It has been a very challenging week. This term I am taking two classes, and there are some tools that I had never used before. Visio seems to be easy to use a tool but coming up with a plan to write about a threat model process was challenging. Time will tell how I did after the assignment grading. I can already tell this CYBR 650 is a challenging class than any other any other classes I have taken. It is understandable that this class supposed to be difficult since it is a capstone class. I like the two weeks format since it gives students more time to work on a project. So far classes assignments are going well with some challenges. Currently I am talking CYBR 515 where we had a assignment to decrypt a message using given code (double transposition cipher). This assignment drove me crazy but I think I finally solved it. There isn't much information about the double transposition cipher in the Internet which made it difficult. I had to put some time and thought process to solve it and hopefully I solved it correctly.
Article 1:
I read an article this week titled "How online hate infiltrates social media and politics" written by Adam G. Klein. It is a known fact that social media has become a part of life for those users who have internet access. Many don't have access to the digital platform. Many groups around the world have been using the social media for their interest, and it has a significant impact on the politics. Some users make a decision based on what they see or read on the news or social media. We can take a recent US election where social media played a significant role in sending messages to the general people. Many leaders around the world use social media as their news sharing platform. Many hate groups are spreading fake messages to the world users. This article provides an example news commentary website which received 2.8 million monthly visitors for just one article. The article was titled "Jews Destroy Another One of Their Graveyards to Blame Trump." The scariest part of this story is that it is not even true. All these articles are floating around the web, and some people start believing which makes a significant impact on the communities. Hate rhetoric has been going on for a long time but nowadays with the access of social media and digital platform, it has become easy to spread rumors and propaganda news. Overall the cyber domain is becoming a big pile of digital information where some are good and bad. Readers and followers need to be smarter and make their decision. All the news are not news anymore because they are biased to particular party or religion or believes. They don’t give any fair news, and it becomes challenging to the normal people to understand what's going on.
http://www.homelandsecuritynewswire.com/dr20170317-how-online-hate-infiltrates-social-media-and-politics
Article 2:
I don’t even know if I can trust major news organization like CNN, Fox News, etc. I read another news this week which is talking about how US Air Force is planning to fight against the cyber-attacks. This news caught me since I am coming from the military background. The writer warns that hackers could potentially disable weapon systems, power grids, chemical plants, etc. What is exactly the government doing to prevent this from happening? I agree with the author on this. Cyber domain war is going on, and it can be catastrophic if not handled quickly. The air force has been training new cyber operators, and new cyber careers have been added. But I wonder why, so we waited so long to train and prepare for the cyber war. I think we failed to predict the cyber threats. Now we are trying to prepare for the fight when hackers are destroying our systems. The article talks about how Air Force is preparing for cyber domain fight. It also talks about different types of cyber-attacks and US Army also increasing the number of cyber warriors. Overall this article was good to read about how the military is working to prepare cyber operators.
Another reason why this news caught my eyes how it was mentioning about the Air Force training cyber warriors. Being in the military, I always wanted to get into the real cyber career field (1BXXX). I had an interview like four months before with the cyber squadron in my unit and finally received an email saying that I was accepted. There is a lot of unknown of this career field, but I am excited to be a part of the cyber warriors. Hopefully, my college education helps me to get through the Air Force long technical school and OJT.
https://www.daytondailynews.com/news/local/the-war-you-can-see-wright-patt-trained-cyber-warriors-protect-from-daily-attacks/2kYpgKyutTmXvPg1QUhLPP/
Finally, I want to talk about some of the websites which talk about current threats, vulnerabilities, security updates, and news in general. There are many websites related to cyber news. The good thing is that these news sites are not biased like the major news organizations. Here are some sites I usually visit and read the cyber-related news.
1. https://www.trendmicro.com/vinfo/us/threat-encyclopedia/vulnerability
This website posts security news about new cyber threats. For example, Operation Pawn Storm Uses New Adobe Flash Zero Day in Latest Attacks was the topic of a new attack.
2. https://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/current-activity
This is a good place to read news about government security issues and what is being done to prevent new cyber threats.
3. http://www.securityweek.com/virus-threats/vulnerabilities
This website updates security report on weekly basis and contains new vulnerabilities
4. http://www.darkreading.com/vulnerabilities-threats.asp
This is not a dark website as it sounds. It is also similar to other news organization focussing on the Internet and new threats.
Many other websites post cyber-related news. All the sites contain similar updates; however, there are some go deeper and try to find the actual cause behind the attacks or threats. Mostly I will use these websites to read the news and continue my blog posting.
Another reason why this news caught my eyes how it was mentioning about the Air Force training cyber warriors. Being in the military, I always wanted to get into the real cyber career field (1BXXX). I had an interview like four months before with the cyber squadron in my unit and finally received an email saying that I was accepted. There is a lot of unknown of this career field, but I am excited to be a part of the cyber warriors. Hopefully, my college education helps me to get through the Air Force long technical school and OJT.
https://www.daytondailynews.com/news/local/the-war-you-can-see-wright-patt-trained-cyber-warriors-protect-from-daily-attacks/2kYpgKyutTmXvPg1QUhLPP/
Finally, I want to talk about some of the websites which talk about current threats, vulnerabilities, security updates, and news in general. There are many websites related to cyber news. The good thing is that these news sites are not biased like the major news organizations. Here are some sites I usually visit and read the cyber-related news.
1. https://www.trendmicro.com/vinfo/us/threat-encyclopedia/vulnerability
This website posts security news about new cyber threats. For example, Operation Pawn Storm Uses New Adobe Flash Zero Day in Latest Attacks was the topic of a new attack.
2. https://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/current-activity
This is a good place to read news about government security issues and what is being done to prevent new cyber threats.
3. http://www.securityweek.com/virus-threats/vulnerabilities
This website updates security report on weekly basis and contains new vulnerabilities
4. http://www.darkreading.com/vulnerabilities-threats.asp
This is not a dark website as it sounds. It is also similar to other news organization focussing on the Internet and new threats.
Many other websites post cyber-related news. All the sites contain similar updates; however, there are some go deeper and try to find the actual cause behind the attacks or threats. Mostly I will use these websites to read the news and continue my blog posting.
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