[News](#news) | [Events](#events) | [Octet Generator](#octet) | [Resources](#resources) | [Tools](#tools) | [Music](#music)
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#News
* [Creepy covert camera feature](https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2020/10/13/creepy-covert-camera-feature-found-in-popular-smartwatch-for-kids/) found in popular smartwatch for kids - _SOPHOS_ - _posted Wed Oct 14 16:14:45 EDT 2020_
* [AlienVault](https://www.alienvault.com) has become [AT&T Cybersecurity](https://www.alienvault.com/blogs/security-essentials/att-cybersecurity-is-born) - _AlienVault_ - _posted Sun Apr 28 16:32:30 EST 2019_
* [Thunderbolt enables severe security threats](https://www.osnews.com/story/129501/thunderbolt-enables-severe-security-threats/) - _OS News_ - _posted Sat Mar 7 22:55:12 EST 2019_
* Gone in six seconds? [Exploiting car alarms](https://www.pentestpartners.com/security-blog/gone-in-six-seconds-exploiting-car-alarms/) - _Pen Test Partners_ - _posted Fri Mar 8 11:11:44 EST 2019_
* How Amazon Web Services runs [security at a global scale](https://www.zdnet.com/article/how-amazon-web-services-runs-security-at-a-global-scale/) - _ZDNet_ - _posted Wed Dec 12 22:22:51 EST 2018_
* Statistics Canada release [data on Cyber-Security and Cyber-Crime](https://www.caubo.ca/latest-news/statistics-canada-release-data-on-cyber-security-and-cyber-crime/) - _CAUBO_ - _posted Fri Dec 7 15:37:16 EST 2018_
* Professor: Quebec an [embarrassement in dealing with cybersecurity issues](https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/professor-quebec-an-embarrassment-in-dealing-with-cybersecurity-issues-1.4181998) - _CTV_ - _posted Sun Nov 18 19:37:09 EST 2018_
* Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance Software and Cisco Firepower Threat Defense Software [Denial of Service Vulnerability](https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20181031-asaftd-sip-dos) - _Cisco_ - _posted Fri Nov 2 21:30:54 EDT 2018_
* How a [dorm room Minecraft scam](https://www.wired.com/story/mirai-botnet-minecraft-scam-brought-down-the-internet/) brought down the Internet - _Wired_ - _posted Fri Nov 2 19:57:56 EDT 2018_
* New [privacy rules](https://www.priv.gc.ca/en/privacy-topics/privacy-laws-in-canada/the-personal-information-protection-and-electronic-documents-act-pipeda/) will force [Canadian companies to report security breaches](https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/pipeda-privacy-data-1.4886061) - _CBC_ - _posted Thu Nov 1 22:13:02 EDT 2018_
* A future where [everything becomes a computer](https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/10/technology/future-internet-of-things.html) is as creepy as you feared - _The New York Times_ - _posted Sat Oct 13 15:26:17 EDT 2018_
* [California bans default passwords on any internet-connected device](https://www.engadget.com/2018/10/05/california-default-password-ban-information-privacy-connected-devices-bill/) _posted Sat Oct 6 21:42:59 EDT 2018_
* [Canadian retailer's servers storing 15 years of user data sold on Craigslist](https://www.zdnet.com/article/canadian-retailers-servers-storing-15-years-of-user-data-sold-on-craigslist/)
* In Town and Out: [Cyber Security Challenge](http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/programs/intownandout/cyber-security-challenge-1.3858908)
* This [$5 Device](http://motherboard.vice.com/read/this-5-device-can-hack-your-locked-computer-in-one-minute) Can Hack Your Locked Computer In One Minute _posted Fri Nov 18 15:52:00 EDT 2016_
* Slashdot Interview with [Security Expert Mikko Hypponen](https://interviews.slashdot.org/story/16/10/15/1835243/the-slashdot-interview-with-security-expert-mikko-hypponen-backupception) _posted Sat Oct 15 17:21:43 EDT 2016_
* Yes, [Anti-Facial-Recognition Glasses](https://www.fastcompany.com/3050252/tech-forecast/yes-anti-facial-recognition-glasses-are-coming) Are Coming _posted Thu Oct 13 14:39:12 EDT 2016_
* Yahoo [secretly scanned customer emails](http://news.trust.org/item/20161004170601-99f8c) for US intelligence _posted Thu Oct 13 14:07:01 EDT 2016_
* Researchers have found a new strain of document-based macro malware that [evades discovery using a novel technique](https://threatpost.com/malware-evades-detection-with-novel-technique/120787/) _posted Fri Oct 7 11:57:00 EDT 2016_
* In IT security, "100-per-cent secure" is [100-per-cent pure baloney](http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/rob-commentary/in-it-security-100-per-cent-secure-is-100-per-cent-pure-baloney/article31597907/) _posted Tue Sep 6 14:27:32 EDT 2016_
* This [router](http://news.softpedia.com/news/this-chinese-router-is-depressingly-insecure-and-downright-evil-507518.shtml#ixzz4JR2svHJ1) is depressingly insecure and downright evil _posted Mon Sep 5 21:32:43 EDT 2016_
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#Local Events
None at present.
#International Events
None at present.
##Past Events
- [International Day Against DRM](https://www.fsf.org/events/international-day-against-drm-idad-2019) October 12, 2019
- [HTCIA Ottawa Meeting](https://htcia-ottawa.org/2019/04/03/may-event-what-is-the-involvement-and-expectations-of-you-and-the-police-during-a-cyber-incident/) May 14, 2019
- [Cyber Security Challenge Ottawa](http://cybersecuritychallenge.ca/cybersci-ottawa/) November 17, 2018
- [Federal Safety, Security, and Intelligence Career Fair](https://www.canada.ca/en/services/policing/career-fair.html) November 15, 2018
- [BSides Ottawa](https://www.bsidesottawa.ca/) November 8-9, 2018
- [Countermeasure](https://www.countermeasure.ca/) November 1-2, 2018
- [Galatecha](http://www.galatecha.com/) October 20th, 2018
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#Resources
##Articles
- Pwning WPA/WPA2 Networks With [Bettercap and the PMKID Client-Less Attack](https://www.evilsocket.net/2019/02/13/Pwning-WiFi-networks-with-bettercap-and-the-PMKID-client-less-attack/)
- Why [Raspberry Pi isn't vulnerable to Spectre or Meltdown](https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/why-raspberry-pi-isnt-vulnerable-to-spectre-or-meltdown/)
- Are CEH and OSCP certifications comparable? [Part 1](https://www.peerlyst.com/posts/are-ceh-and-oscp-certifications-comparable-part-1-david-dunmore?trk=wall_page_activity_feed) [Part 2](https://www.peerlyst.com/posts/are-ceh-and-oscp-certifications-comparable-part-2-david-dunmore?utm_source=peerlyst_perspective&utm_medium=email&utm_content=peerlyst_post&utm_campaign=top_posts_on_peerlyst_this_week_12042018)
- This is how [one man accidentally destroyed the Internet](https://www.inverse.com/article/50422-worlds-first-cyberattack-happened-30-years-ago-robert-tappan-morris) 30 years ago
- [In the Beginning was the Command Line](http://cristal.inria.fr/~weis/info/commandline.html)
- [This World of Ours](http://scholar.harvard.edu/files/mickens/files/thisworldofours.pdf)
- [PIN Analysis](http://www.datagenetics.com/blog/september32012/)
- [SegmentSmack and FragmentSmack](https://access.redhat.com/articles/3553061)
##Maps
* [Cybersecurity Supply and Demand Heat Map](http://cyberseek.org/heatmap.html)
* [Kaspersky](http://usa.kaspersky.com/?domain=kaspersky.com) Cyberthreat [Real-Time Map](https://cybermap.kaspersky.com/)
* [Norse](http://www.norsecorp.com/) [Cybersecurity map](http://map.norsecorp.com/#/)
##Guides
* [Privacy Toolkit: A Guide for Businesses and Organizations](https://www.priv.gc.ca/media/2038/guide_org_e.pdf)
* [Surveillance Self-Defense](https://ssd.eff.org/)
##Radio
- [Smart home security could have real impacts on privacy, racial profiling](https://www.cbc.ca/radio/spark/spark-443-1.5170440/smart-home-security-could-have-real-impacts-on-privacy-racial-profiling-1.5170451) via [Spark](https://www.cbc.ca/radio/spark)
- [Internet plus: Now everything can be hacked!](https://www.cbc.ca/radio/spark/internet-plus-now-everything-can-be-hacked-1.4824151) via [Spark](https://www.cbc.ca/radio/spark)
* [Radiolab - Long Distance](http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/audio.wnyc.org/radiolab/radiolab022012c.mp3) - the story of Joe Engressia Jr. who learned to hack phone systems by whistling
##Video
- [No Tech Hacking](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5CWrzVJYLWw)
- [Breaking the x86 Instruction Set](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KrksBdWcZgQ)
- [LuciuOS](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WUyarCCqDzs), a comprehensive malware development framework
* [Public Key Cryptography - Diffie-Hellman Key Exchange](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YEBfamv-_do)
* [DefCon 15 - No-Tech Hacking](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5CWrzVJYLWw)
* [How NOT to do Security - Lessons Learned from the Galactic Empire](http://2012.video.sector.ca/video/51119497)
* [Mikko Hypponen TED Talk: How the NSA betrayed the world's trust](https://www.ted.com/talks/mikko_hypponen_how_the_nsa_betrayed_the_world_s_trust_time_to_act?language=en)
##Books
- [xchg rax,rax](https://www.amazon.ca/xchg-rax-xorpd/dp/1502958082/ref=pd_rhf_se_p_img_8?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=N9P877B6EVM6C70YAQK1)
- [Rtfm: Red Team Field Manual](https://www.amazon.ca/Rtfm-Red-Team-Field-Manual/dp/1494295504/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1539743302&sr=1-1&keywords=red+team)
- [Blue Team Field Manual (BTFM)](https://www.amazon.ca/Blue-Team-Field-Manual-BTFM/dp/154101636X/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1539743346&sr=1-1&keywords=blue+team)
- [Hash Crack: Password Cracking Manual](https://www.amazon.ca/Hash-Crack-Password-Cracking-Manual/dp/1975924584/ref=pd_sim_14_5?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=1975924584&pd_rd_r=6e4da1cd-d1b4-11e8-9f14-73fc20980c51&pd_rd_w=2pOcd&pd_rd_wg=9UP7C&pf_rd_i=desktop-dp-sims&pf_rd_m=A3DWYIK6Y9EEQB&pf_rd_p=f2db799a-cb6a-4ff5-b84b-b317891b94a8&pf_rd_r=MGYN2R3PYQWCMG1WKQ0W&pf_rd_s=desktop-dp-sims&pf_rd_t=40701&psc=1&refRID=MGYN2R3PYQWCMG1WKQ0W)
- [Kingpin: How One Hacker Took Over the Billion-Dollar Cybercrime Underground](https://www.amazon.ca/Kingpin-Hacker-Billion-Dollar-Cybercrime-Underground/dp/0307588696)
##Organizations
* [Canadian Security Establishment](http://cse-cst.gc.ca)
* [Electronic Frontier Foundation](https://www.eff.org/)
##Conferences
* [BlackHat](https://www.blackhat.com/)
* [Def Con](https://www.defcon.org/)
* [SecTor](https://www.sector.ca)
* [Recon](https://recon.cx/)
##Websites
* [Hackthebox](https://hackthebox.eu)
* [Defective By Design](https://defectivebydesign.org)
* [Threatpost](https://threatpost.com)
* [CFB Leitrim](http://jproc.ca/rrp/leitrim.html)
* [XKCD](https://xkcd.com)
* [Robert Half 2020 Technology & IT Salary Guide](https://www.roberthalf.ca/en/salary-guide/technology)
* [Lux Ex Umbra](https://luxexumbra.blogspot.com/)
##Tools
###Hacking Tools
* [Clearview.AI](https://clearview.ai/)
* [Slowloris](https://github.com/gkbrk/slowloris)
* [Wifite2](https://github.com/derv82/wifite2)
* [PwnSTAR](https://github.com/SilverFoxx/PwnSTAR)
* [hping3](http://www.hping.org/hping3.html)
* [Yersinia](https://github.com/tomac/yersinia)
* [John the Ripper](https://www.openwall.com/john/)
* [Ettercap](https://www.ettercap-project.org/)
* [Cain & Abel](https://web.archive.org/web/20190603235413if_/http://www.oxid.it/cain.html)
* [Social Engineer Toolkit](https://www.social-engineer.org/framework/se-tools/computer-based/social-engineer-toolkit-set/)
* [Hydra](https://github.com/vanhauser-thc/thc-hydra)
* [Aircrack-ng](https://www.aircrack-ng.org/)
* [Ncat](https://nmap.org/ncat/)
* [Kismet](https://www.kismetwireless.net/)
* [Nikto2](https://cirt.net/Nikto2)
* [BeEF](https://beefproject.com/)
* [Hashcat](https://hashcat.net/hashcat/)
* [Maltego](https://www.maltego.com/)
* [Fern](https://github.com/savio-code/fern-wifi-cracker)
* [Pixiewps](https://github.com/wiire-a/pixiewps)
###Breach browser
* ['--have i been pwned?](https://haveibeenpwned.com/)
###Identity generators
* [Fake Face Generator](https://www.thispersondoesnotexist.com/)
* [Fake Name Generator](https://www.fakenamegenerator.com/)
* [Fake Mail Generator](https://http://www.fakemailgenerator.com)
* [Fake Article & Comment History Generator](https://www.reddit.com/r/SubredditSimulator/)
###Network monitoring
* [ELSA](https://github.com/mcholste/elsa)
* [Zeek](https://www.zeek.org/)
* [Sguil](https://bammv.github.io/sguil/index.html)
* [Glasswire](https://www.glasswire.com/)
* [ntopng](http://www.ntop.org/products/traffic-analysis/ntop/) High-Speed Web-based Traffic Analysis and Flow Collection.
###Virtual Machines
- [VulnHub](https://www.vulnhub.com/)
- [Kali Linux](https://www.kali.org/downloads/)
- [OpenVAS](https://www.greenbone.net/en/install_use_gce/)
- [Metasploitable](https://sourceforge.net/projects/metasploitable/)
- [pfSense](https://www.pfsense.org/download/)
###Password checkers
- [Passive Aggressive Password Machine](https://trypap.com/)
- [How Secure Is My Password?](https://howsecureismypassword.net/)
###Password lists
- [danielmiessler / SecLists](https://github.com/danielmiessler/SecLists/tree/master/Passwords)
- [Default Router Username and Password List](https://192-168-1-1ip.mobi/default-router-passwords-list/)
- [defaultpassword.com](http://www.defaultpassword.com/)
- [Default Password List](http://phenoelit.org/dpl/dpl.html)
###Password crackers
* [crackstation.net](https://crackstation.net/) Free Password Hash Cracker
- [Cisco type 7 / 'enable password' password cracker](http://www.ifm.net.nz/cookbooks/passwordcracker.html)
- [Cisco type 5 / 'enable secret' password cracker](http://www.ifm.net.nz/cookbooks/cisco-ios-enable-secret-password-cracker.html)
###Intel ME attacks
- [Intel Management Engine JTAG Proof of Concept](https://github.com/ptresearch/IntelTXE-PoC)
###Mail servers
* [iRedMail](http://www.iredmail.org/) Free mail server
* [MailInABox](https://mailinabox.email/) Another free mail server
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#Octet Generator
This tool can be used to generate (probably) unique octets to be used when constructing 197.7.7.X addresses.
You should only use this tool if you are unable to see your assigned octet in Brightspace.
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###Electronic Music
- [Upgrade (A Baymar College Course)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0HYzv1jFbFQ) - Deltron 3030
- [Silver Surfer, Ghost Rider Go!!!](https://song.link/i/370181575) - Trentemøller
- [Endless Summer](https://song.link/i/260928456) - Vector Lovers
- [Supermoves](https://song.link/i/215738319) - Overseer
- [Break In](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8S_iQK51Puo) - Cirrus
- [Chico's Groove](https://song.link/i/723671452) - The Chemical Brothers
- [Little Fluffy Clouds](https://song.link/i/1442991470) - The Orb
- [Cowgirl](https://song.link/i/1443809057) - Underworld
- [Heliosphan](https://song.link/i/1108845552) - Aphex Twin
- [Coastal Brake](https://song.link/i/679251722) - Tycho
- [Sacrifice](https://song.link/i/1498636687) - Clint Mansell
- [Blitz](https://song.link/i/732532690) - Digitalism
- [Electric Pow Wow Drum](https://song.link/i/981906474) - A Tribe Called Red
- [The Girl from Botany Bay](https://song.link/i/334612048) - Minilogue
- [Lux Aeterna](https://song.link/i/41228839) - Clint Mansell
- [Neon Sky Rain](https://song.link/i/377149175) - Vector Lovers
- [Afterglow](https://song.link/i/260928942) - Vector Lovers
- [Killa](https://song.link/i/304601279) - Way Out West
- [Forever Young, A Lie](https://song.link/i/834202929) - Thomas Barrandon
- [Arterial](https://song.link/ca/i/896012681) - Lusine
- [The Hacker](https://song.link/i/1215646471) - Johnny Jewel
- [101 South](https://song.link/i/567112541) - Two Fingers
- [We Want Your Soul](https://song.link/i/1469577590) - Klangkarussell
- [Sea Wall](https://song.link/ca/i/1291058471) - Benjamin Wallfisch
- [Loungemeister](https://song.link/ca/i/1438971017) - Ugress
- [Virus](https://song.link/ca/i/288544325) - Deltron 3030
- [Technologic](https://song.link/ca/i/693751201) - Daft Punk
- [Badtimes](https://song.link/ca/i/3028725) - Laika
- [Power Management](https://song.link/ca/i/1242859444) - Covox
- [Get Better John](https://song.link/ca/i/679931164) - Mux Mool
- [Dayvan Cowboy](https://song.link/ca/i/81696232) - Boards of Canada
- [Sky Trees](https://song.link/ca/i/926717669) - Solar Fields
- [Tick of the Clock (Film Edit)](https://song.link/ca/i/632148943) - Chromatics
- [Light Powered](https://song.link/ca/i/681202768) - Deastro
- [Slip Away](https://song.link/ca/i/1244305726) - Sidewalks and Skeletons
- [To Jupiter and Back](https://song.link/ca/i/518337907) - Kebu
- [What Is Real?](https://song.link/ca/i/890558503) - Trevor Something
- [Gazebo](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=28guh6qG6OM) - Fairmont
- [Always (Ls Vintage Edit)](https://song.link/ca/i/1223152579) - Asura
- [Exercise 1](https://song.link/ca/i/1216918257) - Bent
- [You're Already There](https://song.link/ca/i/1365712902) - Fairmont
- [Levels](https://song.link/ca/i/487946085) - Avicii
- [The Grid](https://song.link/ca/i/406192541) - Daft Punk
- [Small Little Green Cubes](https://song.link/ca/i/878570371) - Solar Fields
- [Hasty Boom Alert](https://song.link/ca/i/724922943) - µ-Ziq
- [Arp #1](https://song.link/ca/i/669006413) - Jackson and His Computer Band
- [PIXELOVE](https://song.link/ca/i/563146693) - LukHash
- [System Override](https://song.link/i/531883472) - Makeup and Vanity Set
- [Discovery (Playstation 4 Theme)](https://song.link/ca/i/733865257) - Good Blood
- [Letters to the Void](https://song.link/ca/i/656956619) - Metaform
- [Open Eye Signal](https://song.link/ca/i/766062592) - Jon Hopkins
- [Phase 09](https://song.link/ca/i/579459229) - Solar Fields
- [February](https://song.link/ca/i/679248687) - Lusine
- [Mighty Girl](https://song.link/ca/i/253685204) - Lindstrøm & Prins Thomas
- [Winter Linn](https://song.link/ca/i/917623424) - Clark
- [LA Trance](https://song.link/ca/i/1288518127) - Four Tet
- [Surrender](https://song.link/i/714174443) - The Chemical Brothers
- [Purple (Jaia Remix)](https://song.link/ca/i/597784751) - Vibrasphere
- [Hello E](https://song.link/ca/i/1222644322) - TEPR
- [Selfoss](https://song.link/ca/i/435449406) - Gusgus
- [Pangea](https://song.link/ca/i/679649692) - Professor Kliq
- [Rooftop Paradise](https://song.link/ca/i/890727483) - Weval
- [Wayfarer](https://song.link/i/1141188980) - Kavinsky
- [War Games](https://song.link/i/1364885960) - Amy Brandon
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