This week we are joined by N2K CyberWire's very own Catherine Murphy, and she is sharing her family's experiences with Lurie Children's Hospital's recent cybersecurity incident. Dave shares a story on the dangers of Googling airline customer service numbers when an issue occurs. Joe shares another story on scary scams that are costing people millions of dollars, now getting the FBI involved. Our catch of the day was found from the Washington University in St. Louis from their Scam of the Month posting, which shares another tale of a scam, this time trying to recruit for an open vacancy as a research assistant for undergraduates. The scammers pose as a Professor of Computer Science and Engineering to try and get students to sign up for this fake job posting.
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Service Set Identifier (SSID) (noun) [Word Notes]
Leveraging credentials online and off isn't going away.
Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) (noun) [Word Notes]
Sisters, grifters, and shifters. [Hacking Humans Goes to the Movies]
The CyberWire: The 12 Days of Malware.[Special Editions]
How to avoid Instagram scams.
Data Loss Protection (DLP) (noun) [Word Notes]
Sometimes it's scripted and others, it's a target of opportunity. [Hacking Humans Goes to the Movies]
Disinformation and verification.
Domain Naming System (DNS) (noun) [Word Notes]
Keeping the scams in the family. [Hacking Humans Goes to the Movies]
Do not get your news on social media.
Pretexting (noun) [Word Notes]
A vishing competition and a Black Badge holder.
Web Application Firewall (noun) [Word Notes]
Counterfeit coupons and paybacks. [Hacking Humans Goes to the Movies]
COBIT (noun) [Word Notes]
Ways to make fraud less lucrative.
Security Service Edge (SSE) (noun) [Word Notes]
New laws and the effect on small businesses.
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