This is a really fun project that you can do while you are waiting for the Turkey to cook and should literally take no more than an old computer and 20 minutes to put together: 10 to install the OS and another 10 to configure the VPN elements and the client!
https://github.com/hwdsl2/setup-ipsec-vpn This is one of those rare documents that gets assembled in the hopes it is never used. If you ever do, consider this your Swiss Army knife of things to do to start the process of re-establishing your identity. Do be prepared for a long journey as by most accounts, reclaiming your identity is anywhere up to a 2-year process. The important part is to get started and then to be persistent with your follow-ups and follow-throughs. Identity TheftIdentity (ID) theft is a crime where a thief steals your personal information, such as your full name or social security number, to commit fraud. The identity thief can use your information to fraudulently apply for credit, file taxes, or get medical services. These acts can damage your credit status, and cost you time and money to restore your good name. You may not know that you are the victim of ID theft until you experience a financial consequence (mystery bills, credit collections, denied loans) down the road from actions that the thief has taken with your stolen identity. There are several common types of identity theft that can affect you:
Report Medical Identity TheftIf you believe you have been a victim of medical identity theft, call the Federal Trade Commission at 1-877-438-4338 (TTY: 1-866-653-4261) and your health insurance company’s fraud department. You can create a complaint form with the details of your experience at IdentityTheft.gov to share with them and with law enforcement.
Tax-Related Identity TheftTax-related identity theft occurs when someone uses your stolen Social Security Number (SSN) to get a tax refund or a job. These tips can help you prevent and report tax identity theft: Warning Signs To prevent tax identity theft, be wary of any Internal Revenue Service (IRS) letter or notice that states:
Taxpayer ID Theft: Use IRS.gov to Verify Your IdentityThe IRS stops and flags suspicious or duplicate federal tax returns that falsely represent your identity, such as your name or social security number. If the IRS suspects tax ID theft, the agency will send a 5071C letter to your home address. If you receive this letter, verify your identity at idverify.irs.gov or call the toll-free number listed in the letter.
The IRS provides more information about IDVerifyIRs.gov and your 5071C letter.
….Apparently they have teams available to assist. Conclusion The threat of identity theft is not going to be going away anytime soon. We will do everything we can to keep this document updated with the latest details and contact points, so look out for periodic refreshes to be distributed to your inbox. Thanks, RPS Brought to you by: chuckatsf
The Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP) Broken Web Applications Project is a collection of vulnerable web applications that is distributed on a Virtual Machine in VMware format compatible with no-cost and commercial virtual machine products. This is a great tool-set to start to familiarize yourself with web based application vulnerabilities. Download your own copy of the open source VM from here: https://sourceforge.net/projects/owaspbwa/ Lauren Goode: When Cook talked about the iPad, he pitted it directly against notebooks made by companies other than Apple, compared its processing power to that of a game console, and called it a "magical piece of glass that transforms instantly into anything you want it to be." The iPad Pro now comes in two display sizes: 12.9 inches and 11 inches, the latter of which fits into the same basic dimensions as the old 10.5-inch iPad Pro. The display is nearly edge-to-edge, with thin black bezels. Apple compared the 12.9-inch iPad to the size of a sheet of paper, which sounded a little like the company was trying to recreate the "manila envelope" moment, only with an iPad instead of a MacBook this time. If you were to imagine a decade ago what the glass tablet of the future would look like—the elusive glass slabs that people tapped and swiped in Hollywood sci-fi movies—the new iPad Pro is pretty close to it. The iPad Pro's processing power looks to be even more impressive. It runs on Apple's A12X Bionic chip, which is similar to the A12 chipset that just started shipping in the new iPhones. (iPad Pros always have the "X" version of Apple's latest chip.) Apple says this processor makes the tablet more powerful than 92 percent of the available laptops on the market. The company even claimed the iPad Pro's graphics capabilities are as robust as those on an XBox One S. Apple's chip includes an eight-core CPU and a seven-core GPU. And it has its own neural engine, a dedicated machine learning engine that now ships in iPhones, too. Apple believes the iPad should be compared to any kind of computer not just other tablets. Is this the future of computing? Time will tell. |
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