Hacking | Craig Peterson | America's Leading Network Security Coach

What Does Your Employer Know About Your Daily Activities

Jan 25, 2020 | anonymity, Business, Employees, Employment, Hacking, HR, Internet, Location Data, Monitoring, Monitoring, Privacy, Radio Show, Radio_Show, Security, spying, Surveillance, Technology, Tracking

What Does Your Employer Know About Your Daily Activities How much does your employer know about your personal life? Maybe more than you realize. When you use your personal devices to access company servers they can log your activities. Then they can track when you log...

No Security for Windows 7 After Today

Jan 25, 2020 | Attack Vectors, audit logs, Best Practices, Big Tech, Business, Cyber Liability, cyberattacks, Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, Hackers, Hacking, Hacking, Hacking, Legacy Systems, Microsoft, Microsoft, Microsoft, Operating Systems, Patching, Privacy, Radio Show, Radio_Show, safety, Security, Security, Security Alerts, Technology, Updates, Windows 7, Zero-Day

No Security for Windows 7 After Today Are you using Windows 7? Did you know some of the largest firms in the country (even large financial institutions) are still using it? Today is the day that Microsoft ends support for Windows 7 and will no longer offer security...

Zero-Day Browser Vulnerabilities

Jan 18, 2020 | Applications, Big Tech, browsers, Business, Compliance, Cyber Liability, cyberattacks, Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, Firefox, Government, Hackers, Hacking, Hacking, Homeland Security, Internet, Legacy Systems, Malware, Mozilla Firefox, Nationstates, Organized Crime, Patching, Radio Show, Radio_Show, Security, Security Alerts, Technology, Updates, Vulnerabilities, warnings, Zero-Day

Zero-Day Browser Vulnerabilities “This is a catastrophe,” my wife said—slightly horrified—as she swiped through page after page of apps on my phone. “Why do you even have most of these?” It’s a good question. It’s hard to believe that just a decade ago, the App Store...

Social Engineering Comes to the Forefront of Attacks

Jan 18, 2020 | Applications, Best Practices, Business, Business Email Compromise, Cyber breaches, Cyber Liability, cyberattacks, Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, CyberTraining, Economic Disruption, Education, Employee Training, Employees, Employment, Exploits, Fines and Penalties, Government, Hackers, Hacking, Hacks, Insider Threat, Internet, Malware, MFA, Nationstates, Organized Crime, Phishing, Phishing, Phishing, Policies and Procedures, Radio Show, Radio_Show, scam, Security, Security, Smishing, Social Engineering, Social Media, Social Media, Social Networking, Technology, Threats, Tracking

Social Engineering Comes to the Forefront of Attacks We depend on our smart devices and use them as a primary communication tool. Studies found that young adult users send over 2000 texts per month and receive over 1800 with that volume people are less wary, and it is...

Updates, Patches and Hackers Oh My!

Jan 18, 2020 | Anti-Virus, Applications, Applications, Attack Vectors, Audit Logs, Backup, Best Practices, browsers, Business, Business Email Compromise, Compliance, credential stealing, Cyber breaches, Cyber Liability, cyberattacks, Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, Data, Data Assets, Data Storage, Email, Employees, Employees, Fines and Penalties, Firefox, Government, Hackers, Hacking, Hacking, Hacking, Intellectual Property Theft, Internet, Legacy, Legacy Systems, Liability, Malware, Malware, Nationstates, Networking, Passwords, Patches, Patching, Phishing, Privacy, Radio Show, Radio_Show, Ransomware, Ransomware Attack, safety, Security, Security, Security Alerts, Signature-Based, Software, Technology, Third - Party, Updates, Updates, VPN, Vulnerabilities, Zero-Day

Updates, Patches and Hackers Oh My! Most data breaches ard due to hackers exploiting known vulnerabilities. I know, I hear it all the time – patching takes time, and it can indeed be risky, especially if you have any legacy hardware or software in your network...

How Mature is Your Insider Threat Intelligence?

Jan 11, 2020 | Access Controls, Amazon, Apple, Asset Management, Attack Vectors, audit logs, Backup, Big Tech, Business, Computers, Cyber breaches, Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, Data, Data Assets, data sharing, Data Storage, Employee Training, Employment, Encryption, Fines and Penalties, Google, Hacking, Incident Response, industrial espionage, Insider Threat, Internet, Jobs, Legal, Liability, Malware, Malware, Microsoft, Monitoring, Networking, predictive algorithms, Radio Show, Radio_Show, Ransomware, Security, Software As A Service, Surveillance, Technology, Zero-Day

How Mature is Your Insider Threat Intelligence? Are insiders a threat to your business? How would you know? Today it is necessary for companies to establish a robust insider threat program that can detect employee-created risk and respond accordingly but keeping...