Linked: This Phishing Email Almost Got Me
Doug’s experience tells me one thing, they’re getting better, and phishing emails are less obvious.
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Linked: Federal Law Won’t Protect Your Organization from Bad User Access Control Practices
If you’ve seen references to a court ruling sort of redefining the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act recently, or even if you haven’t, this paragraph from the folks at McGuire Woods boils down the real life implications pretty well.
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Linked: Your Car Is Spying on You. A CBP Contract Shows the Risks.
Hmm, looks like Customs and Border Protection is taking aim at cars, and all the various information stored within: According to statements by Berla’s own founder, part of the draw of vacuuming data out of cars is that so many drivers are oblivious to the fact that their cars are generating so much data in…
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Linked: Malicious Office 365 Apps Are the Ultimate Insiders
This is the danger. As someone who spends a lot of time working with M365, and with clients trying to manage those environments, apps are one area that scare me a little. This is one reason, as people get so used to apps being available and pushed out by their M365 admins, they stop being…
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Linked: They Told Their Therapists Everything. Hackers Leaked It All
This is a frightening story. How many patients see their therapist without giving a second thought to where, and how, the therapist is keeping their notes. Probably not many. But, it can make a big difference, because if it’s not secure, those are your deepest, most private, conversations out there for all the world to see.
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Linked: Offboarding tips will prevent employee data theft when people leave the company
Now, I’ve left a few jobs over the years, including some that were remote, which I think is a new challenge for a lot of places right now. Most of the time, the departing employee is not exactly top of mind for the organization. You’ve got work to do, and they are no longer part of the plan. I get that, but somebody probably wants to at least pay attention to what the employee is doing on the way out.
