A COVID-19 Cybersecurity Poll: Securing a Remote Workforce

COVID-19 is changing how we work. Weigh in on how your organization is securing its remote footprint with our short Threatpost poll. Continue reading A COVID-19 Cybersecurity Poll: Securing a Remote Workforce

Hacking School Surveillance Systems

Lance Vick suggesting that students hack their schools’ surveillance systems. "This is an ethical minefield that I feel students would be well within their rights to challenge, and if needed, undermine," he said. Of course, there are a lot more laws in place against this sort of thing than there were in — say — the 1980s, but it’s still… Continue reading Hacking School Surveillance Systems

Keeping Kids in School the Smart Way

For institutions with high traffic, such as schools and movie theaters, it can be difficult to keep track of individuals moving in and out, especially without a critical mass of security. For schools especially, keeping track of student attendance and preventing kids from leaving campus in the middle of the …read more

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Digital Hygiene & The School System – Paul’s Security Weekly #606

    Eric Butash and Mike Klein from Highlander Institute, join us on the show to talk about, what schools are doing to protect Student Data?, how do we teach our student the importance of good digital hygiene if we don’t have the proper education… Continue reading Digital Hygiene & The School System – Paul’s Security Weekly #606

Social-Engineer Newsletter Vol 08 – Issue 108

  Vol 08 Issue 108 September 2018 In This Issue Information Security, How Well is it Being Used to Protect Our Children at School? Social-Engineer News Upcoming classes As a member of the newsletter you have the option to OPT-IN for special offers… Continue reading Social-Engineer Newsletter Vol 08 – Issue 108

The Shared Security Weekly Blaze – New TSA Body Scanners, Back to School Cybersecurity, Instagram Hacking

This is the Shared Security Weekly Blaze for August 27, 2018 sponsored by Security Perspectives – Your Source for Tailored Security Awareness Training and Assessment Solutions and Silent Pocket.  This episode was hosted by Tom… Continue reading The Shared Security Weekly Blaze – New TSA Body Scanners, Back to School Cybersecurity, Instagram Hacking

IoT Attack Against a University Network

Verizon’s Data Brief Digest 2017 describes an attack against an unnamed university by attackers who hacked a variety of IoT devices and had them spam network targets and slow them down: Analysis of the university firewall identified over 5,000 devices making hundreds of Domain Name Service (DNS) look-ups every 15 minutes, slowing the institution’s entire network and restricting access to… Continue reading IoT Attack Against a University Network

Microsoft Introduces Intune for Education; New Devices to Challenge Chromebooks in Classrooms

Microsoft’s latest update to their Intune cloud based management tool will now allow educational institutions easily manage shared computers.

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