Cybersecurity Update

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Cybersecurity Update

• Tom Throwe
• Physics Department
• 4 December 2008

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• Laptop Encryption
• Physics in good shape only 2 machines
  outstanding
• Other departments have many noncompliant machines
• ITD making December 12th the final deadline and
  requesting that property passes be revoked
• New Windows machines to go through ITD for
  installation with input from user
• Red Team Activity
• None reported, so far, at BNL or other labs
• Still expecting social engineering attempts
• Phishing
• Spearphishing
• CDs or USB drives

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http//PhishGuru.orghttp//cups.cs.cmu.edu/antip
hishing_phil