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Apple AirPods Secret Feature

June 7, 2019June 10, 2019

AirPods as Listening Devices AirPods are currently one of the most popular wireless earbud options out there. With their one-tap set up, great sound quality and 24-battery life, Apple AirPods have many great features. One feature users may not know about is that AirPods can be used as a listening device. In IOS 12, there is a hearing or live listen feature available on the swipe up control center. This feature allows an iPhone user to place there phone in one spot and listen in to the audio on their AirPods from a distance. Wondering how to set up this feature? Here’s how: How to add… Read More

Creating a Strong Password

May 31, 2019

password Strong Password Tip and Tricks Strong passwords (PWs) are a critically important component to protecting an account. Within an account, a variety of personal information resides. In this article, several tips on creating a solid password as well as a few security tips regarding passwords will be addressed. To begin, in 2019, a user cannot use passwords like QWERTY, 12345678 or PASSWORD anymore. Due to the fact that cyber attacks on the rise, the accounts with simple passwords would be the first ones to be hacked. Creating a Password Several levels of PW strength exist. Here are a few examples of PW combinations (plus an example of each)… Read More

The Number One Target for Hackers

May 2, 2019October 17, 2019

The Number One Target for Hackers The number one target for hackers. Introduction Currently, hospitals and other healthcare related facilities are the number one target for hackers. According to CBS News, almost every hospital in the US deals with some kind of cyber threat or attack. Experts say that for as much information that the healthcare field is responsible for, cyber security standards should be a higher priority. Imagine how many patient records one hospital is responsible for. Then to think about the total number of patient files for every medical facility is almost hard to imagine. In hospitals, cyber security is not the main focus. With how cyber criminals… Read More

Dumpster Diving = Low Tech Hacking at its Finest

October 11, 2016November 21, 2019

Social Engineering Awareness Part 1: Dumpster Diving Dumpster diving remains a prevalent security risk for almost every organization. Dumpster diving is a form of Social Engineering that takes very little technical knowledge. Further, a potential hacker’s goal while dumpster diving is to look for any information hidden within the trash to help penetrate a network. A quick list of potential targets containing worthwhile information would look something like this. Hard Drives CD Drives Flash Drives SD Cards Floppy Disks Instruction Manuals Receipts Invoices Old Software Old Magazines from vendors like cisco Company Directory page or book Old Business Cards Diagrams of building or Network Anything with signatures Usernames and passwords… Read More

Exodus Intelligence Security Firm offers up to $500,000-dollar bounty for security exploits

August 18, 2016November 10, 2017

One way companies are now attempting to discover vulnerabilities in their software or products, is to offer a bounty for any exploits that are found in their software by any third party’s. This is a good way for companies to motivate the public to actively search out exploits. These exploits may have been otherwise been found later by someone with ill intentions. Why offer so much money for exploits? Good software companies like Apple are always mindful of the overwhelming risk of a potential breach or vulnerability. Currently they are offering up to $200,000 if you can manage to find a vulnerability in one of their products. Exodus is… Read More

Apple Devices Vulnerable to Hackers

July 1, 2015November 3, 2017

Many iOS devices could be vulnerable to a specific issue called the “masque” attack. This basically allows hackers to get into your phone and hijack traffic, as well as disable communication between apps. The way to acquire the malware is through a third party app installer. Many companies use this to install apps that aren’t on the official app store. The hackers disguise their malicious app as something that may be needed. The apps have hidden software allowing them to bypass user control. Apple released a software update in January to help fix this issue (iOS 8.1.3), but one third of devices are still on an earlier iOS. This will not affect many… Read More

LastPass Security Breach

June 22, 2015November 3, 2017

LastPass, a program that helps you remember all of your passwords and create new, secure passwords, has been hacked. This occurred in early June. The hackers got away with email addresses and the passwords to other accounts and plugins. Fortunately, the master password to any account was not taken, however it is recommended that you change your master password, and definitely change the minor passwords linked to the account. The chief executive of LastPass wrote in a blog on their website: “We are confident that our encryption measures are sufficient to protect the vast majority of users.” More information can be found on their blog and website at https://blog.lastpass.com/2015/06/lastpass-security-notice.html/

Hackers Find Vulnerability in Over 600 Million Samsung Galaxy Devices

June 19, 2015November 3, 2017

If you have a Samsung Galaxy device, you could be vulnerable to hackers. Any device that runs Swiftkey, an app that allows you to swipe along the keyboard to type, could be hacked. The issue lies with the updating of the Swiftkey app. When updating, it is done through an insecure channel. This allows hackers to get into the phone and possibly completely takeover the device, which could lead to personal data being stolen. Cyber Protection Group is currently unaware of any available solution.