http://gulftoday.ae/portal/bc77da57-f95c-4211-9461-eddbf6954cc0.aspx By a staff reporter The Gulf Today May 03, 2012 SHARJAH: In line with the objectives of the Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) to spread awareness about the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) sector, the UAE Computer Emergency Response Team (aeCERT), a TRA initiative, organised two workshops in Sharjah University and Al Thait Girls School in Ras Al Khaimah (RAK). The workshops aim to reach out to students by informing them about e-risks and ways to avoid them. Presented by Eng. Eman Al Awadhi, network security engineer at aeCERT, the two workshops offered easy-to-understand information about modern communications means, including the Internet, risks associated with using these means, the methods through which hackers target user accounts to steal and misuse data, and ways to prevent such attacks. The workshop at Sharjah University held in April included a discussion on the risks associated with e-mails, passwords theft, and how to choose passwords that are hard to guess by hackers. The presentations also discussed phishing, a cyber-threat in which attackers pretend to be someone or some entity known to the user and then attempt to obtain information that they can misuse. How spam e-mails are used to spread viruses was also discussed. [...] _______________________________________________ LayerOne Security Conference May 26-27, Clarion Hotel, Anaheim, CA http://www.layerone.orgReceived on Wed May 02 2012 - 22:46:56 PDT
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