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CSO Security Awareness Weekly Mar 27, 2017 Bitcoin rise fuels social media scams The price of a single Bitcoin passed that of an ounce of gold for the first time this month, and scammers were quick to get in on the action with Ponzi schemes and phishing sites spread via social media. Read More ▶ Your Must-Read Stories • 6 of the most effective social engineering techniques • Bot attacking gift card accounts • Three privacy tools that block your Internet provider from tracking you • Surviving the attack • Most Android devices lack latest security patches • Why awareness needs to teach scam detection and reaction White Paper: Insight Bridge the Talent Gaps in Your IT Team There is a talent challenge that has led to a spoke in outsourced managed service providers. To offload your IT tasks to a managed service provider without losing control of your infrastructure, you need to strike the right balance between leveraging outside resources and efficiently relying on your full-time team. Here are the most popular options for mature IT operations and what your business should consider. Read More ▶ 6 of the most effective social engineering techniques It takes a layered approach to technology and added protections and assurances for your people to fight social engineering. Read More ▶ Bot attacking gift card accounts Distil Networks has found a bot affecting nearly 1,000 customer websites. Gift cards are under attack by hackers, and consumers are being advised to check their balances. Read More ▶ Three privacy tools that block your Internet provider from tracking you The government may soon allow your ISP to sell your browsing data. Here's how to fight back. Read More ▶ Surviving the attack Recent global events have once again shown that our world is becoming more violent, with deaths from conflict and terror attacks on the rise. However, public discourse largely neglects the concept of personal situational awareness and self-preparedness in the event of an attack – be it terror or otherwise. Read More ▶ Most Android devices lack latest security patches Nearly three-quarters of Android devices on the five biggest U.S. carriers are running on security patches that are at least two months old, putting them at greater risk of being hacked. Read More ▶ Why awareness needs to teach scam detection and reaction Most awareness programs teach users how to behave. Ira Winkler argues training needs to go further so people know what to do if they do fall victim to fraud. Read More ▶ White Paper: CenturyLink CenturyLink Cloud Application Manager Solution Brief Cloud Application Manager enables customer IT transformation by orchestrating the delivery of infrastructure, applications and services across multiple clouds. Read More ▶ Top 5 Stories 1. Hackers threaten to wipe millions of Apple devices, demand ransom 2. These 10 people may be your greatest inside security risks 3. What it takes to become an IT security engineer 4. Inside the Russian hack of Yahoo: How they did it 5. IRS issues new tax scam warnings, FSA tool suspended due to security concerns Editor's Picks 1. 15 hot, new security and privacy apps for Android and iOS 2. How to get creative with your penetration testing 3. 5 security bolstering strategies that won't break the bank 4. What's wrong with this picture? The NEW clean desk test 5. Inside an attack by the Syrian Electronic Army

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