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Tag Archives: Security Awareness
Ransomware Decryption Key: Your Time Exchanged for Security Awareness
In an odd twist, the Koolova ransomware will decrypt for the low price of reading two articles on ransomware… The articles that Koolova wants you to read are an article from Google Security Blog called Stay safe while browsing and BleepingComputer’s Jigsaw Ransomware … Continue reading
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Tagged 2017, computer security, koolova, ransomware, Security Awareness
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Did Russia Hack the US Election?
The information security community is abuzz about the DHS/FBI Joint Analysis Report which was published on December 29th, 2016. The report investigates if Russia interfered with the U.S. election process through hacks on the Democratic National Committee, the Democratic Congressional Campaign … Continue reading
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Tagged 2016, Democratic National Committee, phishing, russia, russian, Security Awareness, social engineering, spear phishing, spearphishing
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2016 San Francisco CISO Executive Summit
I had the privilege of attending the 2016 CISO Executive Summit in San Francisco on Monday the 5th. I went with a great group of people! There was a lot of good discussions regarding leadership, insider threats, third party management, … Continue reading
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Tagged 2016, CISO, cybercrime, Executive, information security, insider threats, Internet of Things, Security Awareness, social engineering, Summit
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Dyn Down by DDoS
Dyn a company that provides dynamic domain name resolution (convert names into IP addresses) was threatened to shell out some bitcoin or else… Or else what? I’d like to call it an availability compromise, but in layman’s terms, an outage … Continue reading
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Tagged 2016, Brian Krebs, cyber risk, DDoS, dos, Dyn, hackers, hacking, Internet of Things, knock-knock, Mirai, NCSAM, reddit, robot, rosie, Security Awareness, spotify, twitter
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Phony Tech Support Awareness
It’s not just tech support, did you see my previous article on Paying the IRS with Target Gift Cards? I’m glad they were shut down and arrests were made. If you think you were scammed, report it here https://www.ftccomplaintassistant.gov/ or … Continue reading
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Tagged FBI, ftc, IC3, report it, scam, scammers, scamming, Security Awareness
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Ransomware and the IoT
During a security conference, a gentleman demonstrated a thermostat that he compromised, lock out the user for a ransom. He was even able to make the thermostat emit a tone only animals can hear. Imagine your dogs or cats freaking … Continue reading
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Tagged 2016, hackers, Internet of Things, lol, Security Awareness, teledildonics
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The Largest Distributed Denial of Service, EVER! (A Robot Knock-Knock Description)
Denial of Service explained: Computers respond to network traffic, generally. If there was a computer on my network that wanted to talk to my computer, that computer would put out a request to talk to my computer over the network, … Continue reading
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Tagged 2016, Brian Krebs, cyber risk, DDoS, dos, hackers, hacking, Internet of Things, knock-knock, Mirai, NCSAM, robot, rosie, Security Awareness
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Pay the IRS with Target Gift Cards! Catching a Phone Scam
Fear is a strong motivator. Nobody wants to be told they owe on their taxes, that they are penalized, or that they will be sent to jail. I remember when someone tried to vish (voice phish) me and it sounded … Continue reading
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Tagged 2016, credit card, fraud, lol, Security Awareness, target, vishing
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Thanks Siri… “Smart Lock” Lets the Neighbor In
Someone decided to automate his house with Philips Hue LED lights bulbs you can turn on with your phone, Ecobee Wi-Fi thermostats and remote temperature sensors for the house. He also bought himself an August Smart Lock: a Bluetooth-enabled lock … Continue reading
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Tagged Apple, home automation, homekit, Information Technology Security Awareness, Internet of Things, iOS 10.0.2, IoT, iPad, lights, passwords, privacy, Security Awareness, siri, wifi
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