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Common internet threats
● Trolls
● Wargs
● Goblins
● Orcs
● Bad wizards
● Necromancers
● Gollumzesses
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“But they were trolls. Obviously trolls...
“... not to mention their language, which was not drawing-room fashion at all, at all.”
J. R. R. Tolkien
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Classifying internet threats usefully
● External, direct attacks
– often technical in nature
– we don’t initiate them
– we can block them when they do but not stop themhappening altogether
● Behaviours that can hurt us
– The internet equivalents of going out wearing expensive jewellery or accepting lifts from strangers, or simply not bothering to lock the back door...
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External, direct attacks1. “I’m going to shoot you; it’s nothing personal.”
● Fraudsters and thieves:
– Want your personal details and thence your money
– Want to get other people’s personal details and thence their money
– Want your personal details to defraud banks and on-line retailers
– Attacks may not always be directly over the internet
– Medium level of technical competence - the skill is in the deception
– It’s a numbers game - low success percentage, but HUGE volume of attacks
– It’s modern, organised, international crime,
– Data and techniques are valuable, and traded on the “dark” net
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External, direct attacks2. “You’re nothing, I own you!”
● Hijackers:
– Want to take over your equipment
– Will to use your home as a base to attack others
– Are VERY technically competent
– NO TYPES OF DEVICE ARE SAFE.
– Mistakenly thought of as just ‘viruses’
– Degree of penetration can be staggering (Stuxnet, web cams etc.)
– Attacks usually automated (initially)
– If they succeed, other types of attack follow, both towards you, and from your devices towards others
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External, direct attacks:3. ”You fascinate me, but not in a good way.”
● Stalkers, paedophiles, bullies and trolls:
– It’s always personal
– Will gain (or already have) personal details, to attack with
– Can be obsessive loners, sociopaths or psychopaths...... but can also be part of your social group!
– Are often technically competent, may hunt in packs or be part of a cooperative (information or skills sharing)
– Incidents may straddle the boundaries between cyber- and real space
– Organised crime will be involved, if it sees “commercial” opportunities
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ignore
be
vigilant
How bad are the external risks?What should I pay attention to?
Damage
Likelihood
Fraud + theft
StalkersPaedophiles
Bullies
Trolls
Hijacking
Caution: all this varies with age, interests, social group, and personal notoriety!
Radicalization
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Dangerous LiaisonsBehaviours that can hurt us
● Disclosing personal information
– Where you live,
– What you do,
– What you like,
– Your birthday(!)
– Your family details and images (“curse you, Facebook!”)
● Disclosing information to suppliers
– You are rarely forced to transact on-line
– Do you have full supplier details & do they check out?
– Why are you making this transaction on-line?
– What reputation do they have? Don’t trust eBay or app store feedback!
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Dangerous LiaisonsBehaviours that can hurt us
● Making "friends" across the internet
– Who are they, really?
– What’s the context in which you know them?
– Why do you think you can trust them (be brutal!)
● Being too inquisitive (children and young adults):
– Temptations: hacking, pornography, radical philosophies
● Expecting something for nothing
● Being repetitive:
– Passwords and user names, mixing social and commercial identities
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Special issues for young families
● managing children’s time on-line
● parental supervision versus children’s self-discipline
● naivete and innocence versus life experience
● mobile devices and 3G/4G internet
● intense peer pressure
● intense commercial pressures
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“In talking to dragons it is wise not to reveal your real name... nor anything about you.”
“It does not do to leave a live dragon out of your calculations, if you live near him.”
Wisdom from J. R. R. Tolkien:
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NetGenie: A tale of two boxes
● British-owned company
● Identity-based security
● Very fast
● Very secure
● Very expensive
● Similar technology
● Plastic box
● £89*
*via the NetGenie purchase scheme
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NetGenie: What’s special about it
● Very easy to use (lots of alternatives aren’t)
● Very secure
– Comprehensive protection
– Threat information updated automatically
– Covers all internet devices in the home
● Very flexible: manage access
– by child,
– by age,
– by activity
– by time of day
● Hated by teenagers!
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NetGenie: Why are we selling it?
● Good home security helps everyone
● It actually does what it should and what’s needed
● It boosts our reputation
● We think it’s the right thing to do
● Cyberoam presently doesn’t have a retail channel in the UK.
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NetGenie: Our Purchase Scheme
● Schools or PTAs (or other organisations) take individual orders from familes and group them together.
● We accept orders from schools in ‘bulk’ (5 units or more).
● Parents get a discount,Schools/PTAs get ‘cashback’ based on quantity sold.
● Cashback as a fundraiser, or used for more discount to parents.
● UK helpline, support site and three years’ free security updates.
● Costs roughly the same as a Penguin in a lunchbox!
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NetGenie: What we need now
● To talk to the right people!
– Parent-Teacher Association committee members
– School staff who own safeguarding responsibility
– Other organisations who might adopt the scheme:
● NHW groups● Nursery schools, Kindergartens & playgroups● Churches, Mosques, etc.● Community groups - Scouts & Guide Troops
● Ideas from you!
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A couple of resources
● https://www.getsafeonline.org/
– Masses of very good on-line safety advice
– Densely-packed, lots of technical detail
● http://bristolitcompany.com/netgenie
– NetGenie and Purchase Scheme details, and this presentation (in Downloads)