Tech Tip Tuesday – Windows Telnet Vulnerability

We normally don't cover “Patch Tuesday” but when a security flaw for an insecure protocol is identified, we make exceptions. It is worth noting that telnet is installed on Server 2003 but not enabled and is not installed by default on Windows Vista and beyond. Who is this patch for and why are they using a clear text protocol? (in Seinfeld voice)

https://technet.microsoft.com/library/security/ms15-002

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Tech Tip Tuesday – AppArmor

AppArmor has been running silently on Ubuntu since 7.10. It’s enforces Mandatory Access Control (MAC) by restricting the access a process can take. It’s a good way to ensure your applications are behaving.

http://www.thegeekstuff.com/2014/03/apparmor-ubuntu/

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Tech Tip Tuesday – Cryptoy App

GCHQ, the British version of the NSA, has developed an educational app to “help students explore the fascinating world of cryptography”. The app was designed by British STEM students. Do you know of any other student developed security tools?

http://www.gchq.gov.uk/press_and_media/news_and_features/Pages/cryptoy-app-released.aspx

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Tech Tip Tuesday – $1,000 FREE from Amazon Web Services (AWS)…

AWS and edX have partnered up to offer students, who successfully complete the FREE edX Entrepreurship 101 or 102 class, $1,000 worth of AWS for FREE. This is the perfect combination for tech savvy entrepreneurs looking to build their business.

https://www.edx.org/AWS-activate

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Tech Tip Tuesday – Teach a Man to Phish

A recent Google study finds that the most successful phishing websites capture data from 45% of its visitors. Phishing attacks have been around since Anna Kournikova and will continue to be a thing as long as people keep clicking. They usually involve a current event (e.g. Ebola, Ferguson, Korean Air nuts) to incite some emotional response. Our friends at Intel Security put together this 10-question quiz. Take the quiz and let us know how you did.

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/mcafee-intel-security-phishing-quiz-can-you-spot-a-scam-dont-be-so-sure/

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Tech Tip Tuesday - Google Firing Range

Are you looking for another tool to test your web applications? Why not use what Google uses? The tool is "a collection of unique bug patterns drawn from vulnerabilities that Google has seen in the wild".

http://googleonlinesecurity.blogspot.com/2014/11/ready-aim-fire-open-source-tool-to-test.html

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Tech Tip Tuesday – Hour of Code

The Hour of Code is happening December 8-14, 2014. Last December 20 million students did Hour of Code. Even if you don’t plan on participating in the event, check out the website and start coding. There is age appropriate content from ages 4 to 104.

http://code.org/

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