Perspective
for my Computer Security students.
Home
Depot SEC Filing – Pretax Breach Cost $43 million
eSecurity
Planet – “In a recent
SEC filing, Home
Depot stated that a recent data breach that exposed
56 million credit cards and 53
million email addresses cost the company $43 million in the third
quarter of 2014 alone. Specifically, Home Depot says it “recorded
$43 million of pretax expenses related to the data breach, partially
offset by a $15 million receivable for costs the company believes are
reimbursable and probable of recovery under its insurance coverage,
for pretax net expenses of $28 million.” Those expenses, according
to the filing, included “costs to investigate the data breach;
provide identity protection services, including credit monitoring, to
impacted customers; increase call center staffing; and pay legal and
other professional services.”
For
my Ethical Hackers who drive to school each day in a new car and my
Computer Security students who wonder how they do it.
Can
Hackers REALLY Take Over Your Car?
Zubie
is a small box that plugs into the On-Board
Diagnostics (ODBII) port found in most modern cars. It allows
users to find out how well they’re driving, and offers tips for
extending their mileage with sensible, economical driving. And until
recently, Zubie contained
a serious lapse in security that could leave users vulnerable to
having their car remotely hijacked. [Imagine
the fun if those insurance company plug-ins had this vulnerability.
Bob]
“I
means what I sez and I sez what I means.” Popeye?
“I
swear I'll kill you, I'll kill you a million times.” Milton Berle
The
Supreme Court is preparing to weigh in on a landmark free speech case
that raises crucial questions about the First Amendment in the age of
the Internet.
The
high court next week will sit down to decide whether or not police
need to prove that people posting threats online actually intend to
carry them out.
Free
speech groups warned ahead of Monday morning’s arguments that a
ruling in favor of the government “runs the risk of punishing
protected First Amendment expression simply because it is crudely or
zealously expressed.”
“As
more and more speech moves
onto the Internet, [What
actually changes? (besides the size of the audience) Bob]
the constitutional protections afforded to online speech will
increasingly determine the actual scope of First Amendment freedoms
enjoyed by our society,” the American Civil Liberties Union, the
Center for Democracy and Technology and other organizations warned in
a friend-of-the-court brief.
…
The Constitution protects virtually all forms of speech, but has an
exception for “true threats” such as a bomb threat or murder
plot, which are punishable under the law. While the court has
defined what counts as a true threat in many ways, there are still
some lingering questions that could be increasingly important as more
and more communications move onto the Internet.
…
“Requiring proof of a subjective intent to threaten would
undermine one of the central purposes of prohibiting threats,” the
Obama administration argued in a brief presented to the court.
Tools
& Techniques for my students and fellow teachers.
11
Free Mind Mapping Tools Compared In One Chart
That
chart is embedded below as a PDF. A Google Docs copy can be found
here.
For
all my students.
How
To Build The Perfect LinkedIn Profile
LinkedIn
can serve as an awesome way to make yourself stand out. It could be
the ticket to landing your dream job.
Of
course, a perfect profile isn’t going to happen automatically. You
need to know how to build your profile. You need to know how to give
the right amount of information, and how to sell
yourself. Sound complicated? Don’t worry, this infographic
will break down everything you need to know!
Via
Quick
Sprout
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