Identifying Cybersecurity Threats - List of Urls

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Identifying Cybersecurity Threats – List of URLs

If a link is not mentioned here, it is an internal link from one slide to another inside the course.

Introduction
• Washingon DC CCTV hack - https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/public-safety/romanian-hackers-took-over-dc-
surveillance-cameras-just-before-presidential-inauguration-federal-prosecutors-say/2017/12/28/7a15f894-e749-
11e7-833f-155031558ff4_story.html
• Story about common CCTV vulnerabilities - https://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/03/14/cctv_insecurity_rife/
• Story about the Ukrainian power grid hack - https://www.wired.com/2016/03/inside-cunning-unprecedented-hack-
ukraines-power-grid/
• Master Thief - https://www.wired.com/2010/03/ff_masterthief_blanchard/
• Advanced search engines: Google hacking - https://www.google.com/search?q=google+hacking
• Advanced search engines: Shodan - https://www.shodan.io/

Technological vulnerabilities – networks


• VLAN - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_LAN
• Port forwarding - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_forwarding
• Backdoor utility - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backdoor_(computing)
• Reverse connection - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reverse_connection

Technological vulnerabilities – devices


• insecam.org - http://www.insecam.org

Technological vulnerabilities – operating systems


• Public information about vulnerabilities - https://cve.mitre.org/
• Privilege escalation - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Privilege_escalation

Human vulnerabilities - convenience


• Cameras internet-accessible by default - https://www.wired.com/2012/05/cctv-hack/

Human vulnerabilities – passwords


• Top 1000 passwords - https://www.google.com/search?q=top+1000+passwords
• Password managers - https://www.google.com/search?q=password+manager
• Diceware strategy - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pe_3cFuSw1E
• Excellent video about password cracking - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7U-RbOKanYs

Passwords – more information


◦ Diceware web page - http://world.std.com/~reinhold/diceware.html
◦ More information about password entropy - https://blog.webernetz.net/password-strengthentropy-characters-
vs-words/
◦ More information about dictionary word passwords - https://paul.reviews/passwords-why-using-3-random-
words-is-a-really-bad-idea/

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