VOD interview/discussion at http://twit.tv/show/this-week-in-tech/365
Mat Honan also talks about it on his Blog at http://www.emptyage.com/post/28679875595/yes-i-was-hacked-hard
Take the time to look at this, and think about structuring your accounts & etc to protect yourself from this, Hackers will certainly take note of this.
Couple of Basic Points:
Backup critical data, you need at least 3 copies of important data, the "working" copy, plus two separate backups in different locations/companies.
Don't interlink all your accounts. That leads to domino effect of a single vulnerability being exploited, perhaps something out of your control like happened to Honan, that gives Hacker access to one of your accounts, and that one account will let them in to all the others.
Showing posts with label Social Engineering (Security). Show all posts
Showing posts with label Social Engineering (Security). Show all posts
Monday, August 6, 2012
Monday, March 12, 2012
PSA: Social Engineering (Security) NATO & You
I read on ZDNet today, about a Social Engineering attack on NATO using Facebook, that story also referenced this link from The Guardian.
[Edited to add, see also this story on Sony dealing with Hacking problems & Security.]
I cover IT and related security issues from time to time, even though this is a Starcraft 2 blog, because I know IT security is a real issue for anyone that uses computers and the internet.
I have had personal identity information stolen a couple of times already, and I have friends that have had gaming accounts hacked.
Not to mention some professionals in Esports, Mrs. Violence & JP McDaniel to name two that I know for certain that have been hacked.
I felt this was worth mentioning, both as a reminder, but also to make people think.
According to ZDNet "senior British military officers, Defense Ministry officials, and other government officials" were fooled by this attack.
All of those people receive some training in the basics of information security, controlling access to information that is not just IT, yet they fell victim to this attack.
Makes me think that not only do people need to learn more about security, they also need to practice good security habits more often.
If your interested in learning more about IT Security click Security or Hacking, those Labels can also be found at left side of Blog in the Label Cloud.
Check Six,
Cliff
[Edited to add, see also this story on Sony dealing with Hacking problems & Security.]
I cover IT and related security issues from time to time, even though this is a Starcraft 2 blog, because I know IT security is a real issue for anyone that uses computers and the internet.
I have had personal identity information stolen a couple of times already, and I have friends that have had gaming accounts hacked.
Not to mention some professionals in Esports, Mrs. Violence & JP McDaniel to name two that I know for certain that have been hacked.
I felt this was worth mentioning, both as a reminder, but also to make people think.
According to ZDNet "senior British military officers, Defense Ministry officials, and other government officials" were fooled by this attack.
All of those people receive some training in the basics of information security, controlling access to information that is not just IT, yet they fell victim to this attack.
Makes me think that not only do people need to learn more about security, they also need to practice good security habits more often.
If your interested in learning more about IT Security click Security or Hacking, those Labels can also be found at left side of Blog in the Label Cloud.
Check Six,
Cliff
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