One of our favorite clients is a financial firm that went through significant changes during the financial meltdown and the improving aftermath. During the recession, they had cut backs, head count dropped, and they became a small-fry to their IT provider. As a result, their IT provider started ignoring them. During the on-boarding, I conducted […]
Protecting You: Has Your IT Provider Broken Your Heart?
Raj Goel
Jimmy Kimmel and Social Engineering
This video is an EXCELLENT example of social engineering – and this is the stuff we (or our colleagues) fall for. It is a good thing to add to the SECURITY AWARENESS training. Click on the following link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=opRMrEfAIiI
Lessons Learned from CENTCOM, Crayola and ISIS Hackers
A few weeks ago, pro-ISIS hackers broke into the YouTube and Twitter accounts for US CENTCOM and sent embarrassing tweets and videos. During the same weekend, another group of criminals hijacked the Crayola Facebook account and sent lewd/adult photos to embarrass Crayola. You can watch my interview with WPIX11 here https://www.brainlink.com/pro-isis-hackers-take-control-us-central-command-twitter-account/ So what lessons you […]
Cyber Security and Hacking Risks At Your Business
Coffee With Sabra – Mouseveillance: How Disney Spies on You
I am so excited to share this with you. I made an appearance on a weekly program called “Coffee Break With Sabra” which just launched its new website platform. So check it out. I talked about “Big Brother” watching and how even the “happiest place on earth” is now watching and collecting data on its […]
The Lighter Side
Monkey in a bar A man walks into a bar and orders a beer. He takes a sip and sets it down. While he is looking around, a monkey swings down and steals the beer. He asks the barman, “who owns the monkey?” The barman says it’s the piano player. The man walks over to […]
Protecting You: Disco, 8-Track, and Tape Backups
A construction firm asked me to test their backup system because they were unable to restore critical files after a cryptowall breakout and their IT provider had stopped returning their call. Here’s what I found: The firm had been paying for backups for the past 5 years. The backup software was 5 years old. The […]
Dating Site Members Beware
I am excited to share this with you that I spoke on a weekly program recently called “Coffee Break With Sabra” about an issue of great importance affecting you and the information that is online about you. During my interview you will learn: About the danger of dating sites (and it’s not what you think) […]
What You Need to Know About the Advanced Malware Apocalypse
GHA Technologies and WatchGuard Presents: Hackers are getting more and more devious and sophisticated. As threats are closed off, they are finding new ways to attack. This seminar tells you what you need to know to be proactively prepared to protect corporate assets. We’ll be covering security trends threatening in 2015 and how you can […]
Pro-ISIS hackers take control of US Central Command Twitter account
(PIX11) – Pro-ISIS hackers appear to have taken over the U.S. military’s Central Command Twitter account Monday. Around 12:30 p.m., the hackers tweeted, “AMERICAN SOLDIERS, WE ARE COMING, WATCH YOUR BACK. ISIS.” Whoever infiltrated the account claims “we broke into your networks and personal devices and know everything about you. You’ll see no mercy infidels. […]