Category Archives: Security Blog

No Awareness? $683,000 is the Average Loss

Posted on April 9, 2015 by Carmelo

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

Posted on April 9, 2015 by Carmelo

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

Posted on April 9, 2015 by Carmelo

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

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President Obama has made CyberSecurity a Priority

Posted on April 3, 2015 by Carmelo

Five Things to Know: The Administration’s Priorities on Cybersecurity Protecting the country’s critical infrastructure — our most important information systems — from cyber threats. Improving our ability to identify and report cyber incidents so that we can respond in a … Continue reading →

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Ring! Ring! Yes, This is the I.R.S! NOT!

Posted on April 3, 2015 by Carmelo

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

Posted on April 2, 2015 by Carmelo

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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Uber Accounts, $1

Posted on March 30, 2015 by Carmelo

Stolen Uber Customer accounts are for sale on the Dark Web for the low price of $1.00. Though most of the credit cards are masked, the last four and the expiration date are still available. The rest of the data … Continue reading →

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Neil Moore, Conman Extraordinaire!

Posted on March 29, 2015 by Carmelo

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

Posted on March 27, 2015 by Carmelo

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

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

Posted on March 27, 2015 by Carmelo

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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