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October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month (CSAM), a global effort to help everyone stay safe and protected when using technology whenever and however you connect. HACC is proud to champion this online safety and education initiative this October.
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It’s easy to stay safe online
It’s easy to stay safe online
While most of the cybersecurity news articles are about massive data breaches and hackers, it can seem overwhelming and feel like you’re powerless against it. But Cybersecurity Awareness Month reminds everyone that there are all kinds of ways to keep your data protected. It can make a huge difference even by practicing the basics of cybersecurity.
This year, we are focusing on four key behaviors instead of weekly themes:
This year, we are focusing on four key behaviors instead of weekly themes:
Everyone has a right to a safe internet, so let’s remember to #SecureOurWorld.
Cybersecurity Awareness Training by Arraya Solutions
The Office of Information Technology & Learning Experience is pleased to announce a cybersecurity awareness presentation from the experts at Arraya.
Join us for a talk about scams, phishing, and threats on Thursday at 11:00 AM EST via Zoom https://hacc.zoom.us/j/99729511810.
There will be a Q&A following the presentation, and the session will be recorded for later viewing.
Show HACC's support for CSAM by using this Zoom background during the Month of October!
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Online Events
Online Events
Various online events are held during October in support of Cybersecurity Awareness Month
Check them out here
Get Involved!
Get Involved!
Visit Stop.Think.Connect for online safety tips.
The Stop.Think.Connect. Campaign is a national public awareness effort that increases the understanding of cyber threats and empowers the American public to be safer and more secure online. It encourages Americans to view Internet safety as a shared responsibility–at home, in the workplace, and in our communities. The Campaign provides access to these types of resources to give Americans the tools they need to make more informed decisions when using the Internet.
DID YOU KNOW?
DID YOU KNOW?
There were 2,365 cyberattacks in 2023, with 343,338,964 victims.
2023 saw a 72% increase in data breaches since 2021, which held the previous all-time record.
Around the world, a data breach cost $4.88 million on average in 2024.
Email is the most common vector for malware, with around 35% of malware delivered via email in 2023.
Ninety-four percent of organizations have reported email security incidents.
Business email compromises accounted for over $2.9 billion in losses in 2023.
Information security jobs are projected to grow by 32% between 2022 and 2032.
source: https://www.forbes.com/advisor/education/it-and-tech/cybersecurity-statistics/
Recommended Reading
Recommended Reading
With a focus on cybersecurity this October, here is a list of recommended reading on the topic in no particular order:
Cliff Stoll, The Cuckoo's Egg: Tracking a Spy Through the Maze of Computer Espionage (Gallery Books, 1989)
Details the story of how the author managed to discover a computer espionage ring infiltrated in the Lawrence Berkeley Lab. The operation eventually led to the involvement of the CIA, and exposed the role of the KGB in the entire operation (399 pages).
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18154.The_Cuckoo_s_EggFred Kaplan, Dark Territory: The Secret History of Cyber War (Simon & Schuster, 2017).
This book tells the history of cyberwar in a gripping, narrative-driven style (352 pages).
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/30753827-dark-territory
P. W. Singer and Allan Friedman, Cybersecurity and Cyberwar: What Everyone Needs to Know (Oxford University Press, 2014).
Written in a question-and-answer style and employing stories and anecdotes, this introduction is highly readable, but those who come with some knowledge of the internet already may find it simplistic (306 pages).
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16182409-cybersecurity-and-cyberwar
Kim Zetter, Countdown to Zero Day: Stuxnet and the Launch of the World’s First Digital Weapon (Broadway Books, 2015).
Written by a journalist, this book both tells the story of Stuxnet and examines the overall state of cyberwarfare today (448 pages).
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18465875-countdown-to-zero-day
Kevin D. Mitnick & William L. Simon, The Art of Deception: Controlling the Human Element of Security (Wiley, 2003)
The world's most infamous hacker offers an insider's view of the low-tech threats to high-tech security. Focusing on the human factors involved with information security, Mitnick explains why all the firewalls and encryption protocols in the world will never be enough to stop a savvy grifter intent on rifling a corporate database or an irate employee determined to crash a system (352 pages).
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18160.The_Art_of_DeceptionKevin Mitnick, Robert Vamosi (Co-Author), The Art of Invisibility: The World's Most Famous Hacker Teaches You How to Be Safe in the Age of Big Brother and Big Data (Little, Brown and Company, 2017)
Kevin Mitnick, the world's most famous hacker, teaches you easy cloaking and counter-measures for citizens and consumers in the age of Big Brother and Big Data. Mitnick provides both online and real life tactics and inexpensive methods to protect you and your family, in easy step-by-step instructions. He even talks about more advanced "elite" techniques, which, if used properly, can maximize your privacy. Invisibility isn't just for superheroes--privacy is a power you deserve and need in this modern age.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/30363785-the-art-of-invisibility
Parmy Olson, We Are Anonymous (Little, Brown and Company, 2013).
WE ARE ANONYMOUS is the first full account of how a loosely assembled group of hackers scattered across the globe formed a new kind of insurgency, seized headlines, and tortured the feds-and the ultimate betrayal that would eventually bring them down (512 pages).
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13528420-we-are-anonymous
Andy Greenberg, This Machine Kills Secrets: How WikiLeakers, Cypherpunks, and Hacktivists Aim to Free the World's Information (Dutton Adult, 2012)
The first full account of the cypherpunks who aim to free the world’s institutional secrets, by Forbes journalist Andy Greenberg who has traced their shadowy history from the cryptography revolution of the 1970s to Wikileaks founding hacker Julian Assange, Anonymous, and beyond (384 pages).
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