Tag Archives: Security Awareness

Basic Consumers… Deal with Breaches

After a breach to a business you frequent or used to frequent now has extra steps. This news video has some basic steps on what to do after a breach. Don’t ignore it, just do it. Check your balances. Check … Continue reading

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An Introduction to Cyber Security

The Open University Presents: An Introduction to Cyber Security, which starts on October 13th, so register now! This free online course will help you to understand online security and start to protect your digital life, whether at home or work. … Continue reading

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Tabnabbing Attacks

The dangers of having too many tabs open. How The Attack Works A user navigates to your normal looking site. You detect when the page has lost its focus and hasn’t been interacted with for a while. Replace the favicon … Continue reading

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Goodwill/C&K Systems

Back when I posted about the 868,000 Payment Cards, 330 Stores, it was recently revealed that the exposure was due to C&K Systems. All 20 previously affected Goodwill members have stopped using C&K Systems to process customers’ payment cards… Earlier … Continue reading

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Cyber Risk & Internet of Things

I made this video for work, but modified it a bit so it’s not directly work related, but I didn’t edit the audio… Don’t hate! It’s my first one. The intended audience is for those who don’t think with a … Continue reading

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Ruby On Rails Security Thoughts

Security questions in the video start at 2:25 Like any other framework, the Rails app needs to be kept up to date. From time to time security issues are reported in the Rails app. Developers of Ruby applications should keep … Continue reading

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Mid-year 2014 Data Breaches Exposed

2014 is going to replace 2013 as the highest year on record for exposed records, according to Risk Based Security. Mid-year 2014 at a Glance … • There were 1331 incidents reported during the first six months of 2014 exposing … Continue reading

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SecurityNinjaTV DEFCON 22 Car Hacking with Charlie Miller & Chris Valasek

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Spearphishing and Why Education and Awareness is Important

It was revealed yesterday that after an investigation by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), which oversees the US nuclear power grid, three incidents uncovered that hackers were able to access internal documents. One of the hacking incidents, involved emails sent … Continue reading

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Consumers Footing the Bill on Data Breaches

Found on this page I really love infographics and how they put things into perspective.

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