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Monthly Archives: February 2015
NSA Wants Access to Encrypted Data Too!
The director of the U.S. National Security Agency, Michael Rogers, wants access to encrypted data on computers and other devices. He’s working on developing a framework that will enhance investigations. This functionality should be enabled by software manufacturers, but hopefully … Continue reading
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Tagged 2015, Access Control, encryption, framework, NSA
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China Bans Security, or Wants to
China’s new counter terrorism law will require technology firms to hand over encryption keys and install security “backdoors”. Once source says “You are no longer allowed a VPN that’s secure, you are no longer able to transmit financials securely, or … Continue reading
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Tagged 2015, China, counter terrorism, law
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Net Neutrality Wins
The FCC has adopted net neutrality effectively banning “throttling”!
Your Life Online After you Die
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Tagged 2015, online, Security Awareness
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Gemalto and the Great Sim Encryption Key Theft
Edward Snowden leaked via the Intercept, The National Security Agency (NSA) and the Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) jointly hacked into the internal network of the largest Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) card creator and manufacturer, who also puts the chips into … Continue reading
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Tagged 2015, breach, encryption keys, gchq, gemalto, NSA, sim cards
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Identity Theft, of the Children
Imagine getting credit card bills and hospital bills for your children, yet they are very young and barely in school yet. This is what is happening to children throughout the United States, and will continue to happen by the millions. Since … Continue reading
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Tagged 2015, Anthem, Identity Theft, privacy, Security Awareness
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Lenovo Superfish
Superfish is pre-installed Lenovo adware (thanks Lenovo!), which is meant to place advertisements in your web browser. The problem is that the software also intercepts encrypted traffic, which opens up your computer to man-in-the-middle attacks. Superfish intercepts HTTPS connections. Security … Continue reading
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Tagged 2015, adware, certificate management, certificates, https, lenovo, man-in-the-middle, mitm, verisign
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Kapersky Reports Increase in Phishing
Kaspersky recently reported that 28.8 percent of phishing attacks in 2014 tried to steal financial data from consumers. Information as of late, that has been getting stolen, WILL be used in more phishing attacks in 2015. Here is a snippet from … Continue reading
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Tagged 2014, 2015, phishing, Security Awareness
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Survey Says 80% of Security Risks are Users
Bromium surveyed 100 security professionals to see what they thought their biggest security risk was. Through my own research, I have found that the best way to give security awareness training, is NOT this way, with one time security awareness … Continue reading
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Tagged 2015, compliance, Information Technology Security Awareness, risk, Security Awareness
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The Equation Group
Possibly around 1996, but more actively in 2001, the Equation Group has been doing some really hardcore hacking on targets throughout the world. Their methods are far up the supply chain, as they would intercept and infect CDs and other … Continue reading
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Tagged Cyber espionage, Equation Group, espionage, kapersky, NSA
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