Grey McKenzie
National Cyber Security FounderCyber security watchdog Grey McKenzie is one of the nation's leading Internet security experts.
Some of his clients include members of the Department of Homeland Security, State Department, Department of Defense & the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
His SpyCop security software products are in use by over 50,000 individuals & companies worldwide
To schedule an interview or consult with Grey call 850-708-7660
Blogs by this Author
Is President Obama’s Cyber Security Review Just A Stall Tactic?
- By Grey McKenzie
- Published Tuesday 14th 2009
President Obama’s Cyber Security Review is due out on April 17th. I expect he will recommend many of the findings identified in the CSIS studyCSIS describes themselves as…The Center for St...
Cyber Security Alert - The Conficker B Or Downadup Worm - What It Is And Why You Should Care
- By Grey McKenzie
- Published Tuesday 31st 2009
The Conficker Worm, Downup Worm, Downadup Worm & Kido Worm are all the same.This worm has a multitude of names given to it by various security vendorsIf you own a Microsoft Windows computer you have b...
Owen Thor Walker Proves Successful Hackers In High Demand As Cyber Crime Escalates
- By Grey McKenzie
- Published Wednesday 25th 2009
If you’re a hacker who wants to earn a legitimate income, the formula for success seems to be simple.Get caught committing a major crime using your computer skills & after you serve your time, t...
Cyber Attack Weapons To Be Added To United Nations Weapons Of Mass Destruction List
- By Grey McKenzie
- Published Tuesday 17th 2009
UN secretary-general Ban Ki-moon revealed that cyber-weapons are to be added to the list of arms falling under the remit of the UN's Advisory Board on Disarmament Matters.The fact that cyber warfare f...
BBC Trojan Botnet Cybercrime Investigation Crosses The Line ?
- By Grey McKenzie
- Published Friday 13th 2009
Unfortunately the BBC, while attempting to expose the vulnerabilities we all face when we access the Internet, has landed in some very serious hot water.Spencer Kelly reporter for the BBC hacked into ...
Vasco Banking Summit Reveals Cybercrime Syndicates Offer Tech Support
- By Grey McKenzie
- Published Thursday 12th 2009
Malware “Black Code” writers that sell hacking toolkits online, are offering tech support & believe it or not… hosting services for cyber criminals, according to an account manager a...
ID theft Trojans Infect 1 Per 100 Computers Scanned By Panda Labs
- By Grey McKenzie
- Published Tuesday 10th 2009
According to Panda Labs one in every one hundred computers Panda scanned had malware infections.That suggests as many as ten million computers have some type of Trojan spy software designed to steal s...
Conficker.c Worm Downadup Updates Itself To Avoid Detection Says Symantec
- By Grey McKenzie
- Published Monday 9th 2009
Conficker.c worm better known as downadup is a worm that has infected millions of computers.Why they call it a worm I'm not sure, as it is in my opinion very similar to a botnet or a Trojan. This mali...
USB Thumb Drives Targeted By Trojan Writers Means You Better Update Your Microsoft Windows Again
- By Grey McKenzie
- Published Thursday 5th 2009
For those who are not quite sure what a Trojan is, Wikipedia gives this explantion.The Trojan horse, also known as trojan, in the context of computing and software, describes a class of computer threa...
China Aggressively Pursuing Cyber Warfare Says 2008 U.S.-China Economic & Security Review Commission
- By Grey McKenzie
- Published Monday 24th 2008
Here is an excerpt from the U.S.-China Economic & Security Review Commission.Cyber space is a critical vulnerability of the U.S. government and economy, since both depend heavily on the use of compute...
Express Scripts 50 Million Customers Targeted By Cyber Blackmailers
- By Grey McKenzie
- Published Tuesday 11th 2008
"Cyber and data extortion incidents rarely make the news because most victims find it more expedient to simply pay up. " says Alan Paller, director of research for the SANS Institute.A major pharmaceu...
Russian Trojan.Spy.Banker.EGJ Infects Victims Computer & Steals $4500 From Bank Account
- By Grey McKenzie
- Published Tuesday 11th 2008
Trojan infections on any computer are without a doubt the single greatest threat to our online banking & trading accounts.Computer forensic investigators say the Trojan.Spy.Banker.EGJ infected a Sydne...
Sinowal Trojan Keylogger Grabs Half Million Bank Credit Accounts From Microsoft PC Users
- By Grey McKenzie
- Published Friday 31st 2008
The Sinowal Trojan is an extremely efficient keylogger type Trojan Horse that apparently has been at work stealing computer user's online banking passwords & login information including credit card nu...
Hacker NeoN Exposes Scareware Vendor Behind Antivirus XP 2009 Bakasoftware
- By Grey McKenzie
- Published Thursday 30th 2008
ScareWare Vendor Balkasoftware, the vendor behind the infamous Antivirus XP 2008-2009 has apparently had their accounting computer hacked.For those of you who don't know what scareware is, it's a rogu...
Hackers And IT Pros Collaborate At DeepSec 2008 Starting Nov 11-14
- By Grey McKenzie
- Published Wednesday 29th 2008
Usually you won't find them on the same side: hackers and security
specialists who fend off their attacks. Yet the security conference
DeepSec, which takes place from November 11 to 14, is one of th...
25 Percent Of UK Law Firms Admit To Losing Clients Electronic Data
- By Grey McKenzie
- Published Wednesday 29th 2008
If you deal with law firms as I do you may find the following information very interesting.A quarter of law firms admit to losing confidential informationYour honor, I put it to you that members of th...
Microsoft Computers Can Be Compromised By Remote Gimmiv.A Trojan Keylogger
- By Grey McKenzie
- Published Tuesday 28th 2008
Get the patch...If you own a Microsoft Computer sporting a Windows 2000, Windows XP or Windows Server 2000 you had better update your operating system with the latest patch.The Gimmiv.A Trojan can eas...
Al-Qaeda-Affiliated Online Forums Discuss High Tech Tools For Cyber Terror
- By Grey McKenzie
- Published Monday 27th 2008
Mobile cell phone cameras to monitor the intended target... Nokia 6210 Navigator and its GPS utilities used for marksmanship and border crossings.How about voice modification software to alter voice p...
FBI Busts Dark Market Internet Cyber Crime Website Trafficking In Stolen Financial Data
- By Grey McKenzie
- Published Wednesday 22nd 2008
The Dark Market was a cyber forum that bought & sold stolen financial information that was harvested from people and companies around the world.At one time they had over 2500 members who were apparent...
Beware Of Work From Home Internet Jobs They Could Land You In Jail
- By Grey McKenzie
- Published Tuesday 21st 2008
It starts like this.You post your resume on a number of employment websites hoping to secure work.A company contacts you and offers you a position in their company as a procurement officer.You can wor...



