in circulation bearing names almost identical to the bogus threats you may read about in hoax messages it is crucial to know how to distinguish between the real virus threats and the fake ones Here are a few points to keep in mind L It is true that there are real vi ruses Trojans and other malicious programs currently being distributed by means of fake e card notices Note These malware containing emails may arrive under any of dozens of possible headers for example e You ve received a Hallmark E C
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51. ver Recovery Manual Wipe Free Space f 4 Reve nis Connect hetwork Fee HSS m f Disconnect Network Folder Manual Wipe Free Space When Manual Wipe Free Space option is selected the Wipe Free Space Status dialogis displayed In it you can see the status of any Wipe Free Space jobs in progress as well as details about previously completed Wipe Free Space jobs Note You can viewthe Wipe Free Space Status at any time by selecting the Wipe Free Space Status option from the View menu Recovery Bin Properties e Versions Common Bin Big Don C Data lE Une tit The settings shown below apply to the Recover Bin for this drive only Use the Global semngs tab to change how the Recovery Bin is configured on indeadual dme Specily the dive where pou want the Recovery Bin to be located Enable a Flecowey Bin on this dive Recovery Bri vl automaticaly racze to 20 7 percent 2845 21 MBytes of free space m d r IS ae Purge Hes olde than 7 S days el Save files deleted hom Macntosh share Wipe Free Space wal cleanse all hee space on the volume 2 Enable Automatic Wipe Dee Space aw JI e gms Jl pe Automatic Wipe Free Space The Wipe Free Space feature can also beapplied viathe Individual Drives tabs inthe Recovery Bin properties dialog Select Enable Automatic Wipe Free Space to overwrite any free spaceon the selected volume and make it impossible to read or recover any data that was pre
52. ware to coin a phrase that such an event was even going on let alone its very existence I was caught completely off guard and flabbergasted Supposition It s not just a case of 10 not getting the word either I doubt very seriously if a full 90 of the people haven t gotten the Cyber word yet let alone any Awareness of it It appears to me that the program hasn t carried a great deal of weight after five 5 years of existence I could be wrong although every one I ve mentioned the program to so far hasn t known of its existence either The J ury s still out on that one I believe However this has got to change folks It s far too serious of an inter national problem for it not to this could turn out being a catastro phe actually This is akin to that so called Weatherperson on TV saying There s a 10 chance of showers today So who actually cares An swer To those folks who do get hit in the face with those showers it s now a 10096 Chance of showers The same actu ally holds true with Cyber Awareness You really don t want to mess with the catastrophic consequences of Naivety and or ignorance of those facts of life either Said period i I heard or read this somewhere You can t know where you re going un less you know where you are Must be a Yogi Berra saying you think maybe Which means I ve got some Good news and some Bad news to report this time
53. web site s at CNET Net works Member Services anewsletters online com For our purpose herein plus introducing you to their services take this relevant CNET TechSpecials Weekly Ouestion Section for example CNET TechSpecials August 25 2006 From CNET Networks Member Services newsletters online com I have a hypothetical question What if you ve accidentally deleted important files emptied them from the recycling bin and then want to get them back If you immediately realize what you did is there anything that can be doneto get the files back Is there any software I can purchaseto recover those files Are there any available recovery services What other steps should I take in an event like this besides turning off the computer right away Is there any hope to recover these files or are they gone for good I hope these questions don t sound silly to you but I want to know just in case I ever do such an unthinkable mistake Thanks Submitted by Katherine R of Glendale California Note Everyone interested in all the responses to Katherine s question will simply have to go to the web site See above to get the multitude of ac tual CNET TechSpecials members answers Meanwhile while you re there sign up for their weekly e mails you ll be exceptionally glad you did How ever you must by now already have your first inkling clue as to what TIl be suggesting belatedly to Katherine R
54. y Re port and the need for a National Cy ber Security Awareness Month I respectfully submit for your edifica tion the tag line for the 2008 Black Hat Briefings and Training conference was DEFENSE THE STRONGER TORA i ihh WA Black Hat attendees worried about Weh vulnerabilities Mirti Hat Surgeey Ed wires pe Eu wie o Ee E I o 9 s sse xd ee rm bes trum bt SE eg ER NAR sas mt jl EF ant anra eed oom d oo bum mua um Rd ponia Woren d p icm pisi apri ee i NV Sume S SPYS HOLY GRAIL SURVEILLANCE MORE SHADE SECHETS HETEALED MIR IMESING THE EX5K T ARD TAL TPS A ems HIM ENCE DLA ei The war for your data rages on Be certain your defenses are up to the job And from my all time favorite Se curity magazine Ey e Spy I leave you with a couple of eye opening thought provoking graphics to ponder eyespy mag com gt Kindly remem ber that they are all after your identity so guard your Stuff judiciously It s all about money In Summary According to the StaySafeOnline org National Cyber Security Alliance while there is no single cyber security practice or technological solution that will pre vent online crime computer users can follow the following guidelines 1 Pro tect your personal information 2 If you must f fight Win t WI Know who you re dealingwith on line 3 Use
55. years ago Therefore don t depend on this type of alert for protection and avoid forwarding such messages to others unless you can con firm with some certainty that the threat they describe is real 6 Protecting yourself from real virus and Trojan threats entails a few simple but critical measures Follow them religiously a Always be very care ful concerning which attachments you open and which files you download If you can t be reasonably sure they are safe don t open or download them b Maintain up to date antivirus software on your computer configure it to de tect Trojan horses and other malware automatically and scan for viruses and otherthreats regularly Please see my December 2007 Review of Cyber Defender Ultimate and Complete 2008 CyberDefenderULTIMATE 2008 geredet TATE Sg Internet Security Suite plus 24 7 3855 A amp LL in One LIVE support for ANY issue with your PE and 2 GB online backup and c Always be careful concerning which links you choose to click espe cially in messages from anonymous or unfamiliar sources Clicking on these links can instantly download malicious software onto your computer Again if you can t be reasonably sure a link is safe don t click on it Source Urban Legends http urbanlegends about com library bl postcard virus htm gt Then to top it all off James Bam ford an American bestselling author and journalist who writes about United States intelligence
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