Just A Reminder

It is always good to be reminded of the type of activity that is out there in
Cyber Space.
From my
July 20th, 2015 Post
called
The Lizard Squad.

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A little information for the novice out there,
using  the wonderful world of
Cyber Space.

One of the infamous
Hacking Forums,
Darkode,
was recently forced offline.

It was used by a group which called themselves
"The Lizard Squad."

Not exclusively though,
other
Cyber Criminals
were allowed inside,
but they are the most notable group.

It was dismantled by
Authorities
from
20 Different Countries
from around the
World.

It's just the tip of the
Iceberg.

Hacking is a world all its own
and nothing cannot be
Hacked
with the right knowledge of algorithms and code and enough time to work on it.
Watch out self driving cars.

A challenge for some
and greed for others.

Three days ago 4.5 million medical accounts were
Hacked
at
UCLA Health.

They run fours hospitals on the
University's Campuses.
And a
Drug Retailer.

I'm personally upset about this one.

Not because I have any records there,
but about 15 years ago,
UCLA Medical
flew in a
Specialist
to my local hospital,
so he could performed emergency surgery on my daughter.
Which saved her life.

I have a soft spot in my heart for them. 

Ten hours ago, the
"Ashley Madison Infidelity Website"
had their customer data stolen.

Do you think any of the
Rich,
Married,
Individuals
are sweating bullets right now waiting for that
Blackmail Email
to arrive?

Ashley Madison has 37 million users from 50 different countries.

That's a lot of infidelity.

The biggest
Hack
that I personally know of,
was the October 2013, 2014
breach of 153 million
Adobe
accounts.

There has been a couple of really foolish
Hacks.

This last January, of 2015,
the hacker group collectively known as
"The Lizard Squad,"
created a
DDoS
service by the name of
"Lizard Stresser"
which could be procured to mount attacks against online targets.
Shortly thereafter,
the service itself
suffered a data breach 
which resulted in the public disclosure of over 13 thousand user accounts,
including passwords,
which were stored in plain text.
This started
"The Lizard Squads"
downfall.
Remember that old saying;
"Thyself, you should not breach!"
To read the full story,
go to the website,
KrebsonSecurity.com/
Look under Archives, January 2015.
If you want to know if your information has been put out there in Cyber Space
for criminals to use,
I have two websites you can go to,
to find out.
There might be more,
let me know if there is,
but these are the two I have used.
haveibeenpwned.com
pwnedlist.com
They are easy to use
and you will have peace of mind if you haven't had your information stolen.
Or,
you'll be pissed off
and wonder why didn't anyone ever tell you,
That You've Been Hacked!

This is,
No Longer A Brown Hat Hacker,
Jim Hauenstein,

 And,

“Never underestimate the determination of a kid who is time-rich and cash-poor.”
- Cory Doctorow, -

That is my story and I am sticking to it!

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