German Political Parties Hit by Cyber Attacks
German political parties
have fallen victim to a new round of cyber attacks, documents showed Wednesday,
after Berlin's domestic spy agency accused Russia of a series of operations
aimed at spying and sabotage.
Politicians and employees of several parties received
emails purporting to be sent from NATO headquarters, but which instead
contained a link that installed spyware on the recipient's computer, the Sueddeutsche
Zeitung daily and regional broadcasters NDR and WDR reported.
Citing unnamed security experts, German media said the
attacks on August 15 and 24 appeared to have been carried out by state-backed
Russian hackers.
Which begs these questions: Are you looking? Would you recognize your data if you saw it?
Joseph Cox reports:
It’s pretty hard to know when
your data might have been compromised. Over
the last few years, an industry of threat intelligence firms has popped up that
offer to monitor criminal forums, paste sites, and Tor hidden services for
stolen intellectual property or customer information.
Now, one of these companies is
letting anyone monitor the dark web for a limited amount of their own personal
information. On Tuesday, Terbium Labs
announced it was opening up its “Matchlight” product to the general public,
allowing users to keep tabs on five different pieces of info for free.
Read more on Motherboard.
The University has a very large format printer but I’m not
sure we could do this in one pass.
There have been a ton of articles trying to wake up the
public to just how much Facebook knows about you. I generally skip posting those articles, as my
readers tend to be pretty savvy. But this
article by Larry Kim is worth noting, because you may want to save it
and show it to your kids or co-workers or those who need a wake-up call.
Just look at all of Facebook’s ad-targeting options in
this infographic
by Wordstream to realize how much info Facebook has about you – and keep in
mind that there are those (advertisers) who think this is a good thing!
Does Guinness know? What my Computer Security students will
face.
Brian Krebs' Blog Hit by 665 Gbps DDoS Attack
Investigative cybercrime journalist Brian Krebs reported on Tuesday that
his website, KrebsOnSecurity.com, was hit by a massive distributed
denial-of-service (DDoS) attack that could be the largest in history.
According to Krebs, his site was targeted with various
types of DDoS attacks, including SYN and HTTP floods. The attack peaked at 665 Gbps and 143 Mpps
(million packets per second), but it was successfully mitigated by Akamai, the
company that provides DDoS protection services for KrebsOnSecurity.
Vague on security and privacy, but hey, it’s only 115
pages!
Federal Automated Vehicles Policy - September 2016
The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Automated
Vehicles Policy, published September 2016.
Helping my students think at the C-level.
What to think about when moving to the cloud
… Enterprises
across all sectors are either in the cloud, transitioning to the cloud, or
thinking about making the idea of cloud a reality.
For those who are preparing to make the move, there are a
variety of concerns to consider and plan for in order to make for a smooth
transition. In addition to deciding on
the right cloud provider and whether to go with a private or a public cloud,
CISOs also need to think about implementing solutions for controls on access,
encryption, legal and compliance issues.
Perhaps this is why my Computer Security classes are full?
Zero-percent cybersecurity unemployment, 1 million jobs
unfilled
It’s obvious, in retrospect.
Amazon’s Daring Move Could Mean the End of Cable
Subscriptions
Amazon.com, Inc. is looking to offer a new benefit to its Prime members. The
world’s largest online retailer plans to get live video rights in a variety of
sports that have a more global appeal. These
include soccer, tennis, golf, rugby, and auto-racing. The company is also looking to offer live
streaming of more popular US sports like basketball, baseball, football, and
hockey. If Amazon closes its deals, it
could entice new customers to sign up for its online TV service.
Numbers have shown that live sports are some of the few
reasons people remain subscribed to cable networks.
Some sources for my next Statistics class?
Univ. of Michigan – Deep Blue Data Repository
by Sabrina
I. Pacifici on Sep 20, 2016
“Deep Blue Data is a repository
offered by the University of Michigan Library that provides access and
preservation services for digital research data that were developed or used in
the support of research activities at U-M.
The datasets that underlie research findings are increasingly in demand.
Funding agencies require that research
data be discoverable, accessible and preserved for future use. Publishers ask for data sets to be included
alongside of publications as supplemental files to support research findings. Researchers seek out existing data sets to
test out new theories or generate new discoveries. In response, The University of Michigan
Library has developed Deep Blue Data, a repository for sharing and archiving
research data that were developed at the University of Michigan. Deep Blue Data is a component of a suite of
services provided by the U-M Library designed to broadly disseminate the
intellectual contributions in research, teaching and creativity made by the
University of Michigan community and to ensure its longevity. Why deposit in Deep Blue Data?
- Share your data — Deep Blue Data provides a means for you to publish your data through a protected and secure repository, making your research more visible to the world.
- Compliance with grant requirements — Depositing your data into Deep Blue Data enables you to demonstrate compliance with funding agency requirements to share and archive your data sets.
- Get credit for your work — Your data will be assigned a Digital Object Identifier upon deposit making it easier for people to cite your data set and provide proper attribution.
- Preserve your data — The University of Michigan Library is committed to preserving the data sets deposited into Deep Blue Data. See File formats and Preservation for details.
- It’s Free — There is no charge to deposit data into the Deep Blue Data repository in most cases…”
Imagine someone not knowing all about Medium!
7 Awesome Tools You Should Definitely Try If You Love Medium
It’s easy to see why Medium is popular. Lots of influential people and websites have
set up publications and the Medium site as a whole gets some serious traffic
(upwards of 75 million a month).
… Some third-party
tools are now appearing to make your Medium experience a good one. Here are a few of the best
Something for small town Colorado?
AT&T unveils AirGig for low-cost wireless broadband along
power lines
&T on Tuesday announced a low-cost, high-speed
wireless internet technology that relies on plastic antennas positioned along
medium-voltage power lines.
… plastic antennas
will be attached to the power lines and serve as a mesh network to distribute
signals to homes and businesses. To test
the technology, AT&T is looking for a location somewhere in the next year
with a favorable regulatory environment, since the carrier would need to
partner with an existing electric utility.
… By using power
lines, AirGig avoids the expense of digging trenches to lay fiber optic cable. A utility company would be able to use the
technology to help spot problems on its power lines from something like a
downed tree.
“It’s a transformative technology that delivers low-cost
and multigigabit speeds
using power lines,” said John Donovan, chief strategy officer for AT&T. “There’s no need for enhancements for new
towers, and it’s over existing infrastructure.”
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