by Lynn Wegley, InfoManager, with co-editor Fred Showker
What’s Here:
01 UGNN Cyber Security Report: Back to cyber security School
02 UGNN Facebook Update: August news, views and blues
03 iPad InfoManager: August iPads rumors getting ready for Back to School!
04 Microsoft Office for iPad Meeting Topic
05 Summarize Services Command
06 Inaugural App Camp for Girls Seattle Finishes
07 New Templates for iWork apps
08 PayPal Spoof attacks on the rise: BEWARE
09 Evernote Malware Attack
10 Facebook Color Scheme Scam returns: don’t be fooled
11 Quotes: Getting ideas
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01 UGNN Cyber Security Report: Back to cyber security School
Here we are in the middle of a new year of cyber threats and it doesn’t seem to get any better. Now they’re worried about cars being hacked causing high body-counts, and the “blackhats” want to help avoid cyberwarfare! It’s all in the InfoManager this week…
[*] North America Cyber Security Market is Expected to Reach $61.91 billion
[*] Hackers meet at Black Hat convention to tackle cybersecurity risks
[*] NRC cyber security breach a wake-up call, Ottawa tech CEO says
[*] Cyber security expert warns: Caribbean could be losing millions
[*] Automakers Openly Challenged To Bake In Security
[*] Want a safe car? Check its cyber safety rating
[*] Miami bank hit with cyber security breach
[*] Neutralizing the Cyberwarfare Bazaar
…and more!
http://www.ugnn.com/2014/08/1408_cyber_security/
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02 UGNN Facebook Update: August news, views and blues
Facebook news and reviews… good and bad reports – did you realize that if all those people had good sense they wouldn’t be spending so much time on Facebook? Did you also realize that an entire country finds Facebook offensive and is considering blocking it? Oh, well… if it’s happening, you’re reading about it in the UGNN InfoManager…
[*] Fuming fiancee’s Facebook rant explains why “friends” weren’t invited
[*] Malaysia’s plan to study ban on Facebook derided by netizens
[*] Amazon, Facebook, Google, and the New Tech Conglomerate
[*] Why Facebook (FB) stock is till a “Hold” at TheStreet
[*] Rhonda Abrams: Facebook can deliver more than likes
[*] Why is Facebook buying a cybersecurity company?
[*] Judge to review Facebook posts of rape accuser
[*] Facebook: Get Messenger app or else
…and more
http://www.ugnn.com/2014/08/1408_facebook_update/
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03 iPad InfoManager: August iPads rumors getting ready for Back to School!
August opens some new woes for the iPad life… sales falling, competition nibbling away at the base and new devices coming out to bleed off the market!
[*] Apple iPad Mini 2 vs Asus Google Nexus 7 – Prices, Specs & Battery Life
[*] Nintendo Is Missing Out By Not Bringing its Games to Apple’s iOS
[*] NFL Now goes live on iPhone and iPad, Apple TV to follow
[*] Apple’s New Patent Could Help Resurrect iPad Sales
[*] Apple iPad Air 2 To Come With Fingerprint Sensor?
[*] It’s time for Apple Inc to stop making excuses
[*] Apple could announce iWatch next month
…and more!
http://www.ugnn.com/2014/08/1408_ipad-infomanager/
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04 Microsoft Office for iPad Meeting Topic
I was planning on doing a meeting in August on Microsoft Office for iPad and presenting it myself.
http://www.ugnn.com/2014/08/microsoft-office-for-ipad-meeting-topic/
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05 Summarize Services Command
I have been showing educators and students the Mac Special Services menu item that is called Summarize. This is always greated with surprise and thanks.
http://www.ugnn.com/2014/08/summarize-services-command/
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06 Inaugural App Camp for Girls Seattle Finishes
App Camp For Girls, a program that teaches middle-school girls how to design and build iPhone apps, wrapped up its inaugural Seattle session on August 8, 2014, with a pitch session at which the campers will present their apps to an all-women panel of Seattle tech industry leaders.
http://www.ugnn.com/2014/08/inaugural-app-camp-for-girls-seattle-finishes/
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07 New Templates for iWork apps
Graphic Node, a graphic design company that specializes in creating themes, templates, and illustrations for OS X, has expanded its assortment of iWork templates with the release of Set for iWork Plus.
http://www.ugnn.com/2014/08/new-templates-for-iwork-apps/
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08 PayPal Spoof attacks on the rise: BEWARE
We have been getting hit with these since Tuesday… different senders, different IP addresses, all the same destination. These are consistant with the ploy we’ve seen since 2010. DO NOT CLICK links in these e-mails; report immediately to spoof@paypal.com. This was posted at:
* https://www.facebook.com/groups/UGNet/
http://www.ugnn.com/safenetting/2014/1408_PayPal-spoofs.jpg
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09 Evernote Malware Attack
The SAFENETTING / SPAMCOP spam traps also intercepted a revival malware attacks this week. BEWARE: The electronic mail appeared to be from *Evernote* or the *Evernote message center* and came with the subject line “File has been sent” followed by the recipient’s name. All of these were sent by Gmail users.
The message usually does not have any content, just an attachment named DSC_ X.ZIP where x is a 7 digit random number. The executable inside the ZIP archive poses as a PDF document and this is exactly why you shouldn’t trust a file by its icon and make sure that file extensions are visible
This ploy was first reported in 2011, then again in 2013, and we’re seeing that the cybercrime industry revives successful malware ploys every two years or so.
**** DO NOT OPEN ****
report to your e-mail provider security.
Also reported on Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/groups/UGNet/
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10 Facebook Color Scheme Scam returns: dontt be fooled
There’s a malicious group of tricksters out there this week with the same game as they’ve had for several years. They suggest you’ll be able to change the color and/or layout of your Facebook homepage, you agree to their terms, and they steal your information. We implore you to let all of your Facebook friends know – DO NOT FALL FOR THIS TRICK.
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11 Quotes: Getting ideas
Ideas are like rabbits. You get a couple and learn how to handle them, and pretty soon you have a dozen.
– John Steinbeck
The ideas I stand for are not mine. I borrowed them from Socrates. I swiped them from Chesterfield. I stole them from Jesus. And I put them in a book. If you don’t like their rules whose would you use?
– Dale Carnegie
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** THE INFO MANAGER
A weekly column from the mice of Lynn Wegley and Fred Showker.
Lynn is a UGN veteran (AOL User Groups Forum) and User Group Network. He’s been a supporter and volunteer on many, many UGNet and User Group Academy projects. As a long time user group member, he’s been a volunteer from Honolulu to Boston and beyond.
Currently working primarily with the Cowtown MUG of Ft. Worth but also works with the Apple Corp of Dallas and is a lifetime member of TUMS, the Tulsa Users of Macintosh Society.
Fred has been active in UGs since 1986, first the AOL UG Forum, then the User Group Network. He spoke at the original AppleWorld in 1987, and served as Apple User Group Advisory Board Member for three years. He founded the User Group Academy and the Appleseeds Foundation
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