Secure your devices. Bottom-line, there are malicious users on the web that can find your device (webcams, IP cameras, routers, SCADA and other devices). Change the default passwords and update software/firmware when it is available. Disable UPNP and look for vulnerabilities that may affect your device.
CNN’s Money on “Hacking anything connected to the internet“
2013 Middle Tennessee Cyber Summit:
Building Partnerships and Understanding the Threat
2013 Middle Tennessee Cyber Summit: Building Partnerships and Understanding the Threat
When: Tuesday, May 7 – Wednesday, May 8
Where: MTSU campus, Student Union Ballroom
Cost: $30 per attendee
Attendees: state/local/federal govt. agencies, utilities, private sector, education, healthcare, transportation, financial
Credits/Certifications: CEUs available
Middle Tennessee Cyber Summit: Building Partnerships and Understanding the Threat will be held on the MTSU campus May 7-8. This event will address criminal, intelligence, disruptive, and information cyber threats and is scheduled to include presentations from U.S. Department of Homeland Security, TN Department of Safety and Homeland Security, Federal Bureau of Investigation, United States Secret Service, and private sector cyber security organizations.
Tuesday, May 7
7:30 – 8:00 Registration and Networking
8:00 – 8:30 Welcome and Introduction
MTSU Representative
TN Department of Safety and Homeland Security Commissioner Bill Gibbons and Assistant Commissioner David Purkey
8:30 – 9:15 Emerging Threats in Cyber Security
Speaker TBA, U.S. Department of Homeland Security
9:15 – 10:45 China, Cyber, and U.S. Energy: Who, What, Why, and What’s Next
Betsy Woudenberg, Chief Cyber Officer, Intelligence Arts
A discussion of China as our cyber adversary, using cyber attacks on U.S. and global energy companies to illustrate how the Communist Party’s domestic objectives drive its cyber espionage campaigns
10:45 – 11:30 Vendor tables and break
11:30 – 12:30 Lunch
12:30 – 1:15 Keynote
Scott Augenbaum, Supervisory Special Agent, Cyber Crime Squad, Federal Bureau of Investigation
1:15 – 2:30 TBA
Speaker TBA, Federal Bureau of Investigation
2:30 – 2:45 Break
2:45 – 4:30 Secret Service – Cyber Crime Investigations
Todd Hudson, Special Agent in Charge, United States Secret Service
Wednesday, May 8
8:00 – 9:00 Social Engineering
Sese Bennett, Information Officer, State of Tennessee
9:00 – 10:00 SCADA
Speaker TBA, U.S. Department of Homeland Security
10:00 – 11:15 Intrusion Case Studies
Steve Mallard, IT Director, Tennessee Technology Center at Shelbyville
11:15 – 11:30 Break (vendor tables close at 12)
11:30 – 12:30 Lunch
12:30 – 2:00 Keynote:SCADA for Spies
Betsy Woudenberg, Chief Cyber Officer, Intelligence Arts
An introduction to SCADA – the technology that automates critical infrastructure – and how adversaries can penetrate these systems using humans and technology
2:00 – 2:15 Break
2:15 – 4:30 Cloud/Mobility Security
Speaker TBA
Event Sponsored by:
Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs
Forensic Institute for Research and Education
Middle Tennessee State University
MTSU Information Technology Division
Enterasys Inc.
Mandiant
Registration information:
Date: Tuesday, May 7 – Wednesday May 8
Location: MTSU New Student Union Building
Cost: $30 per attendee (No Federal funds are expended to cover any catering or food)
Attendees: state/local/federal government agencies, utilities, private sector, education, healthcare, transportation, and financial, and law enforcement
Credits/Certifications: CEUs available ($10 MTSU fee)
Mandiant, which worked with the New York Times shows Chinese hackers.
Middle Tennessee Cyber Summit: Building Partnerships and Understanding the Threat
Date: May 7 and 8
Location: MTSU New Student Union Building
Registration: March 1, 2013
Middle Tennessee Cyber Summit: Building Partnerships and Understanding the Threat will be held on the MTSU campus May 7 and 8. This event will address criminal, intelligence, disruptive, and information cyber threats and be of particular interest to city/state/federal governments, healthcare, education, transportation, financial, utilities, and business industries.
Presentations from Department of Homeland Security, TN Department of Safety and Homeland Security, Federal Bureau of Investigation, and private sector cyber security. Registration information can be found at http://www.csimtsu.com beginning March 1, 2013.
“Penetration testing is only the first step of self-inspection—
ask internal auditors to scrutinize IT practices beyond compliance to take risk management to the next level – Read More
Dead drops are usb drives hidden usually on private property and could possibly involve vandalism and illegal activities. Dead drops can possibly contain viruses, illegal music, documents and other information that can be considered illegal or malicious.
Dead drops are used to exchange files. Usually hidden in plain site – they can be anywhere.
So is the little tiny town of Shelbyville too small for dead drops?
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) will conduct the first nationwide test of the Emergency Alert System (EAS). The nationwide test will occur on Wednesday, November 9 at 2 p.m. eastern standard time and may last up to three and a half minutes…more
You cannot effectively protect corporate data and intellectual property. It takes skilled IT professionals to protect your data.
A new survey by DELL Kace revealed 87 percent of companies have employees that use some kind of personal device for work including laptops, smartphones and tablet computers. However, they are unable to effectively protect corporate data and intellectual property as well as ensure compliance.
Read more 90% of employees use personal devices for work .
Here’s an example of fake checks that may come to you through responding to emails, online auctions or just out of the blue…don’t cash these type of checks if you receive them…examples of phishing are listed in previous posts.
If You Don’t Understand Phishing
Look at the details under the check amount.
This sort of information should be useful to forensics investigators, folks trying to cover their tracks, folks trying to uncover people’s track….Forensically interesting spots in the Windows 7, Vista and XP file system and registry (and anti-forensics).
This article is a little old but good – it shows where data can be hidden…
Names and Social Security numbers of some 43,000 people that were affiliated with Yale University back in 1999 have been accessible to users of the Google search engine for the past ten months, reports the Yale Daily News Yale confirms 10-month-long data breach.
Here’s some great links for Office 2010′s Resource Kit and books.
Office 2010 Resource Kit Technical Library in Compiled Help format
Technical diagrams for Office 2010
Downloadable book: Getting started with Office 2010
Downloadable book: Planning guide for Office 2010
Downloadable book: Deployment guide for Office 2010
Downloadable book: Group Policy for Office 2010
Downloadable book: Operations guide for Office 2010
Migrating to Microsoft Excel 2010 (white paper)
Microsoft Office 2010 Product Guides
Cached Exchange Mode in a Remote Desktop Session Host environment: planning considerations
Microsoft Office 2010 – Under the Hood Investments for Hardware and Performance
