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Tag Archives: Security Awareness
2016 = 2015 + 10%… In Breaches!
The Identity Theft Resource Center reports that there has been a total of 269 data breaches recorded through April 19, 2016, and that more than 11.27 million records have been exposed since the beginning of the year. A data breach … Continue reading
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Tagged 2016, breach, Security Awareness
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Did you hear about the FDIC data breach?
Thanks to DLP (data loss prevention) software, the FDIC caught 44,000 customer records getting copied to a USB drive on an employee’s last day of work. She legitimately used the customer records normally as part of her day-to-day and while … Continue reading
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Tagged 2016, breach, Congress, data breach, Data Loss Prevention, DLP, FDIC, removable media, Security Awareness, usb
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USB Compromise Reveals 22,000 ISIS Identities
A man who names himself Abu Hamed has defected from ISIS and he plausibly stole a USB stick from ISIS security headquarters that contained recruiting questionnaires. The information in the questionnaires contained name, date and place of birth, hometown, telephone … Continue reading
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Tagged 2016, Data Loss Prevention, DLP, information security, isis, privacy, security, Security Awareness, usb
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IRS and Seagate?
The Internal Revenue Service issued an alert on March 1st, 2016, to payroll and human resources professionals to be aware of an emerging phishing email scheme that purports to be from company executives and requests personal information on employees. The … Continue reading
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Tagged 2016, Brian Krebs, fraud, IRS, phishing, Security Awareness, tax, tax refund, w2s
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KBB Car Hacking Survey Results
Kelley Blue Book performed a survey that they revealed at RSAC 2016 regarding vehicle vulnerabilities and even though 2015 was the year that the public really started learning about car hacking. Since the last big media news blast, awareness on … Continue reading
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Tagged 2016, car hacking, mobile, rsa, RSA Conference, Security Awareness
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RSA Conference 2016 – Part 2
To me, some of the fun of the RSA conference is running into Security Celebrities! My personal goal this year was to get some selfies with a few of them. Sometimes I just couldn’t though but was able to snap … Continue reading
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Tagged car hacking, Charlie Miller, Chris Valasek, Jack Jones, James Lyne, malcolm harkins, mr robot, rami malek, Security Awareness
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This Guy Asks Hackers to Ruin His Life!
An eye-opening video about the capability of hack attacks, from social engineering to complete digital-life and real life takeover. Not only is the journalist asking people to do it, experts blatantly show how they do it. Please take the time … Continue reading
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Tagged car hacking, Internet of Things, phishing, Security Awareness, social engineering, video tutorial, vishing
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Nissan Leaf API has NO SECURITY
Is it hacking if there is no security by design? If the doors on a bank are unlocked, is it breaking and entering? The API (application program interface) for the Nissan Leaf was found to be vulnerable. How vulnerable? Well, … Continue reading
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Tagged 2016, car hacking, hacked, hacking, Leaf, Nissan, Security Awareness
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Valid Apple Employee Logins Worth Up To $23,000
At the Apple headquarters of Cork, Ireland, low hanging fruit employees are being offered to sell their logins online, for up to $23,000 US. Easy Pickings! An employee login is very valuable, allowing for legitimate authentication to internal systems can … Continue reading
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Tagged 2016, Apple, bribe, bribes, logins, passwords, Security Awareness, sell logins, social engineering
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Video on “What is a Social Engineer?”
Here is a nice primer video I found on social engineering. Yes, it’s basic, but we always start with the basics before we get into the advanced!
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Tagged 2016, Kevin Mitnick, Security Awareness, social engineering, video tutorial
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