Additional Resources
Authentication
'Bob' outsources tech job to China; watches cat videos at work, Jaikumar Vijayan, Computerworld
10 Reasons Why Biometrics Won’t Replace Passwords Anytime Soon, Tom, Dashlane
NIST declares the age of SMS-based 2-factor authentication over, Devin Coldewey, TC’s Crunchboard
NIST Denounces SMS 2FA - What are the Alternatives?, Kevin Townsend, Security Week
Standards body warned SMS 2FA is insecure and nobody listened, Darren Pauli, The Register
Exploits
Microsoft Security Bulletin MS08-067: Vulnerability in Server service could allow remote code execution, Microsoft
The Inside Story Behind MS08-067, John Lambert, Microsoft
Non-Human Threat Agents
Squirrels outrank hackers as threat to U.S. electrical grid, Martin Anderson, The Stack
Grid Confronts a Threat from Mother Nature, Matthew L. Wald, The New York Times
Power grid cyber security 'in chaos' | State ponders ways to guard against attacks by humans as well as Mother Nature, Hartford Business Journal
Security vs. Convenience
Is Tech Too Easy to Use?, Kevin Roose, The New York Times
The Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report
Each year, Verizon publishes the Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR), which summarizes cybersecurity data, trends, and issues over the past year.
Download the Verizon 2018 Data Breach Investigations Report.
You'll use the report in a discussion activity next week.