Posts Tagged ‘CNN’

Many, Many Methods Of Cyberattacks

Tuesday, August 19th, 2008

Yesterday CNN ran an interesting story, “U.S. at risk of cyberattacks, experts say.”
For those of you in the information security biz this is not new news, I know. We’ve known and discussed the massive and insidious types of damage that could be done through cyber attacks for several years. However, there is still not enough being done.

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Phisherthieves Like Banks Best

Wednesday, February 13th, 2008

Here’s a pretty good mainstream news story from CNN to give to your business leaders to raise their awareness and understanding about phishing…

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U.S. DoD Workers Give Military Secrets To China

Monday, February 11th, 2008

Here are two more insider threat incident examples to put into your files and use within your information security and privacy training curriculum and awareness communications:

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FBI Plans to Catalog Everyone’s Physical Characteristics, and Bush Does Away With Privacy Oversight Board

Monday, February 4th, 2008

Here’s something scary…
I just saw a new CNN report that made me go, “Huh?!”
FBI wants palm prints, eye scans, tattoo mapping

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Were You Taken Offline?

Thursday, January 31st, 2008

Today, “Internet failure hits two continents
Were you impacted? If you were, then you probably aren’t reading this right now… 🙂

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Were You Taken Offline?

Thursday, January 31st, 2008

Today, “Internet failure hits two continents
Were you impacted? If you were, then you probably aren’t reading this right now… 🙂

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Insider Threat: Worker Deletes 7 Years of Files; Lesson? Make Backups!!

Friday, January 25th, 2008

Here is another example of what a worker, entrusted with access to business files, can do…and also provides a lesson about business continuity…
I just watched a CNN clip, “Cyber Sabotage” that provides a very good example of how costly the insider threat can be.

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Insider Threat: Worker Deletes 7 Years of Files; Lesson? Make Backups!!

Friday, January 25th, 2008

Here is another example of what a worker, entrusted with access to business files, can do…and also provides a lesson about business continuity…
I just watched a CNN clip, “Cyber Sabotage” that provides a very good example of how costly the insider threat can be.

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Don’t Expect Privacy At The Iowa Caucuses

Wednesday, January 2nd, 2008

I am happy to live in Iowa. I’ve enjoyed getting to see the presidential hopefuls in the state for the past 1+ years. I always vote during presidential elections, but I’ve never yet declared a party; I really don’t want to be listed in who knows how many places under such a label. However, this year I would really like to participate in the Iowa caucus.

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