DtSR Episode 239 - NewsCast for April 4th 2017

Pew Center Survey Finds Americans Lack Understanding of Cybersecurity Measures Most ‘typical’ users simply don’t understand security because it’s “magic” to them Basics must be understood by average Jane - attackers count on you not knowing How do you take knowledge and push to enterprise, while keeping up with consumers? Link: http://www.pewinternet.org/2017/03/22/what-the-public-knows-about-cybersecurity/   Suspect Charged in USD 100m Whaling Scheme $100 Million dollar - from just two companies How would your executives (and those supporting staff) fare against this attack? More importantly, how does your “awareness” program deal with this? Link: https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/lithuanian-man-arrested-theft-over-100-million-fraudulent-email-compromise-scheme   Google's Android Security 2016 Year in Review Report: Android Security Improving Overall, Google is making great strides The fragmentation problem isn’t getting better for legacy devices that have long life-spans Going forward, things appear to be set up for faster, more OTA updates regularly - but that’s only for NEW stuff What is the state of your enterprise mobile policy? Link: http://static.googleusercontent.com/media/source.android.com/en//security/reports/Google_Android_Security_2016_Report_Final.pdf   U.S., U.K. warn airports, nuclear facilities of cyberattacks Confusing - threat to airports seems to be from hiding explosives in laptops/mobile devices Threat to Nuclear Plants (ICS) seems to be of a cyber nature to legacy systems Big picture issue works for enterprises too - legacy systems are a target Link: https://www.scmagazine.com/us-uk-warn-airports-nuclear-facilities-of-cyberattacks/article/648163/   Neiman Marcus data breach settlement tells us plenty about the ROI of security Have something to say? Let's hear it.Support the show>>> Please consider clicking the link above to support the show!-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=YouTube home: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyo0dkKRvfVtWXjRxNISrhme1MgBj3C2U&si=scHDiTuLXSEQ9qHqLinkedIn Page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/down-the-security-rabbithole-podcast/X/Twitter: https://twitter.com/dtsr_podcast