Computers and Technology

The war between the hackers and terrorists is escalating quickly in the wake of the recent Paris attacks. In the short time frame of past two days, Anonymous hacktivist group has  declar ed an open war on ISIS . In response, ISIS was quick to retaliate and   called Anonymous ‘idiots’   who just know how to ‘hack email and Twitter accounts’. In another development, Anonymous has released a series of guides urging the people to take part in their biggest ever operation called # OpParis . The guides include how-to instructions that tell the ways to hack the ISIS-affiliated websites and social media accounts. The rivalry of ISIS and Anonymous dates back to the Charlie Hebdo massacre in January. Anonymous has continued its attacks on ISIS and already exposed more than a thousand Twitter accounts. To train and bring the newer generation of hacktivists, Anonymous has released three how-to guides. These guides were posted on an IRC channel and Anonymous encouraged everyone to join

The fight to protect your company’s data isn’t for the faint of heart. As an embattled IT warrior, with more systems, apps, and users to support than ever before, keeping everything up and running is a battle in itself. When it comes to preventing the worst-case scenario from happening, you need all the help you can get, despite your super-hero status. According to SANS, there are 6 key phases of an incident response plan. Preparation -  Preparing users and IT to handle potential incidents in case they happen Identification -  Figuring out what we mean by a “security incident” (which events can we ignore vs. which we must act on right now?) Containment -  Isolating affected systems to prevent further damage Eradication -  Finding and eliminating the root cause (removing affected systems from production) Recovery -  Permitting affected systems back into the production environment (and watching them closely) Lessons Learned -  Writing everything down and reviewing