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[IS&T Security-FYI] SFYI Newsletter, January 24, 2011
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Monique Yeaton)
Mon Jan 24 16:31:13 2011
From: Monique Yeaton <myeaton@mit.edu>
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In this issue:
1. IAP Protecting Personal Information @ MIT
2. Security Training Through SANS
3. What Not to Post to Facebook
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1. UPDATE: IAP Protecting Personal Information @ MIT
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Here's an update to the next IAP session on Protecting Personal Information=
@ MIT, hosted by Tim McGovern and Monique Yeaton:
The next and final session is being held on January 27th in a new room numb=
er and will run a half hour longer. The first session showed us that additi=
onal time was warranted due to the length of the questions and discussions =
after the presentation.
Note the room and time change if you plan to attend.
Time: 1 - 2:30 pm
Location: 4-237 (same building, just upstairs)
Hope to see you there!
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2. Security Training Through SANS
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SANS 2011 is the nation's largest security training conference, with 26 wee=
k-long immersion training courses and a dozen more one and two-day courses.=
Includes new courses in advanced pen testing techniques, advanced forensic=
s techniques, secure coding, auditing and more. SANS boasts extraordinary =
teachers, providing the most up-to-date material, with a promise that you w=
ill be able to put what you learn to work as soon as you get home. In Orla=
ndo from March 26 - April 4. Save $400 by registering by Feb 9.
Learn more: <http://www.sans.org/sans-2011/>
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3. What Not to Post to Facebook
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According to an article by About.com on Internet Security, there are 5 thin=
gs you should never post on Facebook. I want to share them with you here:
1. Your or your family members' full birth date (if you must, you can put=
in the day and month but leave out the year). Identity thieves use this in=
formation as one of the 3 to 4 pieces of information they need to steal you=
r identity.
2. Your relationship status, especially when you are single. Stalkers may=
use this information to go after you.
3. Your current location.The problem with this is that you are telling ev=
eryone that you're on vacation or not at your house.
4. The fact that you're home alone. Again, you wouldn't walk into a build=
ing and tell everyone there you are going to be all alone at your house.
5. Pictures of your kids tagged with their names. This kind of informatio=
n could be used by predators to lure your child. They could use the child's=
name and the name of their relatives to build trust. Your real friends alr=
eady know your children's names. Just leave any identifying information off=
.
Removing all this information if you've already divulged it on Facebook may=
be a daunting task. You may feel safe enough because you've set your priva=
cy setting so that your information is only visible to your friends. Howeve=
r, you don't know if your friend had their account hacked or someone may be=
reading over their shoulder at the library. This may be the best solution =
for the sake of safety for you and your family.
Monique Yeaton
IT Security Awareness Consultant
MIT Information Services & Technology (IS&T)
(617) 253-2715
http://ist.mit.edu/security
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s issue:</p>
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ight: 17.0px"><br></p>
<p style=3D"margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Helvetica">1. IAP=
Protecting Personal Information @ MIT</p>
<p style=3D"margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Arial">2. Securit=
y Training Through SANS<span style=3D"font: 14.0px Helvetica"> </span>=
</p>
<p style=3D"margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Arial">3. What No=
t to Post to Facebook</p>
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ATE: IAP Protecting Personal Information @ MIT</p>
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<p style=3D"margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Helvetica; min-he=
ight: 17.0px"><br></p>
<p style=3D"margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Helvetica">Here's=
an update to the next IAP session on Protecting Personal Information @ MIT=
, hosted by Tim McGovern and Monique Yeaton: </p>
<p style=3D"margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Helvetica; min-he=
ight: 17.0px"><br></p>
<p style=3D"margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Helvetica">The ne=
xt and final session is being held on <b>January 27th</b> in a new room num=
ber and will run a half hour longer. The first session showed us that addit=
ional time was warranted due to the length of the questions and discussions=
after the presentation. </p>
<p style=3D"margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Helvetica; min-he=
ight: 17.0px"><br></p>
<p style=3D"margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Helvetica">Note t=
he room and time change if you plan to attend.</p>
<p style=3D"margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Helvetica">Time: =
1 - 2:30 pm</p>
<p style=3D"margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Helvetica">Locati=
on: 4-237 (same building, just upstairs)</p>
<p style=3D"margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Helvetica; min-he=
ight: 17.0px"><br></p>
<p style=3D"margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Helvetica">Hope t=
o see you there!</p>
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: 16.0px"><br></p>
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: 16.0px"><br></p>
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<p style=3D"margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Arial">2. Securit=
y Training Through SANS</p>
<p style=3D"margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Helvetica">------=
---------------------------------------</p>
<p style=3D"margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Arial; min-height=
: 16.0px"><br></p>
<p style=3D"margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Arial">SANS 2011 =
is the nation's largest security training conference, with 26 week-long imm=
ersion training courses and a dozen more one and two-day courses. Includes =
new courses in advanced pen testing techniques, advanced forensics techniqu=
es, secure coding, auditing and more. SANS boasts extraordinary =
teachers, providing the most up-to-date material, with a promise that you w=
ill be able to put what you learn to work as soon as you get home. &nb=
sp;In Orlando from March 26 - April 4. Save $400 by registering by Feb 9.</=
p>
<p style=3D"margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Arial; min-height=
: 16.0px"><br></p>
<p style=3D"margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Arial">Learn more=
: <<a href=3D"http://www.sans.org/sans-2011/">http://www.sans.org/sans-2=
011/</a>></p>
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<p style=3D"margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Arial">3. What No=
t to Post to Facebook</p>
<p style=3D"margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Helvetica">------=
-----------------------------------</p>
<p style=3D"margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Arial; min-height=
: 16.0px"><br></p>
<p style=3D"margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Arial">According =
to an article by About.com on Internet Security, there are 5 things you sho=
uld never post on Facebook. I want to share them with you here:</p>
<p style=3D"margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Arial; min-height=
: 16.0px"><br></p>
<ol style=3D"list-style-type: decimal">
<li style=3D"margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Arial">Your or y=
our family members' full birth date (if you must, you can put in the day an=
d month but leave out the year). Identity thieves use this information as o=
ne of the 3 to 4 pieces of information they need to steal your identity.</l=
i>
<li style=3D"margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Arial">Your rela=
tionship status, especially when you are single. Stalkers may use this info=
rmation to go after you.</li>
<li style=3D"margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Arial">Your curr=
ent location.The problem with this is that you are telling everyone that yo=
u're on vacation or not at your house.</li>
<li style=3D"margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Arial">The fact =
that you're home alone. Again, you wouldn't walk into a building and tell e=
veryone there you are going to be all alone at your house.</li>
<li style=3D"margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Arial">Pictures =
of your kids tagged with their names. This kind of information could be use=
d by predators to lure your child. They could use the child's name and the =
name of their relatives to build trust. Your real friends already know your=
children's names. Just leave any identifying information off.</li>
</ol>
<p style=3D"margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Arial; min-height=
: 16.0px"><br></p>
<p style=3D"margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Arial">Removing a=
ll this information if you've already divulged it on Facebook may be a daun=
ting task. You may feel safe enough because you've set your privacy setting=
so that your information is only visible to your friends. However, you don=
't know if your friend had their account hacked or someone may be reading o=
ver their shoulder at the library. This may be the best solution for the sa=
ke of safety for you and your family.</p></div><div><br></div><div><div sty=
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