Tag Archives: Security Awareness

ISIS Hackers or Incompetent Password Management?

11 television stations went off the air; websites and social media were defaced; and an internal IT outage for TV5 in Paris, France. The websites were taken over with pro-messages of the CyberCaliphate, the same group who either DDoS’ed or defaced … Continue reading

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AT&T Data Breach = $25 Million Dollar Fine

AT&T data breaches exposed about 280,000 U.S. customers’ names and full or partial Social Security numbers. The breaches occurred at call centers used by AT&T in Mexico, Colombia, and the Philippines when employees accessed sensitive customer data without adequate authorization. … Continue reading

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No Awareness? $683,000 is the Average Loss

Organizations that do not have security awareness programs – particularly, training for new employees – report significantly higher average financial losses from cybersecurity incidents. Companies without security training for new hires reported average annual financial losses of $683,000, while those … Continue reading

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Cyber Kidnapping

Of course, while dramatized for prime time audiences, the CSI: Cyber series, starting with episode 1 does have great information that is all too real. The show is available online right now here. I first wrote about baby monitors getting … Continue reading

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Edward Snowden & John Oliver On Passwords

This is what it’s like explaining password complexity to normal people.

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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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Douglas County Sheriff Office Investigates Fraud

Recent reports of people receiving unsolicited fraudulent credit cards in the mail. “At this time we believe that it may be part of the personal information breach involving insurance companies operating in Georgia,” the agency said in a news alert. … Continue reading

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Neil Moore, Conman Extraordinaire!

Neil Moore was imprisoned for stealing 3 million dollars by posing as staff from Barclays Bank, Lloyds Bank and Santander. While serving his time, he was able to get his hands on a phone and he set up a fake … Continue reading

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A Car is a Computer with Wheels

Your car is totally hackable. See more posts on Car Hacking

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Got $60? Reduce your Insurance Rates! Hack Your Car!

For the low price of $60, Eric Evenchick is selling a gadget that will allow a person to use a CANtact to talk directly to a vehicle’s CAN(controller area network)bus through the laptop, connected via USB to the CANtact device … Continue reading

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