This document contains a summary of Jose L. Quinones' background and expertise. It lists his professional roles including IT director, security consultant, and technical instructor. It also provides an overview of his areas of focus such as ransomware, phishing, social engineering, and best practices for password security, backups, and mobile device security. The document aims to educate others on cybersecurity threats and mitigations.

1. Jose L. Quinones, BS
MCP, MCSA, MCT, CEH, CEI, GCIH, GPEN, RHSA

2. UPR, School of Medicine – IT Director
Obsidis Consortia, Inc. – President & Founder
Security B Sides Puerto Rico – Organizer
Init6 Security User Group – Founder & Mentor
Self Employed - Technical Instructor
 “The Cleaner”
PRgov - Information Security Council Member
 “Jedi Master”

5. 60% of small businesses that experience a data
breach are out of business within 6 months.
IBM says there were 1.5 Million attacks alone in
2013, and 81% of them happened to small
businesses.
Visa reports that 90% of the payment data
breaches reported come from small businesses.

7. Trojans
Botnets (Zombie + C&C)
Some notorious ones are
Citadel – Taken down by Microsoft on 2011
Spy eye – Developers were arrested in 2012
Zeus – In 2014, Spamhaus detected 7,182
distinct IP addresses that hosted a botnet
controller

8.  Is a type of malware which
restricts access to the computer
system or files that it infects, and
demands a ransom paid to the
creator(s) of the malware in order
for the restriction to be removed.
 Transactions are made with
money cards, wire transfers and
most recently , bitcoin.
 If you get bit by this bug most
likely you will have to pay to
recover your files.

10.  How to recognize Phishing
 Legitimate organizations don’t ask for sensitive data over an email.
 Is the grammar and lexicon appropriately used? (broken language)
 Did you expect a message from that person?
 Is the website name spelled correctly (Ex. Amazone.com)
How to respond to Phishing
 DELETE immediately
 Don’t click stuff, enter the link in the browser by hand
 Hover over the link to verify the link (still dangerous)
 Don't open e-mail attachments …NEVER!
If you fell for it …
 Change your passwords
 Contact any institutions you think its been compromised
 Report it to: http://www.ic3.gov

11. Common Techniques
 Impersonation
 Pretext
 Framing
 Elicitation
Common attacks
 Customer Service
 Tech support
 Delivery person
 Phone
 Email/Phishing
http://www.social-engineer.org/framework/general-discussion/

12.  Owners don’t want to mess with their money
machines.
 The misconception of “that’s just a cash register”
 There is new breed of malware specifically for
POS. (ie. Back off PoS)
 The reality is that most PoS and Kiosks are fully
working computers that run some kind software
over a common Operating System (ei. Microsoft
Windows) connected to the network.

15. • (3) copies of your data (local, external drive, cloud)
• (2) different media (external drive, cloud, DVD)
• (1) copy stores offsite (cloud, home, office, storage
facility)

16. Do not use personal information for passwords
Do not use dictionary words as passwords
Use at least 3 of the following: a-z, A-Z, 0-9, !@#$%^&*
At least 16 characters long
Use passphrases
 Ex. I like cold pizza, 1 Lik3 c0ld Pizz4!
Change regularly (every 90 days)
Use a password manager (LastPass)

18. Use only when absolutely necessary
Isolate guest network
Authenticate & control access
Limit the number of services available (http, https,
dns)
Use WPA2 with a strong password
Control output power *
Turn off beacon broadcasting *
Use MAC filtering *
* Not effective against a skilled attacker

19. 1. Use Password protected access control
2. Control application access and permission
3. Keep the OS and firmware current (update)
4. Backup your data
5. Use remote or automatic wipe if stolen or lost
6. Don’t store personal financial data on your device
7. Beware o free apps
8. Try mobile antivirus (Android)
9. Control Wireless connectivity (Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, NFC, RFID)
10. If possible use a Mobile Device Management (MDM) solution

20. Read carefully the Terms and conditions of service,
and the Privacy Policy
You only assurance is a good contract & SLA (get a
lawyer)
Encrypt everything before uploading it to the cloud
Not all clouds are the same, understand you needs.
Get the service from a reputable provider.

23.  Cyber criminal use various method to hide their tracks
 Tor Onion Router - Tor is free software and an open network that helps you defend
against traffic analysis, a form of network surveillance that threatens personal freedom
and privacy, confidential business activities and relationships, and state security.
 Private VPN - individuals can use VPNs to get access to network resources when they're
not physically on the same LAN (local area network), or as a method for securing and
encrypting their communications when they're using an untrusted public network.
 Proxy Servers - In a personal computing context, proxy servers are used to enable user
privacy and anonymous surfing.
 Spoofing - a spoofing attack is a situation in which one person or program successfully
masquerades as another by falsifying data and thereby gaining an illegitimate
advantage.

24. Data Breaches
 http://breachlevelindex.com/#sthash.Whzg9ESf.dpbs
Zeus Tracker
 https://zeustracker.abuse.ch/monitor.php
Live Attack Maps
 http://map.ipviking.com/
 https://www.fireeye.com/cyber-map/threat-map.html
 http://www.sicherheitstacho.eu/
 https://cybermap.kaspersky.com/
 http://www.digitalattackmap.com/#anim=1&color=0&country=ALL&list=0&time=16434&vie
w=map
 https://labs.opendns.com/global-network/

25.  Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report
 http://www.verizonenterprise.com/DBIR/
 Mandiant Reports
 https://www.mandiant.com/resources/mandiant-reports/
 IBM Cost of Breach
 http://www-935.ibm.com/services/us/en/it-services/security-services/cost-of-data-breach/
 Symantec Threat Report
 http://www.symantec.com/security_response/publications/threatreport.jsp
 Kaspersky Security Analysis
 https://securelist.com/analysis/kaspersky-security-bulletin/67864/kaspersky-security-bulletin-
2014-predictions-2015/
 MacAfee Threat Report
 http://www.mcafee.com/us/apps/view-all/publications.aspx?tf=aaae16480

26. Blog: http://codefidelio.org
Email: josequinones@codefidelio.org
Twitter: @josequinones
G+: https://plus.google.com/u/2/+JoseLQuinonesBorrero