Tech Tip Tuesday - Happy Cyber Security Awareness Month!

October is Cyber Security Awareness Month. The National Cyber Security Alliance has numerous resources available to keep you secure. Data breaches and supply chain attacks usually make their way into your news feeds but your home network security hits closer to home. The following link has a handful of suggestions. Can you think of other ways to secure your home network? #CyberAware

https://staysafeonline.org/stay-safe-online/securing-key-accounts-devices/securing-home-network/

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Tech Tip Tuesday - Cyber Security Awareness Week High School Forensics Challenge

The Tandon School of Engineering at NYU hosts the High School Forensics challenge annually. The Qualification Round of HSF runs September 22 - October 2, 2017 and is open to everyone. The Final Competition is November 9 - 11, 2017 and is only for high school students. Sign up now and take a look at their Cyber Forensics (CyFor) learning environment.

https://csaw.engineering.nyu.edu/hsf

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Tech Tip Tuesday - Tcpreplay

Tcpreplay is a free tool that you can use to *drumroll*... replay network traffic. You can ask the Google to find you find sample PCAPs (from CTF competitions, forensics puzzles, etc) and replay them to train/familiarize yourself with what right/wrong looks like in your lab environment. It’s slightly safer than downloading malware for demonstration purposes.

https://n0where.net/edit-and-replay-network-traffic-tcpreplay/

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Tech Tip Tuesday - Network Penetration Testing Checklist

There are many ways to perform a network penetration test. This checklist gets you started and even suggests some popular tools. Are these in your toolbox?

https://gbhackers.com/network-penetration-testing-checklist-examples/

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Tech Tip Tuesday – Evil Packet Analysis

Packet/network analysis tools are everywhere and everyone seems to think it will solve all your cyber security problems. It might but where do you start? This post asks and answers "What are the top 10 or so questions (what & why ask) you would ask yourself when looking at packets you suspect contain evil?"

https://isc.sans.edu/forums/diary/Packet+Analysis+Where+do+you+start/22001/

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Tech Tip Tuesday - Check Yourself before You DDoS Someone Else

Internet of Things (IoT) devices (e.g. IP cameras, DVRs, refrigerators, etc) were to blame for the Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack that knocked out most of the known Internet last week. Lifehacker has a good article and link to a tool that will tell you if devices on your network are part of the problem.

http://lifehacker.com/iot-scanner-checks-for-vulnerabilities-in-your-connecte-1788154835

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