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Tag Archives: hackers
Bypass Physical Security Using the Help of a Craigslist Job Ad
I spy, with my pi. A job ad was found on craigslist where some bad actors are hiring and paying up to $50/month to anyone who doesn’t adhere to their security policies and is willing to plug in a Raspberry … Continue reading
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Tagged 2015, craigslist, hackers, Information Technology Security Awareness, Security Awareness, sniffing
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Let the Data Tell Your Story
Big data doesn’t necessarily mean good data. This presentation, created Aug 25 2015, makes us realize that bad guys have the good data and it enables them to keep attacking successfully. (It’s a 47 minutes presentation)
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Tagged 2015, breach, hackers, information security, Information Technology Security Awareness, risk, risk analysis, security, video tutorial
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Chris Roberts. Plane Hacker
Chris Roberts tweeted what appeared to be a joke about “playing” with a United Airlines plane’s in-flight entertainment and crew-alerting system on April 15. Once he landed, he was questioned by the FBI for several hours. Some of his computer … Continue reading
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Tagged Airplane, Chris Roberts, FBI, hacked, Hacker, hackers, Plane, Tweeted
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How Social Engineering Affected Tesla
In totally uncool moves, two Tesla owned accounts were hijacked via social engineering: A bad guy called AT&T customer support and pretended to be a Tesla employee. This person then demanded all phone calls to the company be forwarded to a … Continue reading
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Tagged 2015, hacked, hackers, Security Awareness, social engineering, Tesla, Third Party Assessments
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Seven Deadly Employee Sins – How Companies Get Compromised
The average person thinks that companies get hacked by super hackers with amazing knowledge on computer systems and can break encryption by staring at jumbled code like John Forbes Nash Jr. in the movie, A Beautiful Mind. It may be … Continue reading
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Tagged 2015, hackers, Security Awareness
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Ring! Ring! Yes, This is the I.R.S! NOT!
Criminals have been calling taxpayers and insisting they must “immediately give up their personal information or make a payment,” Don’t fall for it! It’s a scam! The I.R.S. will never call as their method is to send old fashioned mail. … Continue reading
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Tagged 2015, cybercrime, fraud, hackers, IRS, privacy, risk, scam, Security Awareness, social engineering
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Uber Accounts, $1
Stolen Uber Customer accounts are for sale on the Dark Web for the low price of $1.00. Though most of the credit cards are masked, the last four and the expiration date are still available. The rest of the data … Continue reading
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Tagged 2015, breach, cyber risk, dark web, hackers, passwords, privacy, risk, uber
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Fake Error Message, SSL Cert Invalid
Bad guys are putting up fake error messages with hopes that victims will call them for help. Don’t fall for it!
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Tagged Fake SSL Warning, hackers, online trickery, Security Awareness, social engineering
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Men who Performed the Largest Data Breaches in History: Arrested
The Department of Justice reports, three men operating from Vietnam, the Netherlands, and Canada are accused of carrying out the largest data breach of names and email addresses in the history of the Internet. Two of the hackers, Viet Quoc … Continue reading
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Tagged 2015, David-Manuel Santos Da Silva, email service providers, Giang Hoang Vu, hacked, hackers, hacking, spam, Viet Quoc Nguyen
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From Russia with Love Letters
A Russian team allegedly breached the Sony entertainment company’s network by sending spear phishing emails containing a remote access Trojan (RAT) to Sony employees in India, Russia and other Asian countries. Once they had access to the computers of these … Continue reading
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Tagged 2015, hackers, phishing, remote access trojan, russian, Security Awareness, sony, Sony Pictures Entertainment
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