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Local students take part in ‘hack’ event | News

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About 100 seventh through 12th grade students from Bedford, Blair and Cambria counties, including students from Bedford and Everett school districts and HOPE for Hyndman Charter School, recently participated in Major League Hacking’s Global Hack Week, hosted by South Hills School of Business & Technology in Altoona.

The event included multiple interactive STEM sessions designed by South Hills students, faculty and area technology professionals including “A Scavenger Hunt ‘Capture the Flag’ Challenge in the Cloud”; “Creating Your First Website on GitHub”; “Computers Worldwide”; “Moving Data for the Olympic Games”; “Building a Computer and Hardware in the Cloud”; “Create a Minecraft Server in the Cloud and PLAY”; “Cloud Security for the US Department of Defense”; and “Cybersecurity Careers.”

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Cyber resilience through consolidation part 1: The easiest computer to hack

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Many of us connected to the internet are in constant unease about the growing threat of cyberattacks. Malware, phishing and social engineering are all tactics that can easily target the average user.

It’s normal to be worried about how cyber threats can be carried out, but the stereotypical hackers portrayed in the media — using advanced programming and malicious programs to harass and victimize their targets out of a dark basement — are mostly fiction. Real attacks are more mundane but just as consequential.  

The harsh reality is that most of today’s cyberattacks are not as sophisticated as once thought, especially compared to earlier tactics that grew as the popularity of interconnected devices rose. Although some attack methods have matured in sophistication, many vectors of attack have not changed in years but are still very successful, largely due to social engineering and human error. 

Being (and staying) cyber-resilient

Cyber resiliency is an organization’s ability to anticipate, withstand and recover from potential threats without severely compromising or disrupting the business’s productivity. By taking advantage of emerging technologies, staying “cyber fit” and creating a comprehensive restoration and recovery system with the right tools and resources, it’s possible to stay ahead of the cybercriminals.

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In short, being — and staying — cyber-resilient is one of the most important steps one can take to protect themselves and their organization.

In this two-part series, I’ll outline some of the biggest risks in cybersecurity across the industry and how to mitigate them. This starts with the easiest computer to hack: People. 

The easiest computer to hack

The human brain has always been one of the…

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Talking Points: Protecting yourself from cyber security threats (part 3)

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Talking Points: Protecting yourself from cyber security threats (part 3) – CBS Minnesota


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In the past few weeks, Minneapolis Public School data has been stolen by a hacker and put on the dark web. If it can happen here, can it happen anywhere? For decades, listeners could count on WCCO’s Tech Talk anchor Doug Swinhart to answers their computer questions. Swinhart shared tips to recognize phishing scams and how to browse the web with common sense.

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GoDaddy Says Recent Hack Part of Multi-Year Campaign

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GoDaddy has disclosed another cybersecurity incident and the company believes the attack was part of a multi-year campaign conducted by a sophisticated threat actor.

In a statement published last week on its website, the hosting giant said a small number of customers complained in early December 2022 about their websites being intermittently redirected. An analysis showed the redirects occurring on apparently random sites hosted on GoDaddy’s cPanel shared hosting services. The redirects were difficult to reproduce.

Further analysis revealed that hackers had breached servers in the company’s cPanel shared hosting environment and installed malware that caused customer websites to intermittently redirect their visitors.

“We have evidence, and law enforcement has confirmed, that this incident was carried out by a sophisticated and organized group targeting hosting services like GoDaddy. According to information we have received, their apparent goal is to infect websites and servers with malware for phishing campaigns, malware distribution and other malicious activities,” GoDaddy said. 

In a 10-K report filed with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the hosting company said it believes this and other attacks were part of a multi-year campaign conducted by a sophisticated threat actor that — among other things — installed malware on its systems and obtained source code associated with some of its services. 

The same SEC form includes a brief description of previously disclosed incidents that appear to be part of the same campaign. One of them came to light in May 2020, after GoDaddy discovered that the hosting login credentials of 28,000 customers — as well as the credentials of some employees — had been compromised. 

GoDaddy also mentioned a November 2021 incident where a compromised password was used to access a provisioning system linked to Managed WordPress services. This hack impacted 1.2 million customers across several GoDaddy brands. 

“To date, these incidents as well as other cyber threats and attacks have not resulted in any material adverse impact to our business or operations, but such threats are constantly evolving, increasing the…

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