Social Engineering: 6 commonly targeted data points that are poorly protected

How to kill Remote Access Trojans. Don't get fooled into clicking phony Windows 10 upgrade emails. CSO Update August 04, 2015 Social Engineering: 6 commonly targeted data points that are poorly protected Now in its sixth year, the Social Engineering village at DEF CON has always been an interesting location. Each year the village hosts talks and interactive lessons on human hacking, but the major draw is the Social Engineering Capture the Flag contest. READ MORE   Issue highlights 1. INSIDER How to kill Remote Access Trojans 2. Don't get fooled into clicking phony Windows 10 upgrade emails 3. Researcher explores tips and tricks for Web and mobile hacking 4. T-Mobile caught in crossfire of injected ad war with Flash Networks 5. Time for a 'Flash' extinction level event 6. How to find qualified people for your security team 7. Cleaning up botnets takes years, if ever, to complete White Paper: The Media Trust Your Website is a Loaded Gun Waiting to Fire Malware How much control do you have of your public-facing website? Not much. In fact, as much as 78% of browser-rendered website code is from third-party vendors. Inability to identify and manage these vendors and their activities are an often overlooked element of website security. Learn More INSIDER How to kill Remote Access Trojans Like their fleshy counterparts, RATs travel in packs, leading additional malware components to gather and reassemble themselves before launching the ultimate attack. READ MORE Don't get fooled into clicking phony Windows 10 upgrade emails Fraudulent emails encouraging you to upgrade to Windows 10 will drop ransomware, not Microsoft's new OS, onto your PC. READ MORE Webcast: Dell Inc. Dell Ultra HD Monitor Connectors – Display Port vs. HDMI Maximize the performance and user experience of Dell Ultra HD monitors. This instructional video explains how to choose the right monitor connector with details on the capabilities of Dell Display Port vs. HDMI. View now Researcher explores tips and tricks for Web and mobile hacking Bounty programs are becoming quite popular. Since 2014, the number of researchers taking part in a growing number of bounty programs has continued to climb. At the same time, the task at hand isn't easy, and researchers come with different levels of skill and experience. So some are collecting more than others when it comes to bounties. READ MORE T-Mobile caught in crossfire of injected ad war with Flash Networks T-Mobile, Citizens Bank, thousands of other innocent companies and millions of users are stuck between shady ad networks and Google, publishers, and legitimate advertisers READ MORE White Paper: CDW The Social Business: Advent of a New Age As the world becomes more instrumented, interconnected and intelligent and the population continues to embrace social computing, today's enterprises face the dawn of a new era--the era of the Social Business. View Now Time for a 'Flash' extinction level event READ MORE How to find qualified people for your security team Talent shortage or not, here are some strategies to find -- and develop -- the people you need for your security team READ MORE Cleaning up botnets takes years, if ever, to complete The cleanup effort around Conficker shows how hard it is to eradicate a botnet READ MORE White Paper: NetApp Accelerating Business Transformation with Hybrid IT CIOs are challenged to accelerate business transformation. More enterprises are bringing cloud services and resources into their IT mix to meet the challenge. This paper examines strategies to achieve cloud economics and flexibility along with examples of how organizations are optimizing hybrid IT resources for efficiency and business impact. Learn more >> Top 5 Stories Cybersecurity job market to suffer severe workforce shortage European Central Bank Hacked Neiman Marcus case a reminder to check your cyber coverage Why does SQL Injection still exist? How to get the most out of Windows 10 enterprise security features Editor's Picks 15 hot, new security and privacy apps for Android and iOS How to get creative with your penetration testing 5 security bolstering strategies that won't break the bank What's wrong with this picture?The NEW clean desk test Inside an attack by the Syrian Electronic Army Follow CSO Online You are currently subscribed to cso_update as jonsan98@gmail.com. Unsubscribe from this newsletter | Manage your subscriptions | Subscribe | Privacy Policy Learn about INSIDER When accessing content promoted in this email, you are providing consent for your information to be shared with the sponsors of the content. Please see our Privacy Policy for more information. If you are interested in advertising in this newsletter, please contact: online@cxo.com Copyright (C) 2015 CSO Online Media Group, 492 Old Connecticut Path, Framingham, MA 01701 ** Please do not reply to this message. To contact someone directly, send an e-mail to online@csoonline.com. **