Training the Next Cybersecurity Professionals

http://www.darkreading.com/operations/educating-the-cyberwarriors-of-the-future/a/d-id/1319590   Jeff Shilling opines that we need more experienced people in the Cybersecurity field. As usual the issue is senior-level execs do not fully understand all the ramification differences with 1.  a person with 5+ years experience in IT plus Cyber Security Knowledge   (no university degree)some certifications or 2. a person with 2 … Read more

Fake Apps Fooling Thousands

It is worthwhile to discuss Fake apps: http://www.hotforsecurity.com/blog/dont-be-fooled-bitdefender-anti-prank-tool-does-not-exist-11664.html There are “fake” apps which claim to be anti-virus or other legitimate apps (like games) but in reality are stealing your information on your phones and computers. Example: Guardian story Here is a Criminal developer boasting(on a discussion board) about creating the fake Flappybird app which steals … Read more

Testing Website With Owasp-zap

The Google code website link: https://code.google.com/p/zaproxy/ Here is an interesting bit of info (from the link above): ZAP came second in the Top Security Tools of 2014 as voted by ToolsWatch.org readers   Here is a screenshot with my test on my own website – www.fixvirus.com I clicked on the response tab after Owasp-Zap tries to … Read more

Insider Knowledge Threats and Action

We know Insider trading is bad – even though we all want the money, the info to know that there will be good news before the news becomes public is sometimes draws a certain person like a moth to a flame.   image from slide: http://www.slideshare.net/Identacor/8-nastiest-data-breaches-in-2015 7. Morgan Stanley insider theft: Morgan Stanley fired an employee … Read more

How Can You Test Your Network? Safely-Legally?

Let’s assume that you agree that some sort of testing of your computers/network is required or should be done.   How should you test your network? There are daily scans coming onto all ip addresses on the Internet. This is a fact of life.  What is going on? We have talked about this before: http://oversitesentry.com/how-many-scans-are-attacking-the-internet/ {Most … Read more