In Episode 10, a young finance executive is denied a job after his employer tells him that his credit rating is horrible. He comes to find out that this was due to an identity theft issue originated by his health insurance provider, after they were hit...
Yahoo Emergency Announcement - What you should do...
In Episode 9, Tom Freemont, the CEO of Pro Connect appears on Power Brunch Business News. As he does, his stock price plummets nearly 40% as investors find out that hackers stole 170 million user names and passwords from his company. It all started through a...
In Episode 8, Keith falls into a Catfishing scam through an online dating website. Online dating scams are extremely common and relatively easy to pull off for the hacker. They use peoples emotions to draw them in, then use their victim to commit bank fraud, money...
As we saw in the W-2 Heist Episode, a bank heist brought together a bank robber and a beautiful computer hacker who called herself a "Skacker" (Half Scammer, Half Hacker) The skacker, while being held hostage explains the low risk and high rewards of using social media and...
We came across this great article that Andrea wrote and felt compelled to share on our blog.http://www.rethinkingyourfuture.com/Home/ArtMID/2864/ArticleID/437/Think-before-setting-a-passwordThanks Andrea for the great tips! ...
Many thanks to Dave Bittner for a great interview about how great Security Awareness training could actually be!http://thecyberwire.com/podcasts/cw-podcasts-daily-2016-06-06.html ...
As we saw in the Hospital Hijinks Episode, Michael had a dream that he clicked on a link in a suspicious email that installed the necessary software to launch a Ransomware attack. As a result of doing this, critical computers at the Hospital were rendered useless. Luckily for...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lswPCpR-umA&feature=youtu.be...
As we saw in the Turbine Twist Episode, Steve, the "not so smart CSO" (Chief Security Officer) used his same username and password to activate his daughter's toy account as he uses at work. Hackers were able to breach the toy account, and then use those credentials...