Cybersecurity Not High Priority for Public

Mr. Goldberg on Bloomberg West was interviewed (video): http://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2015-02-04/why-are-americans-less-concerned-about-cybersecurity-   We put on our Pinterest page as well : https://www.pinterest.com/pin/420875527652271210/ “This is a strange phenomena, getting used to it, and less concerned” This survey was done a “week ago” “This is an annoyance”   “Something really bad has to happen for the public to pay attention” … Read more

Risk management Failed Us!

Why you say? We can review our systems that we have and assign a higher risk on some systems depending on the value of the data, it’s function etc. So let’s say you have 3 computer servers There is only so much in money and labor resources, so as an analytical person we assign the … Read more

How much Cyber Risk Can I Take?

2014 was the “Year of the Breach” they say with the usual credit card breaches: Home Depot, Target and more… The clincher was the ultimate attack with Sony corp that brought the network down completely. It was an unusual attack, since the attackers actually stole data and then deleted it. Thus the network became unusable. … Read more

Hackers hacked a Foscam Baby Monitor

Computerworld has the story: http://www.computerworld.com/article/2878741/hacker-hijacks-wireless-foscam-baby-monitor-talks-and-freaks-out-nanny.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter#tk.rss_all    We have posted about this before Jun11, 2014 http://oversitesentry.com/what-if-your-new-gadget-gets-hacked-even-your-countertop-or-toilet/ The creepy hacker said some words to the nanny and caused the nanny to turn off the webcam. There seems to be a sad theme here as well as our post(Nov16) of regular webcams (not just babycams) http://oversitesentry.com/change-default-passwords-online-cams/ It seems it … Read more

Anonymity is History: Getting Doxed

What does Dox mean? http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=dox defines dox as personal information about people on Internet, including real name, known aliases, address, phone number, SS#, cc#, etc. So if you think you can keep your data secret or at least not public (the old method was delist your name and address from phone book) today everyone leaves a trail … Read more