Weekend Update

A quick Saturday digest of cybersecurity news articles from other sources.

[INFOGRAPHIC] Introducing The Psychology of Passwords

From LastPass – It feels like almost every day there’s another data breach in the news, or a case of user credentials up for sale on the Dark Web. Despite the headlines, and repeated warnings from experts about weak passwords and the dangers of password reuse, users have yet to change their online ...

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authentication, Computers and Internet, Internet of Things, Linux, passwords, Software vulnerability, Weekend Update, Wi-Fi, wireless

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Data Breach – What To Do Next

Your IT manager comes to you with a look on his or her face that is a combination of panic, shock, and depression.  “We’ve been breached, and it looks like they got into the customer database, but I’m not sure how long they’ve been on our network, and what else they might have done.”  Do you know what you need to do next?

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compliance, Computers and Internet, cybersecurity, law and policy

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The Swiss Army Knife of Hacker-ware

Have you ever wondered just what an attacker can do once they gain access to your computer?  A 21 year old software coder is facing prison time for developing the ultimate Swiss Army knife of an “administrators'” tool-kit.  This tool was sold to over 6,000 people through an extensive affiliate marketing network.  Many of his customers were cyber-criminals who used ...

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Computers and Internet, cybersecurity, law and policy, malware, Trojan

Inside Iran’s Operation Cleaver

While the US Cyber Command has been focusing on the Chinese, North Koreans, and the Russians, and their respective intrusions into the networks of US companies, energy utilities, our military, and government agencies, Iran has been creating a world-class cyber-ops unit of their own.  Details about what is being called “Operation Cleaver” has been released by security company Cylance.

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Computers and Internet, cybersecurity, News and politics, Software vulnerability

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Weekend Update

A quick Saturday digest of cybersecurity news articles from other sources.

Hackers break into voting machines within 2 hours at Defcon

Hackers from around the world (not just Russia) had the rare opportunity to crack election-style voting machines this weekend in Las Vegas.

Malicious Cyber Activity Targeting ERP Applications

07/25/2018 07:55 AM EDT  Original release date: July 25, 2018

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Computers and Internet, cybersecurity, Software vulnerability, Weekend Update

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Two Easy Ways To Breach Company Networks

Bad news – your small business network is easy for an attacker to access, and for most of you there are two or more exploitable attacker vectors.  A recent report from Positive Technologies analyzed the results of 22 penetration tests on companies from finance, transportation, retail, and even information technology.  All of the companies were breached with little difficulty.  The two easiest methods of unauthorized network access were not terribly surprising:  Wi-Fi networks, and company employees.

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Computers and Internet, cybersecurity, Phishing, social engineering, Wi-Fi, wireless

Preventing the Next VPN Filter Bot-Net Attack

Back on May 30, 2018 the FBI asked us all to reboot our Internet access devices, the cable and DSL modems that allow most of us to use the Internet.  Supposedly, this would remove the VPN Filter malware, if our router was infected.  This was not exactly the truth.  The FBI had taken over the “toknowall” command and control server ...

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Computers and Internet, cybersecurity, Internet of Things

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Best Web Browsers for Private or Anonymous Browsing part 2

In our last post we kicked off a review of web browsers and other services that provide improved security, privacy protection, and anonymity when traveling on the web.  Today we wrap up our report.  The last three items in our list are not technically a browser, but provide unique solutions to privacy and anonymity that we thought were worthy of ...

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Computers and Internet, cybersecurity, encryption, TOR

Best Web Browsers for Private or Anonymous Browsing part 1

There has been a lot of new information about secure web browsing crossing my desktop lately.  Back in May, we wrote a series of articles about browser hacking and hijacking, which described in depth the dangers to our privacy and anonymity that we face when we are casually web browsing.  In this article we are going to be looking at ...

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Computers and Internet, cybersecurity, TOR

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Tomorrow is System Administrator Appreciation Day

July 27, 2018 – 19th Annual

Your network is secure, your computer is up and running, and your printer is jam-free. Why? Because you’ve got an awesome sysadmin (or maybe a whole IT department) keeping your business up and running. So say IT loud; say IT proud …

Happy SysAdmin Day!

Wait… what exactly is SysAdmin Day? Oh, it’s only the single greatest 24 hours on the planet… and pretty much the most important holiday of the year. It’s also ...

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