Sophos on a Rollercoaster

It appears that Sophos pushed out an update that has caused it to see software updaters (including its own) as malware infections.  This could be a wild ride – as thousands of computers world-wide are popping up warnings that they are infected and sending users into a panic. Network administrators are busy answering phones and trying to calm down users, while not able to get a line IN to Sophos, as all their lines are swamped.

Eleven Years Later - 9/11/01

I began my journey into the IT world in 1999. From the beginning I had my sights set on Information Security. In 2000 I was working for an IT services company and found myself encouraging my employer and our customers to consider information security and business continuity initiatives.

The Case For Putting Eggs in Multiple Baskets

Today hundreds of small businesses experienced web site outages. Go Daddy, the most popular domain registrar/web hosting company, saw its DNS servers attacked after 10AM Pacific time. The alleged attacker claimed to be working alone, to have taken down the entire Go Daddy DNS array and that he wanted to test the cyber security. DNS servers on the web are what translate the name of a web site (such as www.godaddy.com) to the numerical address assigned to it. Find a more detailed explanation of DNS here