Tag Archives: 2015

Trouble Picking a Password?

Posted on August 31, 2015 by Carmelo

It’s sometimes hard picking a password, and hopefully this can help, add emoticons (sometimes called emoji) to your password. Of course don’t just use the emotes, but bolster your whole password with upper and lower case, numbers, and other special … Continue reading →

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When a Security Manager Just Needs Tasks Automated

Posted on August 31, 2015 by Carmelo
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Security Awareness Memes

Posted on August 31, 2015 by Carmelo
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Let the Data Tell Your Story

Posted on August 30, 2015 by Carmelo

Big data doesn’t necessarily mean good data. This presentation, created Aug 25 2015, makes us realize that bad guys have the good data and it enables them to keep attacking successfully. (It’s a 47 minutes presentation)

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Business Email Compromise Leads to $737,000 Transfer to China

Posted on August 28, 2015 by Carmelo

The FBI classifies “phishing that leads to loss” as Business Email Compromise (BEC). In a recently released story that closely matches the BEC hack in Omaha I wrote about back in February, another company fell victim to a spearphishing attack … Continue reading →

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SpearPhish Your Phamily and Phriends!

Posted on August 26, 2015 by Carmelo

I tried InfoSec Institute’s Phishing service, and here is how it played out! Over the past couple of days, while having some discussions regarding social engineering at work, I stumbled across this service. The InfoSec Institute provides phishing as a … Continue reading →

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Your Data From Ashley Madison Was Leaked

Posted on August 23, 2015 by Carmelo

A new phishing scam, to out cheaters, is being played out by bad actors. A phishing scam like the one below is being sent in mass in both phishing and spear phishing. Unfortunately, your data was leaked in the recent … Continue reading →

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Google/Boston Dynamics Humanoid Robots

Posted on August 19, 2015 by Carmelo

Atlas is a humanoid robot. In the video, you can see it walking through the woods. Since they are Google owned, I wonder if they are running a version of Android… haha

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Adulterer Site, Ashley Madison – Breached

Posted on July 20, 2015 by Carmelo

The ‘find some secret sex’ website, Ashley Madison, was breached and 37-40 million records were leaked. Bad guys, making themselves known as the Impact Team, are looking to blackmail/extort all targets. Amid the customer data, the hackers also leaked maps … Continue reading →

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Halt!

Posted on July 8, 2015 by Carmelo

Due to a computer glitch and are supposedly unrelated, United Airlines flights were grounded this morning and at the same time the New York Stock Exchange halted all trading. Is foul play suspected? At this time, the answer is no, … Continue reading →

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