Tech Tip Tuesday – Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) Attacks

Generating successful a DDoS attack is easier than it’s ever been and 2015 1st quarter reports seem to agree with that sentiment. The most common attacks have leveraged reflection amplification of Network Timing Protocol (NTP), Simple Service Discovery Protocol (SSDP) and Domain Name System (DNS). If you or your organization does not provide this service, you should block them from entering your network. You can use sites like What’s My IP to find out if your SSDP is showing.

http://www.whatsmyip.org/port-scanner/

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Tech Tip Tuesday – How to Win CCDC

This slide deck could apply to almost any cyber defense competition and a little real world too. We could have carved this up to provide a month of TTTs but decided to share it with the group to generate conversation. If you have the time, watch Ralph Mudge’s DerbyCon talk (slide 16). He shares some deep dark red team secrets.

http://www.cs.mercer.edu/courses/david%20cozart/Cyber%20Defense/How%20to%20win%20CCDC.pdf

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Tech Tip Tuesday – Google Code Jam

Since 2003, Google Code Jam has brought together professional and student programmers from around the world to solve tough algorithmic puzzles. Competitors may use any programming language and development environment to obtain their solutions. The competition begins with three online rounds consisting of a set of a mix of algorithmic problems which must be solved in a fixed amount of time. Each year, the top top twenty-five competitors from the online rounds compete in the Code Jam Finals at a Google office; they aspire to walk away with the coveted Code Jam Champion title and a cash prize.

https://code.google.com/codejam

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Tech Tip Tuesday – Hawaii State Public Library System HI Tech Academy

Would you like to work toward a Microsoft certification or gain specific IT workforce skill? Do you also have a Hawaii State Library Card? If you do and have a library card you can get FREE access to the Microsoft IT Academy. It’s a great way start your career in the IT field or learn a new skill set or just get ready for CyberPatriot VIII.

http://hawaii.sdp.sirsi.net/custom/web/content/hspls%20hi%20tech%20academy%20handout.pdf

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