ITACS 5211: Introduction to Ethical Hacking

Wade Mackey

Jonathan Duani

Cybersecurity Skills Shortages

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Cybersecuirty is an ever changing and because of that and how new it is there is a shortage of skills in this new field. For us who are just starting in this field this is not a bad thin cause this will mean that there are jobs out there however, a lot of the companies that are out there are slowly trying to get up to speed with secuirty. The black hat hackers however are much farther ahead of them. Since this is the case a lot of the people dont realize how susceptible they are at first until the technology and the skill set of the current employees filter though.

 

http://www.hreonline.com/HRE/view/story.jhtml?id=534363394

The best kept secret in cybersecurity is protecting U.S. banks against catastrophic attacks

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The Major US banks is where the majority of Americans money is held. If an attack would happen it could be catastrophic to not only the economy but to an individual as well. It is imporant to understand how your money and information is secured so that you can feel conferrable investing in that company.

 

https://www.csoonline.com/article/3240014/backup-recovery/the-best-kept-secret-in-cybersecurity-is-protecting-us-banks-against-catastrophic-attacks.html

IT help wanted, cybersecurity experience preferred

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This is really interesting article. I think it is really important for everyone to be conscientious about cyber security. If you have a desktop technician that does not care about security even if a company has all the stuff in place to make it secure a tech can just circumvent it for a client if they really wanted to. I think that if every tech has a little bit of knowledge in security it could be really valuable to the company.

 

https://www.csoonline.com/article/3239674/it-careers/it-help-wanted-cybersecurity-experience-preferred.html

Hackers took over the computer system of a Boeing 757 passenger jet

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This is really interesting and kind of scary article. A department of homeland security hacker was able to gain access to the avionic controls of a Boeing 757 remotely without and internal help within the aircraft. It is kind of scary to think about about because the plane is in the air someone can hack in and take control and the pilots would have no idea what is happening before it is to late.

http://metro.co.uk/2017/11/13/hackers-took-over-the-computer-system-of-a-boeing-757-passenger-jet-7076824/

Russian Cybersecurity Software Found on U.S. Government Computers

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This is a interesting article about how the US government found Russian cyber security software on their computers. According to the article 96 of the 102 government agency had this software on their computers. IT is a pretty interesting article cause it shows that no matter how high the security is people can still get in and mess around with stuff.

 

https://www.wsj.com/articles/russian-cybersecurity-software-found-on-u-s-government-computers-1510693733

ADT acquires Datashield, aims to blend physical and cyber security

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ADT is a well known security company for your home or business. If someone breaks to your house or business the system will call the police and alert someone that someone has tired to break in or has broken into the building. Now ADT is going into the cyber security realm they added another part of their business which will monitor the systems that are on your network to make sure that ou are not being hacked. The CEO says, “his company wants to protect physical locations as well as the networks attached to them.”

 

http://www.zdnet.com/article/adt-acquires-datashield-aims-to-blend-physical-and-cyber-security/

Research confirms the cybersecurity skills shortage is an existential threat

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This is another interesting article about the job world in the cyber security realm. It talks about how there are not enough people who have the necessary skills for the jobs that are available. It means there are more jobs available for us to apply for. There are some pretty interesting statistics in the article as well.

https://www.csoonline.com/article/3237049/security/research-confirms-the-cybersecurity-skills-shortage-is-an-existential-threat.html

A rocket scientist hacks the cybersecurity labor crisis

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Pretty Interesting article that I found which talks about the cyber security job market. It explains there will be millions of jobs open by 2021 and not enough people to fill them,( which might not be a terrible thing for us). However, this article also talks about how they teamed up with the Girls Scouts to train young girls in cyber security which is pretty cool. So if they have an interest, they could help fill some of thoose jobs.

 

https://www.csoonline.com/article/3237025/it-careers/a-rocket-scientist-hacks-the-cybersecurity-labor-crisis.html

Why Cryptojacking Is The Next Big Cybersecurity Threat

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I thought this was a pretty interesting article with the cryptocurrency boom that has been going on lately. The article talks about code in different websites that will use the resources on your computer to mine for these cryptocurrency. The end user will never know that it is exist and the person who add this code to the site will be making a ton of money off your computers resources. Do you think this is ok?

 

Source: http://fortune.com/2017/10/23/bitcoin-monero-cryptocurrency-mining-security-threat/