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Lost your cell phone?Selfoon voete gekry?

Friday, October 26th, 2012

You know that sinking feeling when you realise you’re lost your wallet/phone/keys? Well, we can help you with the lost phone …

If your cell phone has been stolen, there are ways to prevent whoever has your phone from accessing your data and personal information. Some applications can even track the location of your phone.

Which method you use, depends on the phone you use.

1. BlackBerry

BlackBerry Protect is a free application able to assist you with locating your BlackBerry and to ensure that your data is safe.

If you lose your BlackBerry, you can log on to the BlackBerry Protect website and lock your device to make sure the person who has it, can’t use it. If you’re pretty sure you won’t be seeing your phone again, you can remove your data and SD card via the website.

If you are registered on Blackberry’s Enterprise Server, the device can also be wiped on the server side.

If you merely lost your phone, there’s also the option to lock your phone and display a message on the screen for whoever finds your phone. By means of GPS, it’s possible to establish your phone’s location and find it again. Or, if you suspect the device is within hearing distance, just adjust the volume to it’s loudest setting and you’ll be able to find your phone,

Apart from these functions, you can also backup your contacts, calender and bookmarks wirelessly. This can be done automatically and as frequently as you prefer (daily, weekly or monthly)

If you’ve replaced your old BlackBerry with a new one, you also can get your backed up settings, contacts and calender items back with BlackBerry Protect.

2. iPhone

Apple users can user Find My iPhone via the iCloud-fasiliteit.

Sign on at iCloud.com or use the Find My iPhone app on a different phone to locate your phone on a map, display a message on the screen, lock the phone and display a message or wipe your data.

With iOS 6, iCloud also provides a Lost Mode, which makes it even easier to lock your phone with a four digit password and send a message to the phone with a contact number. If the phone is in Lost mode, it will continuously keep track of where the phone was and you’ll be given a report when you sign on to p iCloud.com or on the Find My iPhone app.

3. Android

If Google Sync is configured on your phone or the Google Apps Device Policy application on your Android, your data and personal information can be wiped from another device. Use this function when you phone has been stolen or lost. Just keep in mind the remote wipe function will remove ALL device based data – e-mail, calendars and contacts and reset your phone to it’s initial default factory settings. It will not, however, remove data stored on the SD card.Jy ken daardie nare gevoel as jy besef jy het jou sleutels/ beursie of selfoon verloor? Wel, ons kan raadgee vir die verlore selfoon …

As jou selfoon gesteel is, is daar maniere om te keer dat wie ookal sy hande op jou selfoon gekry het, nie ook jou data en persoonlike inligting te siene kry nie. Sommige toepassings kan selfs die ligging van jou foon bepaal.

Watter metode jy kan gebruik hang af van watter foon jy het.

1. BlackBerry

BlackBerry Protect is `n gratis toepassing wat jou kan help om jou verlore BlackBerry op te spoor en ook om die inligting daarop veilig te hou.

As jy jou BlackBerry verloor het, kan jy bloot aanteken op die BlackBerry Protect webwerf en jou toestel sluit sodat die persoon wat dit het, dit nie kan gebruik nie. As jy vermoed jy gaan dit nie gou weer sien nie en jy nie wil hê engiemand moet jou persoonlike inligting in die hande kry nie, verwyder net eenvoudig via die webwerf jou inligting en ook jou mikroSD-kaart. As jy geregistreer is as `n gebruiker op Blackberry se Enterprise Server, kan die toestel ook via die bediener skoongevee word.

As jy bloot jou selfoon in die diep donkertes van jou handsak verloor het, is daar die opsie om dit te sluit en `n boodskap op die tuisskerm te laat verskyn vir die persoon wat dit kry. Deur middel van GPS is dit dan moontlik om die ligging op `n kaart te kry en dit weer te kry. Of, as jy vermoed jou selfoon is binne hoorafstand, stel die volume op sy hardste en jy behoort gou die verlore foon te kan naspeur.

Buiten hiervoor kan die diens ook jou kontakte, kalender en boekmerke wireless rugsteun. Laasgenoemde word outomaties gedoen en so gereeld soos jy verkies (daagliks, maandeliks of weekliks).

Indien jy `n nuwe BlackBerry gekoop het, kan jy met BlackBerry Protect jou toestel gerugsteunde verstellings, kontakte en kalenderitems weer terugkry.

2. iPhone

Apple-gebruikers kan gebruikmaak van Find My iPhone via die iCloud-fasiliteit.

Teken in by iCloud.com of gebruik die Find My iPhone toepassing op `n ander toestel om jou foon op `n kaart op te spoor, `n boodskap op sy skerm te vertoon, die toestel slegs toeganklik te maak dmv ‘n wagwoord, of om jou data te uit te vee.

Met iOS 6, bied iCloud ook Lost Mode, wat dit nog makliker maak om jou foon op te spoor. Lost Mode sluit dadelik jou foon met `n viersyfer wagwoord en stuur `n boodskap na die foon met `n kontaknommer.

As die foon in Lost Mode is, hou dit ook deurentyd rekord van waar dit was en gee dit aan jou `n verslag wanneer jy aanteken op iCloud.com of op die Find My iPhone toepassing.

3. Android

Indien Google Sync gekonfigureer is op jou foon of die Google Apps Device Policy toepassing op jou Android, kan jy ook jou data vanaf `n ander toestel afvee. Gebruik hierdie funksie as jou foon gesteel of verlore is om die data op die toestel af te vee en te herstel na sy oorspronklike formaat.

Onthou net, as jy die remote wipe-funksie gebruik, word alle toestel-gebaseerde data heeltemal afgevee – e-pos, kalender en kontakte. Dit kan egter nie die data wat op die SD-kaart is verwyder nie.

(SOURCES: www.techradar.com;

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New procedures for setting up Outlook on Android causes confusionNuwe prosedures vir Outlook-opstelling op Android veroorsaak verwarring

Friday, October 26th, 2012

Since the recent Exchange upgrade a few people have been confronted with a few unusual questions when trying to set up Outlook on their Android phones.Fortunately the process is less intimidating than it seems at first glance.

After the standard Outlook setup on your Android (click here for the full instructions), “Activate device administrator” will appear, prompting you to select a long list of options, for example Erase all data, Change Screen unlock password, Password recovery . Do not be alarmed as this is standard for setting up Exchange/Outlook on any Android phone. This just indicates what the app is capable of doing. Other cell phone operating systems include the same settings, but it’s not always displayed to the user when the programme is being installed.

The text being displayed is therefore standard for the specific Android application – IT has no control over the text it displays. It is also standard practice at various universities using MS Exchange.

One of the options is – Erase all data: Perform a factory reset, deleting all of your data without any confirmation. This option in particular led to many questions. If we look at the Exchange implementation, it’s very clear that the only person who has access to this function and can actually wipe the device, is the mailbox owner himself.

These and other advantages and additional e-mail functionality, is available to Android users on www.sun.ac.za/webmail. In webmail, under Options -> See All Options -> Phone -> Mobile Phones there are various functions available:

Sync Logging: Enables you to look at the synchronisation of your phone, to select what you want synchronised, which servers should be used, etc.

Remote Wipe: With this option, you can wipe your phone’s data (contacts, photos, etc.) if it ever gets into the wrong hands. The phone will then be reset to it’s default factory settings. ONLY the registered e-mail user will have access to this function, no one else has access.

Details: Shows exactly which devices is linked, model, software versions, etc.

Delete Device: This removes the connection between the Exchange and the selected device. If you initiate this via webmail, the person who has your phone will not be able to reinstall the mailbox. Your data stays protected.

(INFORMATION SUPPLIED BY FRANCOIS DE KOKER)

Met die onlangse opgradering van Exchange is gebruikers gekonfronteer met `n paar ongewone vrae as hulle e-pos wou opstel op Android-fone. Maar eintlik is dit minder intimiderend as wat dit met eerste oogopslag lyk.

Sodra die standaard Outlook-opstelling gedoen word (kliek hier vir die volledige instruksies), verskyn “Activate device administrator “ met `n lang lys opsies – onder andere Erase all data, Change Screen unlock password, Password recovery . Hierdie boodskap is standaard vir enige opstelling van Exchange/Outlook vir `n Android foon so moenie skrik of bekommerd wees nie.Dit dui slegs aan wat die toepassing alles kan doen. Ander fabrikate/bedryfstelsel fone ondersteun moontlik dieselfde eienskappe, maar vertoon dit nie soos Android aan die gebruiker wanneer die program installeer word nie.

Die teks wat vertoon word is standaard vir die spesifieke Android-toepassing – IT het geen beheer daaroor nie. Dis ook standardpraktyk by verskeie universiteite wat MS Exchange gebruik.

Onder die opsies wat verskyn is die volgende – Erase all data: Perform a factory reset, deleting all of your data without any confirmation. Vanselfsprekend het hierdie opsie veral vrae laat ontstaan. As ons egter na die Exchange-implementasie kyk, is dit duidelik dat die posbuseienaar die enigste persoon is wat die handstuk kan skoonvee.

Hierdie en ook ander voordele en ekstra e-pos funksionaliteit, is na installasie aan die Androidgebruiker beskikbaar op www.sun.ac.za/webmail. In webmail, onder Options -> See All Options -> Phone -> Mobile Phones is daar verskeie funksies beskikbaar aan gebruikers.

Sync Logging: Stel jou in staat om die sinkronisasieproses te ondersoek, te selekteer watter data jy gesinkroniseer wil hê, watter bedieners gebruik moet word, ens.

Remote Wipe: Met hierdie opsie kan jy jou foon se data (kontakte, sms’e, foto’s ens.) afvee, indien dit in die verkeerde hande sou beland. Die foon sal slegs sy oorspronklikr fabrieksopstelling ophê. SLEGS die e-pos gebruiker het regte tot die funksie – niemand anders kan toegang kry nie.

Details: Wys presies watter toestel dit is, model, en sagteware weergawes, ens.

Delete Device: Dit verwyder die verbinding van Exchange se kant af na die toestel.Indien jy dit doen via webmail, sal die persoon wat jou foon het nie weer `n Exchange-opstelling kan doen nie. Jou data bly dus beskerm.

(INLIGTING VERSKAF DEUR FRANCOIS DE KOKER)

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Skype users targeted by ransomwareSkype-gebruikers geteiken deur “ransomware”

Friday, October 12th, 2012

Skype users are being targeted by a round of ransomware that is being sent around as a message from contacts.

The message reads “lol is this your new profile pic?”, which is followed by a link. If the Skype users clicks on the link, a zip file containing an executable that infects the computer system.

The system is the locked down and displays a message demanding money.

More about the Skype ransomware.

SOURCE: www.mybroadband.co.za

Skype gebruikers is tans die teiken van ransomware deur middel van `n boodskap wat voorkom asof dit vanaf iemand in jou kontaklys kom.

Die boodskap lui “lol is this your new profile pic?”, gevolg deur `n skakel. As Skype-gebruikers op die skakel kliek, laai `n zip leêr wat `n uitvoerbare program bevat, af en word die rekenaar se stelsel besmet.

Die stelsel is gevolglik ontoeganklik en wys slegs `n boodskap wat geld vereis.

Meer oor die Skype ransomware.

BRON: www.mybroadband.co.za

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[:en]What is ransomware?[:af]Wat is “ransomware”?[:]

Friday, October 12th, 2012

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The term ransomware will leave most people flabbergasted. How can software hold something ransom or is technology becoming so clever it can take over anything?

However, this description isn’t as far-fetched as it seems. Ransomware forms part of a group of malicious computer software called malware, which cunningly installs itself on your pc and then has t he audacity to demand data or money from you. This type of programme can be installed by means of an e-mail attachment, an infected programme or unsafe website with malware installed on it. Ransomware” is also known as a a cryptovirus, cryptotrojan or cryptoworm.

The software indeed “kidnaps” your data by encrypting or limiting your access to it and then sending you a message demanding money to regain your access. The only way access is possible again, is by acquiring an encryption key from the creator of the ransomware at a fee.

A more recent version of the software will not notify the user that ransomware has been installed, but will merely block all access to the data and depend on the victim to search the internet for information on their “problem”. This search will then lead them to legit websites selling software to remove the ransomware, which of course is sold by the creator of the original culprit.

Ransomware is nothing new. In 1996 security experts at Columbia University and IBM wrote an essay called “Cryptovirology: Extortion-Based Security Threats and Countermeasures” to describe the software. At that time businesses were the main targets of ransomware and not individuals.

In March 2006 ransomware called Crypzip of Zippo was sent to a group of internet users. Those who received the programme also received an e-mail demanding a ransom of $300 if they wanted to access their data again.

Most antivirus vendors have ways of detecting and blocking the most known ransomware. However, no data is 100% safe. To ensure you don’t find yourself in this tricky situation, try to back up data regularly, be cautious when browsing the internet and under no circumstances open e-mail attachments from unknown sources.

More info on the latest ransomware targeting Skype users.

SOURCE: Wikipedia, Microsoft en Techtarget.

[:af]Die term ransomware sal enige mens laat kopkrap. Hoe kan sagteware `n rekenaar gyselaar hou? Of raak tegnologie deesdae so slim dat dit alles kan oorneem?

Die beskrywing is egter nie so vergesog nie. Ransomware is inderwaarheid deel van `n groep kwaadwillige rekenaarsagteware genaamd malware, wat op onderduimse wyses op jou rekenaar beland en geld of data van jou eis. So `n program kan installeer word deur middel van `n e-pos aanhangsel, `n besmette program of `n kwaadwillige, onveilige webwerf. “Ransomware” staan ook bekend as acryptovirus, cryptotrojan of cryptoworm.

Die sagteware ontvoer as’t ware jou data deur dit te enkripteer, beperk toegang tot jou rekenaar en vertoon vervolgens `n boodskap om jou so ver te kry om geld te betaal om weer toegang daartoe te kry. Die enigste manier hoe jy weer jou data en rekenaar kan gebruik, is deur middel van `n enkripsie sleutel wat natuurlik net verskaf kan word teen `n fooi en deur die eienaar van die sagteware wat in die eerste plek jou rekenaar oorgeneem het.

`n Meer onlangse weergawe van die sagteware laat nie vir die gebruiker weet dat dit geinstalleer is op sy rekenaar nie, maar vertrou op jou om inligting oor jou “probleem” te gaan soek op die internet en dan sagteware op geldige internetwebwerwe te koop om dit op te los. Laasgenoemde word natuurlik verkoop deur dieselfde persoon wat die oorspronklike ransomware ook geskryf het.

Ransomware is nie `n nuwe verskynsel nie. In 1996 het sekuriteitsdeskundiges by Columbia Universiteit en IBM reeds `n verhandeling genaamd “Cryptovirology: Extortion-Based Security Threats and Countermeasures,” geskryf wat die sagteware duidelik omskryf. Besighede was egter in die verlede die grootste teikens.

In Maart 2006 is ransomware met die naam Crypzip of Zippo gestuur aan `n groep internetgebruikers. Diegene wat die program ontvang het, het ook `n e-pos onvang met `n losprys nota wat $300 eis as hulle hul data ontsluit wil hê.

Gelukkig beskik die meeste antivirus verskaffers se programme oor maniere om die bekende weergawes van randomware te blok. Niks is egter 100% veilig nie. Om te verseker jy beland nie in hierdie netelige situasie nie, rugsteun gereeld jou data, wees versigtig as jy op die internet is en moenie e-pos aanhangsels van onbekende bronne oopmaak nie.

Meer inligting oor die nuutste ransomware wat Skype gebruikers teiken.

SOURCE: Wikipedia, Microsoft en Techtarget.

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New malware warning doing the roundsNuwe “malware” veroorsaak ontwrigting

Tuesday, October 9th, 2012

Incidences of malware infecting computers on campus have been reported the past week. If a window from an unknown source warns of a virus, do not attempt to click on the close button or move the window as this will in fact activate malware. The window can only be closed with the Task manager.

IT Service Desk: 021 808 4367

Enkele nuwe gevalle waar “malware” rekenaars besmet, word tans op kampus ervaar.

Indien `n venstertjie van `n onbekende bron skielik verskyn en waarsku teen `n virus, moet liefs nie daarop kliek of dit selfs skuif nieDie close-knoppie, sowel as enige poging om dit rond te skuif op jou skerm, aktiveer die malware. Dit kan wel met Task manager toegemaak word.

IT Dienstoonbank: 021 808 4367

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