Thursday, March 30, 2017

Personal and Small Business Security, Class 1 Notes

Agenda

•       Cover Syllabus (in general, will try to mix up theory and practice more than suggested in the syllabus; will skip around)
•       Workgroups:  (Pretest)
–      What are the security threats that you should consider in assessing your security risk (eg, password strength)? 
–      What are the benefits of cybercrime to the criminals (eg, manage your browser search results for their benefit)?
–      Rank:  $ and “pain to fix to you”
•       Course Objectives
•       Some Quotes
•       Magnitude of Problem
•       Course References
•       Using the Blog

Course Objectives

•       Familiarity with
–      Vocabulary of IoT Security as both cybersecurity and personal security
–      IoT Ecosystem
–      Threats
–      The Darknet business model and tools
–      Your best practices (and risks of ignoring them)
•       Using the internet to answer your questions
•       Each person develops your personal security plan based on the risks you are accept; that is, you make an educated choice regarding risk of, for example, using the same password across multiple web sites
•       Each person develops a plan to periodically reassess your security plan

Some Quotes

•        “99.9% of exploits are possible because organizations don't address basic security hygiene? The fact is that a lot of households industries focus on the wrong things, often using security strategies that are fundamentally flawed and ultimately do not provide the right sort of protection they need. (Global Risk Community).” 
•       As originally written, this quote pertains to web sites you use.  What it says is that most web sites have security issues because management chooses to ignore or downplay them.
•       “Recently, the CIA lost control of the majority of its hacking arsenal including malware, viruses, trojans, weaponized "zero day" exploits, malware remote control systems and associated documentation. This extraordinary collection, which amounts to more than several hundred million lines of code, gives its possessor the entire hacking capacity of the CIA. The archive appears to have been circulated among former U.S. government hackers and contractors in an unauthorized manner, one of whom has provided WikiLeaks with portions of the archive.”
(March 7, 2017)

Magnitude of Problem

•       $1.2 Billion loss on Ransomware in 1 year (Vimeo.com)
•       Worldwide loss
–      2007:  $13 Billion (computereconomics.com)
–      2015:  $400 Billion (expandedramblings.com)
–      2015:  increase in cyber security incidents, 2014 to 2015:  38% (expandedramblings.com)
–      Top means of cyber attack, 2016:  phishing and malware (top for 8 consecutive years) (expandedramblings.com)  But! Doesn’t include cyberattacks from inside the network (through kids, USB drives, smart devices) and doesn’t include Botnets insertions
–      Is NSA or the Govt spying on you? Embedded on your device, etc (Vault 7)
–      “While the exact cost of these attacks has not been revealed, DDoS attacks in general are estimated to cost businesses an average of $22,000 per minute, with the cost ranging as high as over $100,000 per minute.  With the average DDoS attack lasting six hours, the financial impact can be enormous.” (Sonicwall)
–      DDoS is growing exponentially because IoT is a prime target for bots
•       Security Issues with Smartphones are ramping up- not really measured yet!
–      Screen overlays steal login data
–      Ad fraud malware on rise, with under-the-radar attempts to gain root access
–      Many more apps available “in the wild” outside the Play Store.  These are not safe and install malware that replicates and replicates

Course References

•       Google search essentials
•       Guide to Google Tools
•       https://leetlinktips.blogspot.com  (demo:  how to use the blog)

Examples of “Things”

•       Cloudpets http://www.cloudpets.com:  0.82 million users’ voice messages to their children
•       Security and child monitor cameras
•       Alexa and other “personal assistants”
•       Health monitoring and immediate reaction equipment (heart, diabetes, sleep disorders)
•       Trash can monitors that check on whether a household is recycling (!) or check on when a trash receptacle is full.
•       Dash:  Amazon tool that reads bar codes in order for users to easily order; includes voice recorder (ala Alexa)
•       Connected egg tray:  monitors number of eggs left
•       iCPooch:  device that provides direct real time and recorded communication to your pets (so they won’t feel lonely while you are gone)
•       Fitness devices, including for dogs!
•       Secure pet door monitor:  pet door opens only for those pets wearing an ID and tracks use
•       Refrigerator monitor:  Alarms to your mobile device if there is refrigerator problem
•       GoPro camera
•       Next generation Google Glasses:  Safety glasses that monitor your environment, provide instructions and safety warnings as you do tasks; eg, home repairs to refinery blowout containment
•       Window shades
•       Your smart TV
•       Your smart phones
•       Vehicle control systems

Tools and References for IoT Security

•       References available through this site
•       Google search (using safety extensions)
•       Have you been hacked:  web sites that check your id
•       Very Technical, Authoritative
–      SANS Organization
–      Bleepingcomputer.com:  Use if you have a security problem or even some other problem.  (Techie)
•       Not so Techie
–      Kim Komando https://www.komando.com/

Lastpass

•       Password manager, owned by “Log me in!” https://www.lastpass.com/how-it-works

Homework

•       Either print out or download the pdf and read Part 1 of “Staying Safe on the Internet”

•       If you have a computer or laptop, install Lastpass on it

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