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Category Archives: Security Blog
Presidential Proposal List
As part in the President’s State of the Union address, Barack Obama is planning on: Insisting that companies reveal data breaches within 30 days Criminalizing the sale of botnets Criminalizing the sale of stolen U.S financial data The President’s twitter feed … Continue reading
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Tagged 2015, cybersecurity, Information Technology Security Awareness, POTUS, President, Security Awareness
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Non-Oracle sites offering Oracle ‘Fixes’/Malware
Oracle put out a press release, it reads: Warning It has come to our attention that there are non-Oracle sites offering Oracle ‘fixes’ for genuine Oracle error messages. You probably already don’t need to be told, however: Please do not … Continue reading
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Tagged 2015, malware, Oracle, phishing, SEO, social eing
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IBM Z13 Mainframe: Fast and Promotes Secure Process
IBM unveiled its z13 mainframe, a computer system and says is the most powerful and secure ever built. When a single transaction triggers, as many as 100 others that must be run in order to analyze past purchases, data encryption … Continue reading
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Tagged 2015, analysis, IBM Mainframe, Pre-Check, Z13
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U.S. Central Command @CentCom Twitter and YouTube Take Down by CyberCaliphate
The United States Central Command (USCENTCOM) is a theater-level Unified Combatant Command of the U.S. Department of Defense, established in 1983. It was originally conceived of as the Rapid Deployment Joint Task Force (RDJTF). Its area of responsibility includes countries … Continue reading
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Tagged 2015, centcom, cyber caliphate, cyberterrorism, isis, Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham, twitter, us central command, youtube
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Blackhat Behind the Scenes Movie Trailer
Back in September, I wrote about Thor being a black hat hacker. Here is the behind the scenes extended trailer. The trailer seems pretty good with some research on the back end. I hope the actual movie is good! Post … Continue reading
Stuart Varney, Fox Host, Gets Demo-Hacked By John McAfee
This was in the news yesterday, it is proof that social engineering is the master key to unlock many locks. It is also proof that to keep your lock secured, security awareness and training is needed with the end goal … Continue reading
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Tagged 2015, Fox News, Information Technology Security Awareness, John McAfee, passwords, phishing, Security Awareness, social engineering, sony, spoof, spoofing, Stuart Varney
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The Raven
An adaptation of Edgar Allen Poe’s famous poem of the Raven. Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered weak and weary, Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten security lore. While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there … Continue reading
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Tagged 2015, Edgar Allan Bro, Security Awareness, The Raven
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OpenSSL: 8 Bugs Fixed
First off, I’d like to explain what OpenSSL is! OpenSSL refers to the name of a 1998 project that was started to encrypt websites and user information across the Web. The “SSL” in “OpenSSL” refers to a Secure Sockets Layer … Continue reading
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Tagged 2015, certificates, encryption, openssl, secure websites, ssl
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On June 30th at 23:59:59, Some Internet Might Crash
Earth’s rotational time has slowed by 1 second. Earth is slowing down due to earthquakes, tidal drag, and the weather, and losing approximately two thousandths of a second every day. To allow for syncing up atomic clock time with the Earth’s … Continue reading
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Tagged 2015, atomic clock, International Earth Rotation and Reference Systems Service, leap second, ntp
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SaveMe App is Actually SocialPath Malware for Android Phones
The Save Me app claims to be able to save a user’s contacts and other data including photos and videos, in the event that a mobile device is lost or stolen but it actually contains a variant of information-stealing malware … Continue reading
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Tagged 2015, android, cyber risk, cybercrime, malware, Security Awareness
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