Tech Tip Tuesday – Ransomware via Social Media

Until recently the most common delivery of ransomware was through email. Attackers have now added social media (e.g. Facebook, Linkedin) to their bag of tricks. Users are being sent messages with malicious attachments, most commonly in image files. The file needs to be downloaded and executed to compromise your machine so don’t do that. In fact don’t open files with uncommon extensions (e.g. SVG, JS, HTA).

https://www.maketecheasier.com/how-images-infect-computer-on-social-media

Thanks again to Nick for sharing this with us!

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Tech Tip Tuesday – Hack the Army

The Department of Defense is doing some innovative things in cybersecurity. They developed a new vulnerability disclosure program to find and fix issue faster and they expanded their bug bounty program to “Hack the Army”. The DoD paid out $75,000 in bounties for Hack the Pentagon. Hack the Army starts on November 30, 2016 1200EST. Get yourself some spending money for the holidays!

https://medium.com/@SecDef/building-on-the-lessons-learned-from-hacking-the-pentagon-b5b58548b6a9#.1l97evzfo

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Tech Tip Tuesday – Windows 10 PIN Complexity

Are you taking advantage of a PIN versus a password in Windows 10? If you are and you want to add some complexity, check out this article. You wouldn’t want users to have their PIN be the same as the combination as their luggage.

https://www.maketecheasier.com/enable-pin-complexity-windows-10

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Tech Tip Tuesday – Cyber Teacher Certificate

Most of the efforts to solve the cybersecurity skills gap focuses on the students. This program provides teachers with training and a professional certification to help their students gain the skills to become cybersecurity professionals.

https://prod.lifejourney.us/lifeJourney/registrationRequest?programId=2&role=School&pc=CT

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Tech Tip Tuesday – Is Your Phone Pwned?

This article gives you some good indicators that your phone may be compromised but what should you do if you think your device is compromised? Stay tuned…

http://www.darkreading.com/endpoint/5-signs-your-smartphone-has-been-hacked/d/d-id/1327326

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