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What You Can Do to Keep Your Email, Bank Accounts and Business Safe from Cyberattack
1. What
you
can
do
to
keep
your
email,
bank
accounts
and
business
safe
from
cybera7ack.
Richard
Baker
Nexxtep
Technology
Services
h7p://nexxtep.com
229-‐671-‐1513
2. SMB
Security
Concerns
• Small
Businesses
are
the
path
of
least
resistance
for
a7ackers.
• Generally
have
weaker
security
seOngs
and
are
easier
to
penetrate.
• Last
year,
31%
of
all
targeted
a7acks
hit
businesses
with
less
than
250
employees.
• On
average,
there
is
a
156
day
lapse
between
when
a
system
is
compromised
and
when
it
is
detected.
3. Top
5
ways
SMB
are
targeted
• P2P
applicaUons
• Drive-‐by
downloads
• AcUve
content
inside
a7achments
• Phishing
a7acks
• Social
networking
4. Malware?
• Short
for
malicious
soYware
• SoYware
that
is
designed
to
gain
access
or
damage
a
computer
without
the
knowledge
of
the
owner.
• Forced
adverUsing
(adware)
• Stealing
sensiUve
informaUon
(spyware)
• Spreading
email
(spam)
• Extort
money
(ransomware)
• Viruses
5. How
to
prevent
theY
of
your
data
• MulU
layered
approach
• At
a
minimum:
– Firewall
at
each
site.
– Virus
protecUon
on
every
computer.
– Employee
training.
– Timely
Windows
patching.
– Update
3rd
party
soYware.
6. How
to
prevent
theY
of
your
data
AddiUonal
steps
that
can
be
taken:
– AcUve
scanning
at
the
firewall.
– Content
filtering
at
the
firewall.
– Malware
protecUon
on
the
endpoints.
– UUlize
encrypUon.
– Employee
training.
7. How
to
prevent
theY
of
your
data
• Use
a
VPN
service
hotspotshield.com
-‐
Offers
a
free
(ad
supported)
version
and
a
paid
version.
• Check
your
links
before
you
click
– h7p://longurl.org
– h7p://virustotal.com
13. Password
RecommendaUons
-‐ Use
2
factor
authenUcaUon.
-‐ Use
a
password
manager.
(lastpass,
1password,
keepass
to
name
a
few)
-‐ If
absolutely
can’t
use
an
automated
tool,
choose
4
or
5
passwords.
-‐ Social
media,
throwaway,
email
and
finance.
14. Password
RecommendaUons
-‐ Use
a
password
with
at
least
12
characters.
-‐ Use
words.
(i.e.
I
Love
KoolAid!)
-‐ Be7er
yet:
I@Love@KoolAid2!!
-‐ Use
capital,
lowercase,
numbers
and
special
characters.
-‐ Don’t
tell
anyone.
15. 2
Factor
AuthenUcaUon
-‐ Makes
it
much
more
difficult
for
the
a7acker
to
impersonate
you
and
access
your
accounts.
-‐ Can
be
in
the
form
of:
smartcard,
USB
drive,
app
on
your
phone,
text
message,
biometrics.
-‐ Sites
that
uUlize
2
factor:
Google,
MicrosoY,
Yahoo,
Apple,
Twi7er,
Evernote,
LinkedIn,
Dropbox
16. Use
a
password
manager
-‐ Firefox
bu7on
OpUons
Security
Saved
Passwords
Show
Passwords
17. Use
a
password
manager
-‐ Chrome
seOngs
Show
Advanced
SeOngs
Passwords
and
forms
-‐>
Managed
saved
passwords
18. 2012
Hacking
Milestones
• Jan
1
–
24
million
idenUUes
stolen
from
Zappos.com
• March
3
-‐
A
payment
processor
for
Visa
&
Mastercard
was
compromised;
exposing
1.5
million
accounts.
• April
4
–
Over
600,000
Mac
computers
are
infected
by
a
java
exploit.
• June
6
–
LinkedIn
suffers
data
breach.
6.5
million
accounts
were
stolen
by
Russian
cybercriminals.
• July
7
–
Japanese
finance
ministry
discovers
their
network
has
been
infected
for
2
years.
• August
8
–
Reuters
news
service
is
hacked
resulUng
in
fake
news
stories
posted
on
twi7er
and
it’s
website.
• October
10
–
63
Barnes
&
Noble
stores
had
their
credit
card
machines
compromised.
• November
11
–
Burglars
discovered
using
a
known
exploit
in
hotel
locks
that
effects
4
million
locks.
• Facebook
reports
that
.06%
of
log-‐ons
each
day
are
compromised.
That
amounts
to
600,000
Umes
daily.
19. What
can
you
do
to
protect
yourself?
-‐ Go
to
www.annualcreditreport.com
-‐ You
can
check
for
free
up
to
3
Umes
a
year.
-‐ Credit
score
is
$8.
-‐ Freeze
your
credit
for
$9.
-‐ h7p://consumer.georgia.gov/consumer-‐topics/credit-‐freeze
20. QuesUons?
Richard
Baker
Nexxtep
Technology
Services
h7p://nexxtep.com
229-‐671-‐1513
