Weekend Update

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

Cop awarded $585K after colleagues snooped on her via license database

A local story made the international press.  Why do Twin Cities and Minnesota cops think the driver’s license database is a dating app?  Krekelberg alleged that 58 fellow officers broke a federal privacy law by searching for her driver’s license data without any reason.

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Identity Theft, law and policy, passwords, robotics, Software vulnerability, Weekend Update

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Guest Post – What Map Apps Track (and How to Get Them to Stop) – Part 2

A lot of very specific location information is being collected about you, me, and every other smartphone user.  The image at left shows everywhere I have been in the last four years, courtesy of Google location services.  If you would like to find out what is being collected about you, and how to make it stop, the last article and this article ...

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Android, Apple, cybersecurity, Google, smartphones, surveillance

Guest Post – What Map Apps Track (and How to Get Them to Stop) – Part 1

A lot of very specific location information is being collected about you, me, and every other smartphone user.  The image at left shows everywhere I have been in the last four years, courtesy of Google location services.  If you would like to find out what is being collected about you, and how to make it stop, the next two articles will help.  ...

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Android, Apple, Computers and Internet, cybersecurity, smartphones, surveillance

Weekend Update

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

The US is reportedly seeding Russia’s power grid with malware

The US is alleged to have been quietly planting malware throughout Russia’s energy networks in response to years of Russian attacks on its own power grid.

My comment:  Anybody who wonders why the bad guys are always attacking the US, well, it’s because we are doing it ...

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crypto-currency, cybersecurity, cyberwar, Facebook, Google, Internet of Things, Weekend Update

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The Insider Threat – Part 2

The insider threat, the computer or network attack originating from inside our own network, is the hardest to defend.  In our last post we took a look at the disgruntled employee and the embezzler.  Today we will review insider-based sabotage and corporate espionage.

Sabotage – Sometimes a disgruntled employee will take out their frustrations by orchestrating a little sabotage.  Perhaps they ...

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Computers and Internet, cybersecurity

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The Insider Threat – Part 1

Which is a bigger risk to your organization?  A determined outsider trying to break into your network?  Or an insider, an employee or coworker who is already on the network as a credentialed user?  Obviously, it is the insider who represents the greatest threat.

In truth, all successful attacks become insider attacks.  The determined outsider who finds a way into your network is ...

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