Blog Posts Tagged with "Security Awareness"
Bore Them With Death-by-Awareness: That’ll Teach em!
May 08, 2013 Added by:Lee Mangold
As security professionals, we have to understand that not everyone has a passion for security. In fact, most people don’t. Given that we know “they” don’t share our passion, and we know they are the most vulnerable attack vector, why do we continue to bore them with homogenous and irrelevant training?
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Security Awareness: To Train or Not to Train?
April 08, 2013 Added by:Le Grecs
It's up for each organization to monitor their threats and weaknesses and use the appropriate set of controls to minimize their risk to an acceptable level. Perhaps security awareness is part of that ... perhaps it is not.
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Security Resolutions for the New Year
December 28, 2012 Added by:Allan Pratt, MBA
As the New Year approaches, have you thought about your New Year’s resolutions? As a member of the information security industry, I would like to share five resolutions that you should definitely add to your list...
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Closing the Vault Door
December 18, 2012 Added by:Suzanne Widup
For those of you who have appreciated The Leaking Vault series of data breach reports, I have some sad news. As I was days away from releasing the third installment, I received an email from Brian Martin with the Open Security Foundation stating that I do not have permission to use their data without a license...
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The INFOSEC Naughty List 2012: “The Twelve Charlatans of Christmas” Edition
December 12, 2012 Added by:Scot Terban
But seriously folks, this post may be cathartic for me and a chuckle for you, but in reality it will change nothing. The douches will be douchey and the charlatans will sell their cyber snake oils. Enjoy the charlatanism and douchery...
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Reflected Glory: Revealing one of my self-created social engineering tricks
December 11, 2012 Added by:Will Tarkington
What is reflected glory? To do this trick you need someone with a high social status that you can be associated with. It doesn’t have to be a close association just one that is known. You then simply state with authority your own opinion once the relationship has been recently established...
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Lack of Security in Android Apps? That Could Be
December 02, 2012 Added by:Keith Mendoza
Have you ever installed an app in your Android phone and when you got to the permission screen you just couldn't justify to yourself why an app would require the permissions it's asking for?
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Convenience vs. Security - Why convenience keeps winning
November 26, 2012 Added by:Rafal Los
Convenience wins in the consumer mind, easily. Even in the mind of someone who's security-minded convenience may win out over a little added risk. This is especially true if the card issuers are willing to take on the risk at the anticipation of higher revenue or profit...
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What Makes My Passwords Vulnerable?
November 25, 2012 Added by:Robert Siciliano
Simple passwords: When 32 million passwords were exposed in a breach last year, almost 1% of victims were using 123456. The next most popular password was 12345. Other common choices are 111111, princess, qwerty, and abc123. Avoid these types of passwords, which are easily guessed...
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You Believe It Because "I" Wrote It
November 14, 2012 Added by:Jim Palazzolo
Besides sheer entertainment, my objective is to practice my ability to create deception. It has been my observation that security personnel must be able to spot deception. Whether it’s covert channels or fake ID’s, deception is a very powerful tool that can be used both offensively and defensive...
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Privacy in Ubuntu 12.10: Full Disk Encryption
November 12, 2012 Added by:Electronic Frontier Foundation
Full Disk Encryption (FDE) is one of the best ways you can ensure all of the private information on your laptop stays private in case it's lost, seized, stolen, or if you choose to sell or give away your computer in the future. This feature has been built-in to many GNU/Linux distributions, including Ubuntu...
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Ubuntu Snafu: Privacy Is Hard, Let’s Go Shopping
November 10, 2012 Added by:Fergal Glynn
Amusingly, the plugin’s flood of attention means it is already racking up quite the bug count. For example, it does not currently do any NSFW prevention, and the results are returned in plaintext also. Have fun explaining that one to the ol’ boss-a-roni...
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Joining hands against cybercrime in Africa
November 08, 2012 Added by:Pierluigi Paganini
Concerned over rising threats online, Cyber security agents in Africa are taking a proactive step by collaborating with global network-security experts to curb cybercriminal activities on the continent, where they will share information and technical know-how...
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Cybersecurity Matters in The Election
November 05, 2012 Added by:Robert Siciliano
Whomever is elected president will face an unknown unseen digital enemy unlike any other president has seen in history. Think before you click. Know who’s on the other side of that instant message. What you say or do in cyberspace stays in cyberspace — for many to see, steal and use against you or your government...
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Windows 8 Security in Action: Part 1
November 04, 2012 Added by:Dan Dieterle
Is Windows 8 the next operating system for your enterprise? In this article, we will take a quick look at Microsoft’s new OS – Windows 8. We will see some of the new security features that make it more secure than its predecessor Windows 7...
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Does it Make Sense to Keep Changing Your Passwords?
October 31, 2012 Added by:Rafal Los
I'm running a small experiment on myself in which I've set up an account on a public, high-traffic web-based system out there that has a ton of my personal information. I've not changed my password in almost 6 months, but I still feel relatively good and certain that I am the only one who has access to my stuff...
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