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Category Archives: Security Blog
Arnold on Passwords
How strong are your passwords?
Posted in Security Blog
Tagged 2014, Arnold, lol, passwords, Schwarzenegger, strong
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Anunak, Russian/Ukraine Bank Hackers
An ATM gang has stolen more than $15 million from Eastern European banks, To gain a foothold inside financial institutions, the “Anunak group” — sent bank employees targeted, malware-laced emails made to look like the missives were sent by Russian … Continue reading
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Tagged 2014, ATM, banks, Brian Krebs, Group iB, hackers, malware, passwords, phishing
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Social Engineering
No, not that Taylor Swift, this Taylor Swift.
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Tagged 2014, people hacking, social engineering, swift on security
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Staples Follow-Up
Back in October, it was announced that banks were investigating Staples based on fraudulent card activity. Staples’ data security experts detected that criminals deployed malware to some point-of-sale systems at 115 of its more than 1,400 U.S. retail stores. Upon … Continue reading
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Tagged 2014, credit card, hacked, malware, staples
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ICANN Targeted in Spear Phishing Attack
Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers have announced that their system were compromised by a phishing attack. Some of the staff of ICANN fell victim to a spear phishing attack. From their website: ICANN is investigating a recent intrusion … Continue reading
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Tagged 2014, hacked, ICANN, Information Technology Security Awareness, Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, passwords, phishing, Security Awareness, spear phishing
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PCI Professional Certification
I got my PCI Professional Certification today.
Posted in Security Blog
Tagged 2014, achievement unlocked, Internal Security Assessor, PCI Compliance, PCI Professional
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8 Videos on Strategic Planning Management
It’s easy to forget some of the basics that I don’t deal with every day. Erica gives a great review without getting too deep into it all. Erica Olsen seems to know her stuff.
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Tagged 2014, back to basics, Erica Olsen, Kaplan and Norton, KPIs, OnStrategyHQ, Strategic Planning, strategy, SWOT, video tutorial
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It’s THAT Time of Year
The year end is the time to start giving predictions of how next year will roll. Here are a few reports that have already been published (they all open in a new tab): WebSense Trend Micro Tech Republic CSO Online … Continue reading
Posted in Security Blog
Tagged 2014, 2015 Security Predictions, Information Technology Security Awareness, NIST 800-34, NIST 800-61, Security Awareness
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Honeywell Point-of-Sale Systems Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of Honeywell OPOS Suite. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file. The specific … Continue reading
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Tagged 2014, credit card, honeywell, overflow, point-of-sale, vulnerability
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