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| Security Class » Security Class Article #6 - Due Monday December 3rd » 11/30/2018 10:57 am |
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2 Iranian hackers were charged for farming in 6 million in ransomware attacks against various businesses and institutions. Based out of Iran the have not been arrested, but have developed their own ransomware software called "samsam". Both are now on the FBI's watchlist.
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| Security Class » Security Discussion Article #4 - Due November 12th » 11/08/2018 11:21 am |
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A google security group offers a program to select users to counteract against spear phishing, phishing and other malicious attacks. The team was put together after the fiasco of certain politicians emails being hacked. The program though not named is counted as the highest form of personal account security that google offers. Such attacks that are counted against are emails that are sent to campaign subscribers from the alleged politician designed to gain personal information.
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| Security Class » Security Discussion Article #3 - Due Monday the 29th.... » 10/29/2018 10:15 am |
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Blackmail threats are coming to light as thousands of people contacted "The Mail" complaining of ransomware on their computers. The emails were sent by hacker(s) who claim that the recipient was caught by their own camera visiting a adult website and if they did not pay the hacker(s) money the picture would be sent to their family members/ friends.
Stuart Peck a cyber security technician said this claim was false. That hackers wouldn't want you to know that they had access to your account and would rather sell off the information to other hackers. If a person did fall for the claim that person could e placed on a "suckers list" where more attacks via ransomware could be made on that person.
If a person really felt vulnerable they can place a piece of paper over their camera to ensure no one is watching.
-Daniel Dagg
| Security Class » Security Discussion Topic #2 Due Monday the 15th » 10/14/2018 3:41 pm |
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Cars are being hacked to be used as human targets for nefarious purposes. The cyberattacks disrupts the cars systems such as brakes, lights etc.
Dan Dagg
| Security Class » Cain and Abel » 10/08/2018 10:00 am |
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Where can we safely download this?
| Security Class » Security Discussion Article #1 - Post reply to this article » 10/03/2018 10:18 am |
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A man in Ohio, Phillip Durachinsky, was found guilty of Installing a malmare (fruitfly) on mac computers. The malware allowed this man to gain access to both the microphone and camera for nefarious purposes. The man was arrested nearly 13 years of committing these crimes.
| Security Class » Malware used for spying » 10/01/2018 10:15 am |
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An Ohio resident used a malware called Fruit fly to hack into people computers in order to gain access to the victims microphone/ audio. He used the access for nefarious purposes such as child pornography. "Basically, he scanned the Internet for Macs with exposed ports that he could exploit and then attempted to connect to these systems using weak, known credentials. Once a system was compromised, he then attempted to persistently install the malware."
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