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BASH (Bourne-Again SHell) ShellShock Bug
Stephane Chazelas, IT Manager at SeeByte, discovered a vulnerability in bash, related to how environment variables are processed: trailing code in function definitions was executed, independent of the variable name. For those unknowing, Bash is a command processor, typically run … Continue reading
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Tagged 2014, bash shell, Linux, patching, scanning, security, vulnerabilities, vulnerability assessment
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Home Depot Breach
Home improvement retailer Home Depot confirms its payment security systems fell victim to a massive cyber attack, possibly since April, at nearly 2,200 stores in the U.S. and Canada. Fishnet Security, Symantec, and the Secret Service are working to research … Continue reading
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Tagged 2014, breach, credit card, cybercrime, hacked, hackers, home depot, security, target
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Should We Buy Credit Monitoring Services?
With the ton of breaches that have been happening, we use one of the credit monitoring services, after this year though and all the breaches going on, one of the first services that is offered to potential victims, is credit … Continue reading
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Tagged 2014, albertsons, Brian Krebs, credit, credit card, cybercrime, Dairy Queen, hacking, home depot, information security, monitoring, security, supervalu, UPS
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2014 IBM Cyber Security Intelligence Infographic
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Tagged 2014, cyber, industry targets, infographic, security, threats
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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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Tagged 2014, breach, breach report, breaches, computer security, credit card, fraud, hacked, hacking, incidents, records, risk, risk analysis, risk management, security, Security Awareness
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The Art of Cyberwar
This was a great presentation at the DefCon 20, tying together CyberWarfare and Sun Tzu’s Art of War.. Sun Tzu was a Chinese military general, strategist, and philosopher. The gentleman presenting is Dr. Kenneth Geers, an NCIS Cyber Subject Matter … Continue reading
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Tagged 2014, art of war, cyberthreat, cyberwarfare, security
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Bruce Schneier: The Security Mirage
My CISO brought this up today, so I’m posting it to watch it.
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Tagged 2014, Bruce Schneier, risk, risk analysis, security, ted, TEDxPSU
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Hacker Drones Hacking Drones
I love Hak5.org and their proof of concepts with real world practicality. It’s all fun and games and you get to peer into the hacker mind, where the combining of separate technologies can be turned from prank to cybercrime and … Continue reading
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Tagged 2014, arp poisoning, dns poison, drones, hak5, packet sniffing, phishing, quadcopter, security, video tutorial, wifi
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Albert Gonzalez
It’s hard not to be a little envious of the amazing technical skills and charismatic charm of Albert Gonzalez. Then again, I’m glad I haven’t done anything as crazy and super happy to not be serving a 20 year sentence. … Continue reading
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Tagged 2014, Albert Gonzalez, computer security, cybercrime, Dave & Busters, hacked, hacking, Heartland Payment, information security, Rolling Stone, security, TJ Maxx, U.S. Secret Service
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Pablos Holman at TEDxMidwests
This was a fun watch. Nerdy and fun.
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Tagged 2014, Pablos Holman, security, ted, ted talks, TEDxMidwests
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