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Category Archives: Security Blog
The World’s Most Famous Hacker: Kevin Mitnick
I got to meet Kevin at RSA and I got a signed copy of his book, with his business card, which is also a set of lock picks. Mitnick served five years in prison—four-and-a-half years’ pre-trial and eight months in solitary … Continue reading
Posted in Security Blog, Work
Tagged 2015, Carmelo, Kevin Mitnick, Meeting Hackers, rsa, World's Most Famous Hacker
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RSA Conference 2015
I just got back from the RSA Conference at the Moscone center this week with a full pass. It’s my first time and this place is unbelievably packed! The moscone center is huge! The after parties are the places to be, … Continue reading
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Tagged Brian Krebs, Bruce Schneier, Kevin Mitnick, Moscone Center, RSA Conference, San Francisco
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Bill & Ted’s Deep Web Explained
Written by Alex Winters (Bill S. Preston, Esquire) and Narrated by Keanu Reeves (‘Ted’ Theodore Logan) as a trailer for Deep Web, The Movie, the following trailer goes deeper into the movie, but how far down the rabbit hole will … Continue reading
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Tagged Alex Winters, Bill and Ted, deep web, dread pirate roberts, Keanu Reeves, silk, silk road, video documentary
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Social Engineering Fraud Videos
Though this is an advertisement for consulting services (at the very end), this video has two great examples of how fraud is committed through social engineering. Here is a talk from a DerbyCon that Jamison gives a full presentation on … Continue reading
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Tagged Chubb, Derbycon, Jamison Scheeres, Security Awareness, social engineering, video tutorial
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Five Habits to be Unhackable
By simply adopting these five habits of practically unhackable people, you too can have better security. Think before you click. 95% of hacks are the result of clicking bad links, so make sure to check that it’s the right URL and … Continue reading
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Tagged 2015, information security, Information Technology Security Awareness, privacy, Security Awareness
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Single and Vulnerable… By the Millions
Visitors and members of Match.com are vulnerable to plaintext sniffing from a man-in-the-middle attack. Their https, redirects to http then logins are passed in the clear. Completely readable to those on the same network. Read more here.
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Tagged 2015, man-in-the-middle, mitm, passwords, privacy
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Jackpot! Of Sorts…
The information security director, Mr.Eddie Raymond Tipton, from a Multi-State lottery Association in Iowa, decided that it was his turn to win the United States jackpot. He has been arrested and is being tried for forgery and hacking the lottery … Continue reading
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Tagged computer security, cybercrime, lottery, malware
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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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Tagged 2015, cybercaliphate, DDoS, defacement, malware, passwords, phishing, Security Awareness, TV5
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China’s Internet Cannon!?
The Internet Cannon that China is touting is a technology most hackers have been using since 2010. LOIC, or the Low Orbiting Ion Cannon, is a DDoS tool. It was originally just a stress testing tool, then was converted to … Continue reading
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Tagged China, DDoS, dos, Internet Cannon
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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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Tagged 2014, 2015, AT&T, breach, call center, cell phones, compliance, cost of non-compliance, privacy, risk, risk analysis, Security Awareness
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