Lab 055: Don't Get Hacked

About this Lab

Ever wonder how every time you log onto your favorite social media site, all the ads are of stuff you actually want? What about what it means when you accept cookies before you surf a favorite site? How is it that the internet seems to really know you? We’re learning all about cyber security, what’s legal, what’s not, and what to do to stay safe.

Guest Expert

This week’s guest expert is Christina Morillo, Principal Security Consultant at Microsoft Cloud and author of 97 Things Every Information Security Professional Should Know: Practical and Approachable Advice from the Experts. As an information security and tech leader, Christina privies us to all the ins and outs of online data collection, how our search histories are monetized, and how we can protect ourselves from data hackers.

• There’s a new way for scammers to scam in the digital age!

  • Ransomware, phishing attacks, spyware

• What types of data do sites collect?

  • Personal data, engagement data, behavioral data, attitudinal data

• What is a cookie?

  • data can be used to make predictions

• We may not pay in dollars for certain internet services, but we do pay for it in data

  • Companies store and sell our data!!!

• The General Data Protection Regulation

  • changed the rules for privacy, because now companies have to legally tell folks that they’re taking their data and what for

    • bad side: makes usability less efficient

• Data breaches are more prevalent than we think

  • 4.1 billion data breaches in Q1 of 2k19

  • Ransomware and cyber criminals

    • They can steal passwords, encrypt, and lock off your data

    • How to get un-hacked?

      • Pay the ransom note or have a backup at the risk of them using data they’ve already collected for profit on dark web

  • How to prevent this

    • build cyber awareness

    • threat modeling

Transcript

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