PSW #737 – Capt. John Alfred & Thomas Lonardo
This week on Paul's Security Weekly, an interview with Captain John Alfred retired from the Rhode Island State Police. Second up is a discussion with Tom Lonardo, John Alfred, and the hosts to talk about privacy in your organization, the GDPR, the CFA, and other topics in relation to the long arm of the law. In the Security News: Logitech’s Lift is a vertical mouse that’s easier to grasp, CISA warns of attackers now exploiting Windows Print Spooler bug, Google tracked 58,exploited zero-day security holes in 2021, For Russian tech firms, QNAP urges customers to disable UPnP port forwarding on routers Putin’s crackdown ended their global ambitions, & Hackers can infect over 100 Lenovo models with unremovable malware. Are you patched?
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1. The Development of Cyber Crime Fighting Units – Capt. John Alfred – PSW #737
John Alfred is a retired Police Officer that directed a Computer Crimes unit for years. This segment will discuss how that unit got developed, what kinds of skills might be useful to develop in your own units, and what sorts of mistakes are often made trying to operate computer crimes units!
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Guest
Captain Alfred, a twenty one year veteran of the Rhode Island State Police, serves as the Captain of the Division’s Cyber Crimes Unit and State Fusion Center within the Detective Bureau. Captain Alfred is responsible for managing the day-to-day operations of the Cyber Crimes and the State Fusion Center Operations. He also oversees the Joint Cyber Task Force, which is a public and private partnership of cyber professionals.
Hosts
2. The Law, War Crimes, & the Foreign Legion – Capt. John Alfred, Thomas Lonardo – PSW #737
Considering that history has always had foreign legions, from Lord Byron fighting in Greece (well fighting might be a bit much), to For Whom the Bell Tolls, to the Flying Tigers, to the Layfayette Escadrille, foreign fighters have often entered war zones for a wide variety of reasons. Today, well, you can join up to a virtual cause and fight for whatever cause you are seeking and fight from the comfort of your own gaming chair. No selling your estates and dashing off to attack Lepanto, although you can do that too if you like. In this segment, we discuss, the computer fraud and abuse act, what it means to be a member of the foreign legion, and revisit the whole idea of hacking back as a security technique!
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Captain Alfred, a twenty one year veteran of the Rhode Island State Police, serves as the Captain of the Division’s Cyber Crimes Unit and State Fusion Center within the Detective Bureau. Captain Alfred is responsible for managing the day-to-day operations of the Cyber Crimes and the State Fusion Center Operations. He also oversees the Joint Cyber Task Force, which is a public and private partnership of cyber professionals.
Associate Professor at Roger Williams University School of Justice Studies and Mario J. Gabelli School of Business. Possess a BS and MBA from Bryant University and a Juris Doctor from Roger Williams University School of Law. I have been teaching in higher education for over 20 years. Prior to teaching in higher-ed I had spent 20 years’ in the financial services industry in various management capacities.
I teach courses in Computer Forensic Law, Business Law, Criminal Justice and Financial Accounting. I have given a number of presentations and authored articles relating to Computer Forensic Law and Practice dealing with Fourth Amendment privacy issues as well as the licensing of Computer Forensic professionals in the US. An attorney for 25 years as a member of the Rhode Island and Massachusetts bar associations as well as the federal bar association.
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3. Grasping Logitech Lift, Lenovo Malware, CISA Warns of Print Spooler, & 0-Day Holes – PSW #737
Logitech’s Lift is a vertical mouse that’s easier to grasp, CISA warns of attackers now exploiting Windows Print Spooler bug, Google tracked 58,exploited zero-day security holes in 2021, For Russian tech firms, QNAP urges customers to disable UPnP port forwarding on routers Putin’s crackdown ended their global ambitions, & Hackers can infect over 100 Lenovo models with unremovable malware. Are you patched?
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Hosts
- 1. Hackers can infect >100 Lenovo models with unremovable malware. Are you patched?
- 2. QNAP urges customers to disable UPnP port forwarding on routers
- 3. Okta Closes Lapsus$ Breach Probe, Adds New Security Controls
- 4. CISA warns of attackers now exploiting Windows Print Spooler bug
- 5. Hackers steal $655K after picking MetaMask seed from iCloud backup
- 6. For Russian tech firms, Putin’s crackdown ended their global ambitions
- 7. Elon Musk’s talks of a Twitter takeover mask Tesla’s troubles in China
- 8. Google tracked 58 exploited zero-day security holes in 2021
- 9. Windows 11 is within touching distance of Windows XP
- 10. Immersion-cooled colocation is coming to Ohio
- 11. Logitech’s Lift is a vertical mouse that’s easier to grasp
