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Patrick DeStefano (tuc50677) commented on the post, ICE 5.1 Telling a Story through Visualization, on the site 5 years, 9 months ago
I read about this when it first happened last month and remember thinking to myself that they are screwed financially, and this article proves it. Like the article points out, victims of these types of attacks have two options, pay the ransom and hope they get their data back, or refuse to pay and lose all the data that was compromised, which,…[Read more]
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Patrick DeStefano (tuc50677) commented on the post, NIST 800 60 V1R1 Guide for Mapping Types of Information and Information Systems to Security Categories, on the site 5 years, 9 months ago
This is a very necessary and, what seems to be, a very well thought out system. It’s a fully designed end to end system from the custom designed microcontroller units, to the specially designed OS, to the cloud based connectivity which takes care of software and security updates.
IOT devices are some of the most insecure devices in today’s…[Read more]
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Patrick DeStefano (tuc50677) commented on the post, Progress Report for Week Ending, September 29, on the site 5 years, 9 months ago
Yeah, I don’t believe that $270k-$540k would cut it for this. That’s essentially the salary of 2-6 full time employees IT security for an entire city would be much more costly with the types of systems, applications, and resources required to lock down the system in a better manner. I agree that it would have taken a few million to even come…[Read more]
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Patrick DeStefano (tuc50677) commented on the post, Progress Report for Week Ending, September 22, on the site 5 years, 9 months ago
This is something that has actually been on my mind a lot lately. It’s truly a bit traumatizing that this can even be enacted without your knowing on your own computer and have images or videos sent elsewhere of your phone usage. After reading this article, I downloaded SEP Mobile and am actually in the process of downloading a security update…[Read more]
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Patrick DeStefano (tuc50677) commented on the post, Progress Report for Week Ending, September 22, on the site 5 years, 9 months ago
This is the beginning of something truly annoying. I think this might just be the next ‘pop-up’ of the spamming world. Reminds me a bit of the show “Black Mirror”. In one of the episodes, the characters are forced to watch advertisements or pay to skip them. Even if they close their eyes during the ad, the ad pauses and waits for them to…[Read more]
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Patrick DeStefano (tuc50677) commented on the post, ICE 5.1 Telling a Story through Visualization, on the site 5 years, 9 months ago
I completely agree. Everyone is looking to go to cloud computing these days for some of these reasons exactly. It’s extremely flexible with expandability and versatility. The third party security is what does open up some risks, however there are ways to mitigate this, especially if you’re a big enough customer such as a large corporate…[Read more]
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Patrick DeStefano (tuc50677) commented on the post, Progress Report for Week Ending, September 22, on the site 5 years, 9 months ago
That’s a good point. I hadn’t thought of that. VPNs are essential if you’re ever considering becoming an expat in another country.
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Patrick DeStefano (tuc50677) commented on the post, Progress Report for Week Ending, September 22, on the site 5 years, 9 months ago
I agree. The additional control which apple implemented is a step in the right direction, however I agree with the idea that mandatory re-authorization after a specified time interval passes. That way, even if someone gets control, they will only be able to until re-authorization is required.
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Patrick DeStefano (tuc50677) commented on the post, Week 14 Update, on the site 6 years, 4 months ago
I agree. The additional control which apple implemented is a step in the right direction, however I agree with the idea that mandatory re-authorization after a specified time interval passes. That way, even if someone gets control, they will only be able to until re-authorization is required.
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Patrick DeStefano (tuc50677) commented on the post, Week 14 Update, on the site 6 years, 4 months ago
That’s a good point. I hadn’t thought of that. VPNs are essential if you’re ever considering becoming an expat in another country.
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Patrick DeStefano (tuc50677) commented on the post, Week 12 Update, on the site 6 years, 4 months ago
I completely agree. Everyone is looking to go to cloud computing these days for some of these reasons exactly. It’s extremely flexible with expandability and versatility. The third party security is what does open up some risks, however there are ways to mitigate this, especially if you’re a big enough customer such as a large corporate…[Read more]
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Patrick DeStefano (tuc50677) commented on the post, Week 12 Update, on the site 6 years, 4 months ago
This is the beginning of something truly annoying. I think this might just be the next ‘pop-up’ of the spamming world. Reminds me a bit of the show “Black Mirror”. In one of the episodes, the characters are forced to watch advertisements or pay to skip them. Even if they close their eyes during the ad, the ad pauses and waits for them to…[Read more]
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Patrick DeStefano (tuc50677) commented on the post, Week 13 Update, on the site 6 years, 4 months ago
This is something that has actually been on my mind a lot lately. It’s truly a bit traumatizing that this can even be enacted without your knowing on your own computer and have images or videos sent elsewhere of your phone usage. After reading this article, I downloaded SEP Mobile and am actually in the process of downloading a security update…[Read more]
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Patrick DeStefano (tuc50677) commented on the post, Week 14 Update, on the site 6 years, 4 months ago
Yeah, I don’t believe that $270k-$540k would cut it for this. That’s essentially the salary of 2-6 full time employees IT security for an entire city would be much more costly with the types of systems, applications, and resources required to lock down the system in a better manner. I agree that it would have taken a few million to even come…[Read more]
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Patrick DeStefano (tuc50677) commented on the post, Week 14 Update, on the site 6 years, 4 months ago
This is a very necessary and, what seems to be, a very well thought out system. It’s a fully designed end to end system from the custom designed microcontroller units, to the specially designed OS, to the cloud based connectivity which takes care of software and security updates.
IOT devices are some of the most insecure devices in today’s…[Read more]
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Patrick DeStefano (tuc50677) commented on the post, Week 14 Update, on the site 6 years, 4 months ago
I read about this when it first happened last month and remember thinking to myself that they are screwed financially, and this article proves it. Like the article points out, victims of these types of attacks have two options, pay the ransom and hope they get their data back, or refuse to pay and lose all the data that was compromised, which,…[Read more]
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Patrick DeStefano (tuc50677) commented on the post, Week 13 Update, on the site 6 years, 4 months ago
This is how it feels to face a major cyber attack
https://www.zdnet.com/article/this-is-how-it-feels-to-face-a-major-cyber-attack/
These classes are good introductions into the world of cyber-security and some, in my opinion focus on way too technical things. That being said, the only true real world experience is to actually live through…[Read more]
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Patrick DeStefano (tuc50677) commented on the post, Week 13 Update, on the site 6 years, 4 months ago
With the recent upswing in crypto currencies over the past year, It’s no wonder that these type of operations are picking up as well. Hackers are beginning to exploit any weakness they can find to harness as much computing power as possible to mine crypto-currencies. It’s just one more thing that cyber professionals need to keep in mind to…[Read more]
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Patrick DeStefano (tuc50677) commented on the post, Week 11 Update, on the site 6 years, 5 months ago
Omitting the “o” in .com Could Be Costly:
Why companies buy miss-spelling of their company’s URL
https://krebsonsecurity.com/2018/03/omitting-the-o-in-com-could-be-costly/
The article discusses a trend where spammers own domains which are near identical to real company URLs and use these webpages to trigger spam and potentially malwa…[Read more]
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Patrick DeStefano (tuc50677) commented on the post, Week 11 Update, on the site 6 years, 5 months ago
I know we are supposed to always keep our software, operating systems, etc up to date with the most recent patches. With that being said, it’s also kinda worry-some that one of these updates or patches could actually contain or open up a large vulnerability itself within the application or operating system.
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