Jesper's Blog

Do No Evil; Google Chrome Style

Jesper's Blog — Sun, 24 Apr 2011 21:51:00 GMT

Have you seen this warning when you try to click a link in Outlook or Word? "This operation has been canceled due to restrictions in effect on this computer. Please contact your system administrator." Here is a screen shot: There are many reason...(read more)

Security Awareness Post 3: Recognizing Your Surroundings (Virtual)

Jesper's Blog — Sat, 02 Oct 2010 16:38:00 GMT

If you have ever taken a survival course you have probably heard the instructor talk about how you need to be aware of your surroundings. Much of survival is about recognizing where you are, what is safe, and what is not. The Internet is no different...(read more)

Security Awareness Post 2: Beware of malicious software

Jesper's Blog — Sat, 02 Oct 2010 15:43:00 GMT

October is National Cyber Security Awareness Month, and as I stated in the last post, I decided to celebrate by writing some Security Awareness posts. Almost as if they knew what I was going to write about, I received this spam comment on my last post...(read more)

October is National Cybersecurity Awareness Month

Jesper's Blog — Tue, 28 Sep 2010 03:52:00 GMT

The U.S. President has declared October 2010 to be " National Cyber Security Awareness Month ." While the term "cyber" may not be particularly clear to most people, what this really is about is How To Stay Safe Online ; and not just...(read more)

Apple to iPhone Users: Please Install This Untrusted Configuration Profile

Jesper's Blog — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 20:59:00 GMT

It appears Apple is the only company around that doesn't use Microsoft Exchange. Apple's recently released iOS (not to be confused with Cisco's IOS) 4 apparently wasn't tested with Exchange at all. Many users are reporting slow e-mail...(read more)

How to fix the "Unable to install Apple Mobile Device USB Driver" problem

Jesper's Blog — Sat, 26 Jun 2010 16:26:00 GMT

If you have upgraded your iTunes to version 9.2 you may have run into the problem that your computer no longer recognizes your iPhone/iPad/iPod. I had the problem on one computer, but not the other. When you connect the device it starts installing the...(read more)

Don't fire people until after you wipe their phones

Jesper's Blog — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 03:31:00 GMT

A very commonly required feature for mobile access to email is remote wipe - the ability to reach out and wipe all corporate data off a mobile device. Exchange ActiveSync supports this feature and has for several versions now. You, as the Exchange or...(read more)

2010 PADI Instructor Manual Available Online Now

Jesper's Blog — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 05:52:00 GMT

If you are a PADI dive professional, or are considering being one, you may be interested in the 2010 Digital Instructor Manual . PADI graciously posted it online for free, allowing anyone, not just instructors, to access it. If you are interested in taking...(read more)

Fake Anti-Malware is Apparently Microsoft's Fault

Jesper's Blog — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 17:20:00 GMT

Munir Kotadia, an IT Journalist in Australia, has finally managed to figure out how to blame Microsoft for the fake anti-malware epidemic. Apparently, the reason is that "Microsoft could save the world from fake security applications by introducing...(read more)

How Delegation Privileges Are Represented In Active Directory

Jesper's Blog — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 04:21:00 GMT

One of the last areas where more tool support is needed is in monitoring the various attributes in Active Directory (AD). Recently I got curious about the delegation flags, and, more to the point, how to tell which accounts have been trusted for delegation...(read more)

Web Of Trust: RIP

Jesper's Blog — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 05:16:00 GMT

It's official. I just received an e-mail from Thawte notifying me that, as of November 16, 2009, the most innovative and useful idea in PKI since its inception, the Web of Trust , will die. Thawte was founded 14 years ago by Mark Shuttleworth. The...(read more)

Passwords are here to stay

Jesper's Blog — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 05:54:00 GMT

At least for the short to medium term. That is the, quite obvious, conclusion drawn in a Newsweek article entitled "Building a Better Password." The article goes inside the CyLab at Carnegie-Mellon University to understand how passwords may...(read more)

And finally, standard user malware

Jesper's Blog — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 06:21:00 GMT

Today I finally got wind of my first piece of true standard user malware. MS Antispyware 2008 has turned standard user. The version in question installs the binaries in c:\documents and settings\all users\application data\<something>, and makes...(read more)

Microsoft Poland Empowers White People

Jesper's Blog — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 05:53:00 GMT

In an absolutely astonishing move Microsoft's Polish subsidiary decided to do some photoshopping on its Business Productivity Infrastructure page to tailor it to the Polish market. Here you can see the U.S. original . In one of the least sensitive...(read more)

Is it ActiveX that is the problem?

Jesper's Blog — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 20:04:00 GMT

Last week, an expert from Verizon, nee Cybertrust, posted a note about the Active Template Library (ATL) security vulnerability over on the Verizon Business Security Blog . For home users, the phone company now advises you to use a different browser,...(read more)