Intro
Welcome back! This is episode 33 of The Insider Threat podcast, for the week of February 12th, 2018.
It's just a few days until Valentine's Day and luckily I've got all my stuff sorted out.
As a follow up from last week, have you done your taxes yet? If so, awesome! If not, what are you waiting on?
BSidesNoVA is 23-24 February
ABOUT – Northern VA Security ConferenceThat's it for announcements so....
Infosec Trivia Question
It's time for your Infosec Trivia Question, where Google is king and the prize is nonexistent!
The question last episode was "In the 1960s, someone was ablde to get away with creating fake checks, pretending to be a lawyer, a doctor, an airline pilot, a security guard, and an agent from the US Bureau of Prisons before finally getting caught at the age of 21. Who was this person?"
The answer was "Frank Abagnale Jr".
I don't know if any of you saw "Catch me if you can", but it was a pretty good movie based on Frank Abagnale's exploits.
The crazy thing was how young he was
Congratulations to David from Massachussets, Marcel from Glenroy, Kyle from Toronto, and Leon from Holtville for getting the correct answer.
Here's your question for this episode: "In 1925, Victor Lustig traveled to Europe and landed one of the most most memorable sales in recorded history. What did he sell?"
Send your response to InfosecAnswer@gmail.com. Be sure to include your first name, location, and the hashtag "bonjour".
Discussion Topic for the Episode
This episode’s discussion topic is whistleblowers
What is the difference between a whistleblower and an insider threat? (Depends on whose side you are on)
Insider threat is a person with inside knowledge or access that could have a negative impact on the organization
Whistleblower is a person who informs on a person or organization engaged in an illicit activity
A whistleblower can be and probably is an insider threat to an organization, but are they always bad?
Solution: Culture of communication. Whistleblowing theoretically only happens when employees see something wrong and they feel they can't report it.
Whistleblowers are important, as they can highlight terrible things going on in organizations
At the same time, whistleblowers should be avoided at all costs in order to keep them from becoming insider threats - you do that through positive culture changes that make people feel comfortable with reporting behavior, processes, or practices that they think are illegal or immoral
News
Univerisity of Georgia student arrested for hacking into professor's account to change his grades
Discovered when assistant professor noticed that he couldn't log into his email account and was told that his password was changed
Michael Williams was booked for nine counts of computer trespass and 71 counts of computer forgery
Closing Thought
Our closing thought for this episode comes from Jay Leno. He said, "Today is Valentine's Day - or, as men like to call it, Extortion Day!"
Outro
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LinksB-Sides NoVA
UGA student accused of hacking account to change grades
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