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[IS&T Security-FYI] SFYI Newsletter, November 4, 2013
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In this issue:
1. Results of the 'Securing the Human' Prize Giveaway
2. EVENT: Laptop Tagging & Registration, Nov. 6
3. Monthly Sophos Reports
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1. Results of the 'Securing the Human' Prize Giveaway
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The prize giveaway contest for attendees of the MIT 'Securing the Human' on=
line courses has ended, as of noon today (November 4, 2013).
I am happy to announce that we had three winners, selected from the attende=
es who completed all 5 courses.
1st prize: Carol A. Roberts
2nd prize: Charles J. Hale
3rd prize: Gregory Torrales, Jr.
Thank you to all who have been taking the time to attend the online courses=
. Please pass along their availability to your MIT colleagues. If you have =
not yet taken the courses, they are free and available to anyone with an MI=
T web certificate.
Links and descriptions of the courses are posted here<http://kb.mit.edu/con=
fluence/x/bB4YCQ>.
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2. EVENT: Laptop Tagging & Registration, Nov. 6
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This Wednesday, there is an opportunity to register and tag your laptop:
Where: Lobby of Building 10
When: November 6, 11:00 am - 12:30 pm
Cost: $10 cash only or MIT Cash Object
Just as you might register a bike with the police, you can also register yo=
ur laptop. Information Services & Technology partners with MIT Police to pr=
ovide STOP tags for laptops. The tag is affixed to the device, has a unique=
number, and is registered with a world-wide database.
Sgt. Cheryl Vossmer of the MIT Police says that although a STOP tag is not =
software that can track a device via GPS or other means, it has been very e=
ffective at providing a way for lost or stolen laptops to be returned to th=
eir rightful owners.
For example, a laptop that was stolen from a MIT student last year turned u=
p at a Boston homeless shelter. When one of the residents of the shelter tr=
ied to sell the laptop to another resident, a person working at the shelter=
noticed and intervened. He called the number on the STOP tag that was atta=
ched to the laptop. The owner was eventually tracked down via the MIT Polic=
e. When he got the call from the police, he was surprised; he thought the l=
aptop was gone forever.
Read more laptop recovery stories here<https://www.stoptheft.com/>.
Learn more about laptop registration at MIT<http://kb.mit.edu/confluence/di=
splay/istcontrib/MIT+Police+Laptop+Tagging+and+Registration>.
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3. Monthly Sophos Reports
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Each month, IS&T is able to track via Sophos Anti-Virus the top 10 most dan=
gerous malware that is accessing or trying to access the computers on the M=
IT network.
Learn more about the monthly Sophos reports<http://kb.mit.edu/confluence/x/=
7SkYCQ>, what they can tell us, and how they can help us.
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Monique Yeaton
IT Security Communications Coordinator
Information Services & Technology, MIT
617.253.2715
www.ist.mit.edu/security
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<p style=3D"margin: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; min-height: 17px; ">In thi=
s issue:</p>
<p style=3D"margin: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; min-height: 17px; "><br>
</p>
<p style=3D"margin: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; ">1. Results of the 'Secur=
ing the Human' Prize Giveaway</p>
<p style=3D"margin: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; ">2. EVENT: Laptop Tagging=
& Registration, Nov. 6</p>
<p style=3D"margin: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; ">3. Monthly Sophos Report=
s</p>
<p style=3D"margin: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; min-height: 17px; "><br>
</p>
<p style=3D"margin: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; min-height: 17px; "><br>
</p>
<p style=3D"margin: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; ">------------------------=
-------------------------------------------------</p>
<p style=3D"margin: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; ">1. Results of the 'Secur=
ing the Human' Prize Giveaway</p>
<p style=3D"margin: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; ">------------------------=
-------------------------------------------------</p>
<p style=3D"margin: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; min-height: 17px; "><br>
</p>
<p style=3D"margin: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; ">The prize giveaway conte=
st for attendees of the MIT 'Securing the Human' online courses has ended, =
as of noon today (November 4, 2013). </p>
<p style=3D"margin: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; min-height: 17px; "><br>
</p>
<p style=3D"margin: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; ">I am happy to announce t=
hat we had three winners, selected from the attendees who completed all 5 c=
ourses.</p>
<p style=3D"margin: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; min-height: 17px; "><br>
</p>
<p style=3D"margin: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; ">1st prize: Carol A. Robe=
rts</p>
<p style=3D"margin: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; ">2nd prize: Charles J. Ha=
le</p>
<p style=3D"margin: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; ">3rd prize: Gregory Torra=
les, Jr.</p>
<p style=3D"margin: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; min-height: 17px; "><br>
</p>
<p style=3D"margin: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; ">Thank you to all who hav=
e been taking the time to attend the online courses. Please pass along thei=
r availability to your MIT colleagues. If you have not yet taken the course=
s, they are free and available to
anyone with an MIT web certificate. </p>
<p style=3D"margin: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; min-height: 17px; "><br>
</p>
<p style=3D"margin: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; "><a href=3D"http://kb.mit=
.edu/confluence/x/bB4YCQ">Links and descriptions of the courses are posted =
here</a>.</p>
<p style=3D"margin: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; min-height: 17px; "><br>
</p>
<p style=3D"margin: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; min-height: 17px; "><br>
</p>
<p style=3D"margin: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; ">------------------------=
------------------------------------------</p>
<p style=3D"margin: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; ">2. EVENT: Laptop Tagging=
& Registration, Nov. 6</p>
<p style=3D"margin: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; ">------------------------=
------------------------------------------</p>
<p style=3D"margin: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; min-height: 17px; "><br>
</p>
<p style=3D"margin: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; ">This Wednesday, there is=
an opportunity to register and tag your laptop:</p>
<p style=3D"margin: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; min-height: 17px; "><br>
</p>
<p style=3D"margin: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; ">Where: Lobby of Building=
10</p>
<p style=3D"margin: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; ">When: November 6, 11:00 =
am - 12:30 pm</p>
<p style=3D"margin: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; min-height: 17px; "><br>
</p>
<p style=3D"margin: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; ">Cost: $10 cash only or M=
IT Cash Object</p>
<p style=3D"margin: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; min-height: 17px; "><br>
</p>
<p style=3D"margin: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; ">Just as you might regist=
er a bike with the police, you can also register your laptop. Information S=
ervices & Technology partners with MIT Police to provide STOP tags for =
laptops. The tag is affixed to the device,
has a unique number, and is registered with a world-wide database.</p>
<p style=3D"margin: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; min-height: 17px; "><br>
</p>
<p style=3D"margin: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; ">Sgt. Cheryl Vossmer of t=
he MIT Police says that although a STOP tag is not software that can track =
a device via GPS or other means, it has been very effective at providing a =
way for lost or stolen laptops to
be returned to their rightful owners.</p>
<p style=3D"margin: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; min-height: 17px; "><br>
</p>
<p style=3D"margin: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; ">For example, a laptop th=
at was stolen from a MIT student last year turned up at a Boston homeless s=
helter. When one of the residents of the shelter tried to sell the laptop t=
o another resident, a person working
at the shelter noticed and intervened. He called the number on the STOP ta=
g that was attached to the laptop. The owner was eventually tracked down vi=
a the MIT Police. When he got the call from the police, he was surprised; h=
e thought the laptop was gone forever.</p>
<p style=3D"margin: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; min-height: 17px; "><br>
</p>
<p style=3D"margin: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; color: rgb(4, 46, 238); ">=
<span style=3D"color: #000000">Read more
<a href=3D"https://www.stoptheft.com/">laptop recovery stories here</a>.</s=
pan></p>
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</p>
<p style=3D"margin: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; color: rgb(4, 46, 238); ">=
<span style=3D"text-decoration: underline"><a href=3D"http://kb.mit.edu/con=
fluence/display/istcontrib/MIT+Police+Laptop+Tagging+and=
3;Registration">Learn more about laptop registration at MIT</a></span><span=
style=3D"color: #000000">.</span></p>
<p style=3D"margin: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; min-height: 17px; "><br>
</p>
<p style=3D"margin: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; min-height: 17px; "><br>
</p>
<p style=3D"margin: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; ">------------------------=
-------------</p>
<p style=3D"margin: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; ">3. Monthly Sophos Report=
s</p>
<p style=3D"margin: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; ">------------------------=
-------------</p>
<p style=3D"margin: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; min-height: 17px; "><br>
</p>
<p style=3D"margin: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; ">Each month, IS&T is =
able to track via Sophos Anti-Virus the top 10 most dangerous malware that =
is accessing or trying to access the computers on the MIT network.</p>
<p style=3D"margin: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; min-height: 17px; "><br>
</p>
<p style=3D"margin: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; ">Learn more about the <a =
href=3D"http://kb.mit.edu/confluence/x/7SkYCQ">
monthly Sophos reports</a>, what they can tell us, and how they can help us=
.</p>
<p style=3D"margin: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; min-height: 17px; "><br>
</p>
<p style=3D"margin: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; min-height: 17px; "><br>
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<div>www.ist.mit.edu/security</div>
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