The official Twitter source for Information Security news and commentary from Dalhousie University's Information Security office.
Halifax, Nova Scotia
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Network drives =next big target. Turn off unwanted features/services & ensure device cannot administered from the web bbc.com/news/technology-2959…
CSAM day7. Backed up recently? Automate or use a manual backup regime. Given CryptoLocker, make sure backups are offline (can't be accessed)
"75% of millennials protect their mobile devices with a password or PIN (8% higher than overall smartphone users)" staysafeonline.org/stay-safe…
This Cyber Security Awareness Month vow to keep your software up-to-date. #Shellshock will not be the last vulnerability, so keep updating.
Nothing in email can verify its authenticity, only disqualify it. Delete obvious junk. Independently verify the rest before acting on them.
Investigative journalist Brian Krebs' soon-to-be-released Spam Nation krebsonsecurity.com/2014/07/… should illuminate the cybercrime underground.
Photo leaks/hacks? David Fraser (privacylawyer.ca) gives us 7 steps to extra protection: blog.privacylawyer.ca/2014/0…
Good news for a change: Linkedin improves their security welivesecurity.com/2014/09/0…
Hoping to track lost/stolen phone w/o protection (password,encrypt,...) is like car alarm w/o locks. Prevention rules the Prevent/Detect duo
Exɑmple or Example? Independently verify unsolicited email before clicking links/attachments Can't rely on appearance welivesecurity.com/2014/08/1…
grahamcluley.com/2014/08/fix… "if U were a victim of CryptoLocker & chose not to pay(good for you), there’s a new solution" decryptcryptolocker.com/
Timely reminder bbc.com/news/technology-2852… [6:20] If it's free you're not the customer you are, or your info is, the product. Make good trades.
Is our surfing tracked w/o cookies? Story at propublica.org/article/meet-… and eff.org/deeplinks/2014/07/wh… Both have pragmatic "how to thwart" sections
Not everyone so lucky with their phone huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/0… So, for privacy lock 'em lockit.ctv.ca & for posterity back 'em up.
First DropBox, now Google collaboristablog.com/2014/07… Sensitive data should require password not just a shared link. Match storage to sensitivity
Shutdown/Hibernate/SafeSleep unneeded computers to cope with power issues tomorrow dal.ca/news/today/2014/07/04…
"Never do anything you wouldn't want to share with everyone while connected to public WiFi" money.cnn.com/2014/06/13/tec… Tool shows what's exposed
Cryptowall = a file lockout threat best avoided collaboristablog.com/2014/06… Run anti-malware sw + Think before clicking links/opening attachments
Plan for the HTCIA conference Sep 18/19 in Halifax atlantichtcia.org/conference ... or maybe SecTor Oct 20-22 in Toronto? dal.ca/dept/its/security/eve…
No, Microsoft is not calling. It's a scam itguyswa.com/get-phone-call-… Follow computer fixing advice only if you initiate the call. Be skeptical!