State of Cybercrime

Security Doesn’t Take a Vacation

Episode Summary

Do you keep holiday photos away from social media when you’re on vacation? Security pros advise that it's one way to reduce your security risk. Yes, the idea of an attacker mapping out a route to steal items from your home sound ambitious. However, we’ve seen actual examples of a phishing attack as well as theft occur.

Episode Notes

Do you keep holiday photos away from social media when you’re on vacation? Security pros advise that it's one way to reduce your security risk. Yes, the idea of an attacker mapping out a route to steal items from your home sound ambitious. However, we’ve seen actual examples of a phishing attack as well as theft occur.

Alternatively, the panelists point out that this perspective depends on how vulnerable you might be. If attackers need an entry and believe that you’re a worthy target is vastly different from the general noise of regular social media sharers.

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Tool of the week: https://github.com/wangyu-/udp2raw-tunnel

Panelists: Cindy Ng, Mike Thompson, Forrest Temple, Mike Buckbee