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Project Description
Project Description
For this assignment, I had to research recent Cybersecurity incidents reported in the news and share what I found here on my website. I also share my CCBC Cybersecurity Training Certificate.
News Articles
News Articles
This article discusses the recent uptick in phishing campaigns targeting the United States Postal Service (USPS). Phishing is a cybercrime where the attacker pretends to be from a trusted organization and attempts to deceive individuals into revealing sensitive information. It was revealed that the malicious websites were visited by millions of people. What was even more surprising was that during the holiday season, those fake sites saw higher traffic volumes than the legitimate USPS site. Phishing scams are increasingly becoming more prevalent and elaborate, it is advised that consumers manually load official websites using a browser and remain skeptical of any SMS or email communication claiming to be from legitimate source.
Source Evaluation
Who published the content? Bill Toulas
Where was it published? BleepingComputer
When was it published? April 28th, 2024
The truthfulness and integrity of the facts: Considered accurate, contained images and graphs for references.
How is it written and presented? Lots of ads breaking up the article, written professionally, contained headings.
Links and Citations: Links to related articles, included tables and graphs to support references.
On February 21st, 2024, Change Healthcare revealed that they had fallen victim to a ransomware attack. A ransomware attack is when malicious software is used to access and hold hostage sensitive data. The attacker makes threats to publish or deny access to the data until the victim pays a ransom. This article reported that a lack of multi-factor authentication (MFA) allowed the attackers to gain unauthorized access to the company’s network. The resulting ransomware attack affected millions of Americans including patients, healthcare providers, hospitals, and pharmacies. This incident has highlighted the need for baseline security standards, such as the universal use of MFA, across the healthcare sector.
Source Evaluation
Who published the content? John Leyden
Where was it published? CSO
When was it published? April 23rd, 2024
The truthfulness and integrity of the facts: Considered accurate, professionally written.
How is it written and presented? Many sponsored links and advertisements throughout all exclusively from intel. Written professionally.
Links and Citations: Embedded links to quoted sources and related topics.
Lessons Learned
Lessons Learned
I learned that social engineering is a form of hacking that focuses on deceiving individuals into giving away information. The field of Information security includes so much more than hacking computers and identity theft. Cybercrimes have become so elaborate that you really have to be skeptical of a lot of things from the type of internet connection (Public or Secured), websites (checking the domain), clicking links, to transactions that require you login and card information). I also learned that lots of ads within articles can be very distracting.
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