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Monthly Archives: October 2014
Social Engineering – How to Scam Your Way into Anything
A great video by Brian Brushwood, from Scam School, on Social Engineering. The video quotes the following books:
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Tagged 2014, con, scam, social engineering, ted, video tutorial
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Social Engineering Fraud by Chubb Insurance
A great little video on Social Engineering fraud.
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Tagged 2014, fraud, Information Technology Security Awareness, phishing, Security Awareness, social engineering, video
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Killer Robot… Ebola Killer Robot That Is!
A Robot named Gigi, uses ultraviolet light 25,000 times more powerful than sunlight. It kills ebola by scrambling the genetic codes on surface areas. Pretty wicked.
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Tagged 2014, ebola, killer robots, robot
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How Tyupkin, the ATM Malware, Works
The hack, known as Tyupkin, requires criminals to enter a unique code into a machine that has already been compromised by the malware. A second Pin code – a random sequence of numbers generated at another location – is also … Continue reading
The Rise of the Hackers
Here’s a preview of the show! If you aren’t a fan of PBS|NOVA, you need to be! From http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/tech/rise-of-the-hackers.html Our lives are going digital. We shop, bank, and even date online. Computers hold our treasured photographs, private emails, and all … Continue reading
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Tagged 2014, hacker movies, hackers, movie, NOVA, PBS
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SSL 3.0 POODLE
Google security researchers have disclosed a vulnerability in SSL 3.0 that allows attackers to determine the plaintext of secure connections. Attackers can use the flaw to trigger network faults to push browsers back to the 15 year-old platform. POODLE is … Continue reading
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Tagged 2014, Google, man-in-the-middle, mitm, openssl, Padding Oracle On Legacy Downgraded Encryption, POODLE, ssl, tls, v3, vulnerability, vulnerable websites
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The Perfect Dropbox Meme
If you are wondering what I’m talking about, read the article over here: https://www.carmelowalsh.com/2014/10/seven-million-dropbox-passwords/ Found on Cheezburger
SandWorm
On Tuesday, October 14, 2014, iSIGHT Partners – in close collaboration with Microsoft – announced the discovery of a zero-day vulnerability impacting all supported versions of Microsoft Windows and Windows Server 2008 and 2012. Microsoft has patched this vulnerability in … Continue reading
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Tagged 2014, CVE-2014-4114, globsec, hacking, malware, phishing, sandworm, trousersnake
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The Human Side of IT Security
Found on Dell’s website, this graphic will help you keep an eye out for common security pitfalls and learn what organizations and end users can do to minimize risks.
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Tagged 2014, infographic, Information Technology Security Awareness, NCSAM, Security Awareness
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Seven Million Dropbox Passwords
6,937,081 usernames and passwords were unfortunately stolen from other services and used in attempts to log in to Dropbox accounts. I recommend that users turn on two-factor authentication and install a time-based, one-time password app on a mobile device. To … Continue reading
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Tagged 2014, dropbox, hacked, information security, passwords
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