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Brent Easley wrote a new post on the site MIS 5212-Advanced Penetration Testing 7 years, 4 months ago
This is an article about two governments working together to stop cybercrimes. A Russian man who has been affiliated with sending spam emails has been arrested and is being detained in Spain. The arrest of P […]
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Brent Easley wrote a new post on the site MIS 5212-Advanced Penetration Testing 7 years, 4 months ago
CIA spying tools exposed by WikiLeaks have been linked to hacking attempts on at least 40 targets in 16 countries, according to Symantec. Symantec is reporting that the tools are similar with the tactics from […]
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Brent Easley commented on the post, Progress Report for Week Ending, February 16, on the site 7 years, 5 months ago
I am one of those people that do not check my statements regularly. I need to start doing that. One thing I do now since I have been in this program is check the ATM and gas station pumps for those devices that could access your account through your credit/debit card.
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Brent Easley commented on the post, Progress Report for Week Ending, February 16, on the site 7 years, 5 months ago
wow….classic case of an attempt at social engineering. Good thing you were aware of what was going on. I am sure there are plenty of people who would have fell victim to this scam.
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Brent Easley wrote a new post on the site MIS 5212-Advanced Penetration Testing 7 years, 5 months ago
Malware was placed on a payment system at the Arby’s corporate stores, and the Arby’s franchised restaurant locations were not affected.
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Very interesting post Brent,
I really enjoy reading the articles posted by Krebsonsecurity. Towards the end of this one he highlighted some very important points; victims are not liable for the fraudulent charges on their debit/credit cards, however they must report this to the banks. I know some people that don’t check their credit/debit card statements regularly which can generate greater impact if their credit/debit cards were compromised. Another good thing to do is set spending thresholds that would alert you of any charges over a certain amount, or where the spending occurs. Like the article also stated; when confronted with the choice of using debit or credit, credit is the better option.
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I am one of those people that do not check my statements regularly. I need to start doing that. One thing I do now since I have been in this program is check the ATM and gas station pumps for those devices that could access your account through your credit/debit card.
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Brent Easley wrote a new post on the site MIS 5212-Advanced Penetration Testing 7 years, 6 months ago
Assignment 1 executive summary 1
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Brent Easley wrote a new post on the site MIS 5212-Advanced Penetration Testing 7 years, 6 months ago
Vizio has been fined by the FTC and had to pay 2.2 million to settle charges because they have been monitoring the viewing habits on more that 11 million TVs without permission for over two years. The tracking […]
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Companies are always able to decide if customer tracking is on or off by default. With a decision like this they probably analyzed the monetary risk of repercussions versus how valuable the information they collected. This case also only deals with one company so the settlement requirement of notifying users before tracking only applies to Vizio. Other companies may still have them turned on by default until they get taken to court.
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I’m not surprised by anything in this article. I assume that any commercial network connected device is tracking my activity and finding a way to profit off of my data. Then I see some of the ad recommendations that are showing up when I browse the web and it’s obvious!
I do believe this is a privacy violation, but I think people have generally traded many of privacy rights for convenience a long time ago.
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Hopefully, this is a trend and more companies are forced to deal with this privacy issue. It’s just fair for the consumer to be aware that they are being tracked, and have the option of refusing. I’m not sure how many people will agree, but obtaining this information through deception is bad business. It will be interesting to see if this mandate has any long term effects on Vizio profitability.
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I red another article making similar claim, but I’m starting to wonder if this only has to do with Vizio smart TVs. I think it is matter of time before additional reports reveal the same about Samsung, LG, Sony, Panasonic smart TVs and so forth. It is unfortunate that certain companies will not anything to collect users’ information. This is the kind of bill I would like to see local and politicians in Washington try to push to combat those practices. This is a good opportunity for them to do something about cyber security.
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Brent Easley wrote a new post on the site MIS 5212-Advanced Penetration Testing 7 years, 6 months ago
Starting February 8, 2017 Gmail will stop working on Google Chrome browser version 53 and below. Chrome browser version 53 and below are susceptible to security risk because Microsoft has stopped their support […]
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Brent Easley wrote a new post on the site MIS 5212-Advanced Penetration Testing 7 years, 7 months ago
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Brent Easley posted a new activity comment 7 years, 8 months ago
We will see if the Trump administration will take cyber security seriously. Energy, telecommunications and finance are areas that need to have to best security. If they are compromised it can cripple this country.
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Brent Easley wrote a new post on the site ITACS 5211: Introduction to Ethical Hacking 7 years, 8 months ago
Network security cameras that were created by Sony could have been compromised with botnet malware if their firmware is not updated to the latest version. This was detected by SEC Consult, they found two […]
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Brent Easley posted a new activity comment 7 years, 8 months ago
Nice report, it was short and to the point and now I know to keep in mind to check for those domain names on other websites.
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Brent Easley wrote a new post on the site ITACS 5211: Introduction to Ethical Hacking 7 years, 8 months ago
The writer of this article focusing on the three areas (energy, telecommunications, and finance) that are vital and vulnerable to cyber attacks that President Elect Trump should immediately address once he of […]
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Brent Easley wrote a new post on the site ITACS 5211: Introduction to Ethical Hacking 7 years, 8 months ago
burp-suite-analysis – powerpoint
ethical-hacking-burp-suite – word document
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Brent Easley posted a new activity comment 7 years, 9 months ago
Good article. They say spare no expense when it comes to security, but I wonder what kind of IT budgets these small police departments have to help them get the tools they need to keep these type of things from happening.
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Brent Easley posted a new activity comment 7 years, 9 months ago
The Trump administration has to make cyber security a priority. Its seems from the articles I have looked at while in this class it seems that during the Obama administration there were a bunch of leaks and scandals with government systems. Protecting government systems and the information of the citizens of the United States needs to be taken seriously.
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Brent Easley posted a new activity comment 7 years, 9 months ago
Nice article, paying the crooks to stop them from stealing passwords is an interesting approach, but it seems an unethical way of doing cyber security.
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Brent Easley posted a new activity comment 7 years, 9 months ago
Interesting article, Security professionals have to deal with individuals attacking their networks from the outside but it is a different animal when just a single laptop can shut down your whole network crippling your day to day activities.
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Brent Easley wrote a new post on the site ITACS 5211: Introduction to Ethical Hacking 7 years, 9 months ago
Google in a fight to protect the users who use their browser, has now a safe browsing arsenal to protect them from using websites with malware and unwanted software. Google will flag the websites as u […]
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Brent Easley wrote a new post on the site ITACS 5211: Introduction to Ethical Hacking 7 years, 9 months ago
This is a good article for this week’s lesson. The Google Threat analysis group disclosed a critical vulnerability in Windows in a public post on the company’s security blog. The vulnerability allows hackers t […]
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