Year: 2011

There’s a new worm in town. It’s known as the “Morto Worm”. It uses Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) to get around. In fact, this is the first worm to utilize that protocol. “Once a machine gets infected, the Morto worm starts scanning the local network for machines that have Remote Desktop Connection enabled,” explains F-Secure. […]

A while back, I blogged on a new email making the rounds that imformed the recipient that they were caught speeding, and that the ticket was attached to the email. Well, this particular email has just been bumped to MALWARE status. Iin this new email, one the attachment is opened, it opens a connection to […]

NSS labs recently conducted a global test from May 27 through June 10 of this year, in which 5 of the most popular web browsers were evaluated to see which one was the best at identifying and intercepting attacks aimed at making the user download internet based Mal-Ware. IE9, Chrome 12, Firefox 4, Safari 5, […]

Slowcomputeritis, is a serious problem. Many people and organizations suffer from its harmful effects daily. Thankfully, we have found a cure. At TSG Managed Services, we have seen more than our fair share of slow computers. But once we are finished with them, they run faster than ever. This is from a satisifed customer, “….my laptop […]

A new malicious email is making the rounds. It is purportedly coming from financial institutions and the post office, and carries with it a malicious “exe” file as an attachment, disguised as a word document. The attachment is aptly named “financial statement” or “postal document” which is a downloader trojan. Once executed, it copies itself […]

The latest malicious email making its rounds is purportedly coming from New York State Police of all places. The email indicates that the recipient has been caught speeding and has been served (by email — with a “ticket” attachment).  The attached .zip file contains an executable called ticket.exe. This file when executed, calls back to […]

Most of us are continuously bombarded by email throughout our day. We receive it, read it, compose it, reply to it and forward it. However, when it comes to replying to or forwarding emails, cleaning these messages up can go a long way in conveying professionalism to the recipient. Here are 5 ways to accomplish this […]

We have all been faced with the dilemma of whether you should leave the computer on while you are sleeping. Some people say to turn it off, as every little bit helps to save the environment. They’re right, every little bit does. However on the flip side of that coin, the argument has been that […]

What is Spear Phishing? Spear Phishing is defined as an email spoofing fraud attempt that targets a specific organization or individual for monetary gain, or access to confidential information, trade secrets or military information.  People that had their confidential data registered with Sony’s Playstation network are now potential targets for a phishing attack as a result of […]

Mac users are no longer immune to Viruses! During the research for Osama bin Laden’s death, Fabio Assolini of Kaspersky Labs fond malicious domains (websites) serving up two (2) Rogueware applications specific to Mac OSX, called “Best Mac Antivirus” and “MAC Defender”. While doing searches, the user could be redirected to a maicious website that […]