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Photographer's Note
Another shot taken in the same Fula village, not far from the border with Senegal. We spent the night in a tent near this village and we spent the evening with them. In the morning all the children came to say good bye. They always ask for the empty bottles because they reuse it for so many different purposes.
This little girl was part of the group - even living in a remote village of Gambia, she was wearing a dress with the famous Pucca. The big tree on the right is a baobab, very common in Senegal, Gambia and other African countries.
The Fulas or Peuls, are one of the largest migratory ethnic groups in the world and they are spread over many African countries, such as Senegal. It was a great experience to visit many of their villages and contact with them, as they are really nice and usually welcome visitors really well.
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Royaldevon (66913) 2014-01-07 7:55
Hello Ana,
I envy you this remarkable experience of having such happy and close contact with the local people. This little girl is delightful in her red dress, acting quite naturally, with no attention to your camera.
The inclusion of the baobab tree is important for depth and for its textural contribution.
My warm regards,
Bev :-)
willperrett (13649) 2014-01-07 9:40
Hello Ana
Love this environmental portrait. I confess Pucca passed me by (I know baobab trees!), but the little girl's pose is priceless. The pigeon toes, odd angle of the bottles and slightly deranged expression all speak of uninhibited childhood. And we can see where she lives!
krzychu30 (15512) 2014-01-08 0:15
Hello Ana,
lovely portrait photo!
Love the way you framed the scene with the part of the Baobab on the right,but also the timing you chose(the pose and facial expression of this girl is one of a kind).Fine composition with magnificent,vivid colors and outstanding quality of the image.
Have a nice day
mohammad_H (10178) 2014-01-08 0:47
Eye-catching and lovely
Dhtr baby with bottle of water, represents "Africa is thirsty"
Green background photo added to the beauty box
And the right angle to capture attractive
Best wishes to you
mkamionka (55580) 2014-01-08 8:19
Hi Ana,
lovely portrait if this little girl. I have a daughter but she is much younger. It is so hard to photograph her. The girl here seems to have no objections. She is so pretty. Interesting story with the empty bottles. Kind of sad as well. It teaches me to appreciate more what I have.
Excellent reportage!
abmdsudi (84025) 2014-01-08 10:30
Hi Ana
Something about this I really like... I can't quite say what. Very well captured, makes me imagine the ambient of that place, a very good travel image. as the blinding red dress grabs the yes firmly there. Fantastic shot, well done.
Best regards
dekanski (6611) 2014-01-09 3:01
anither great shot and nice story. I learn a lot with your photos!
Nicou (192348) 2014-01-09 5:28
Avec le gros tronc de l'arbre et les deux bouteilles en plastique qu'elle tient sueprbe image de cette charmante jeune fille tout en rouge sueprbe.
Bravo et amitié
Waylim (25436) 2014-01-13 12:01
Hello Ana,
Beuatiful photo of the little girl, love her bright and oclorful outfit. Yes, the Japanese cartoon charactors are all over the world. A good combination of portrait and daily life and landscape.
mcmtanyel (57515) 2014-01-17 12:17
Hello Ana,
This is a lovely photo. I like the appearance of the baobab wrapping around the girl in the colorful dress. An adorable photo with great colors and wonderful DOF.
PS. The temperatures around here are playing yo-yo. One week in subzero degrees (Fahrenheit), another week in the 50s (>15 Celsius) and subfreezing again.
Angshu (56760) 2014-01-20 1:31
Ola Ana
A nice environmental portrait of the sweet girl in a colourful red dress..The baobab tree is not fully visible, but creates a good frame.
Best Regards
Silvio1953 (195547) 2014-01-24 6:30
Ciao Ana, lovely composition with cute boy and fantastic tree, fine details, excellent clarity, splendid light and wonderful colors, very well done my friend, ciao Silvio
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- Date Taken: 2013-09-29
- Categories: Vie quotidienne
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- Exposition: f/4.5, 1/1200 secondes
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A corporate spoiler makes a play for a failing company and the owner''''s daughter.
Although still a young man, Cash McCall has already made and lost several fortunes by buying shaky business empires, making them profitable and selling them, while maintaining a low profile. Jealous gossips liken him to a "pirate," but Cash's dealings are always ethical and tend to benefit the people around him. Grant Austen, the owner of Austen Plastics, is weary of running his business and consequently, when Gen. Danvers, head of Scofield Industries, the company that buys sixty percent of Austen products, threatens to move his business to another company, Austen confides to Gilmore Clark of Corporate Associates, a management consultant company Austen has retained, that he wants to retire. Later, Austen tells his daughter Lory, a children's book illustrator with whom he often discusses business, that he did not reveal to Gil his company's precarious relationship with Scofield. Gil discusses Austen's case with his boss, Harrison Glenn, who suggests Cash as a potential buyer and arranges for Gil to meet Cash. At Cash's penthouse above a luxurious hotel, Gil learns that Cash owns a controlling interest in Corporate Associates. Impressed with Gil's business acumen, Cash offers him a job as his assistant. A noise in his kitchen alerts Cash to the presence of Maude Kennard, the hotel's assistant manager, who takes an unusually personal interest in the housekeeping services that the hotel supplies Cash. Meanwhile, banker Will Atherson tells Austen that Cash might be interested in buying his company. He introduces Cash to Austen and Lory, who has inherited ten percent of the company and who stiffly acknowledges that she already has met Cash. Cash invites Austen and Lory to his apartment to discuss the sale and, as a professional courtesy, explains that he owns Corporate Associates, so that Austen is aware of potential bias in Gil's advice. Cash asks about Danvers' interest in buying out Austen, but Austen says the general can only pay in stocks and cannot meet the asking price of $2,000,000. Cash agrees to Austen's price and suggests that Austen talk to his lawyer, Winston Conway, before finalizing the sale. While Austen is calling Conway, Cash tries to talk to Lory about the previous summer in Maine, but she refuses to listen, declaring that she no longer thinks of him. Not believing her, Cash pulls her into his bedroom where, prominently displayed, is a portrait she painted of the mythical Robin Hood, bearing a marked resemblance to Cash. When Austen returns, he accepts Cash's offer. On another day, Cash drops by the Austen household to discuss a trifling business detail. Miriam, Austen's wife, immediately sees him as marriage material for her daughter and finagles Lory into driving Cash to the airport. At the airport, Cash tricks Lory into entering his private plane and then takes off, flying to his undeveloped property in the Aurora Valley. Having her undivided attention, Cash describes in a story-tale fashion how he met Lory at a party in Maine last summer. He says he fell in love, but felt unready for it and cruelly sent her away when she later appeared at his cabin. Realizing his mistake too late, he has been looking for her ever since. Later, in town, Gil tells Cash that Austen registered several valuable design patents, which will become Cash's property after the sale. The men then realize that Danvers needs the patents to preserve his own business empire. When Danvers declares that he will find a way to buy the Austen Plastics, Cash realizes that it is unlikely, as Scofield stock, which has not issued dividends in two years, is not worth much. Believing he could make Scofield profitable, Cash schemes to buy up Scofield stock and gain control of the company. He learns that Scofield's medical research foundation, which owns a large portion of the stock and depends on the dividends to carry out its mission, has been hampered by the lack of funding. Cash again finds Kennard puttering around in his kitchen, but does not recognize her solicitude as an attempt to attract him and tells her about his plans to bring a woman into his life. After Austen formally signs over the company, Cash entertains Lory, who has resumed her interest in him, at his apartment and tells her about his unstable life of changeable fortune. While they are talking, Gil calls him to an emergency meeting with Dr. Bergmann, the head of the Scofield Foundation, who owns a large block of stock and wants to support Cash. Before reluctantly departing for the meeting, Cash asks Lory to marry him. She says yes, promising to wait at the apartment until he returns. When the jealous Kennard learns that Lory is upstairs, she uses her master key to enter Cash's apartment and insinuates that she and Cash have a relationship. Meanwhile, having won the backing of the foundation, Cash, who is now planning a merger of the Scofield and Austen companies, confronts Danvers and suggests that he appoint the highly capable Gil as president and become the company's chairman, a position in which Danvers can make use of his military contacts to solicit government contracts. When Cash returns to his penthouse, Kennard, not Lory, is waiting for him. Although Kennard says she did not see Lory, Cash guesses what has happened and threatens to have her fired. To sour Cash's deal to buy Austen Plastics, one of Danvers' cronies seeks out Austen and convinces him that Cash planted his own people to advise Austen to sell out for a million dollars less than the company is worth. When the man warns Austen that Cash will "use your own family" to achieve his aims, Austen calls the hotel and asks to speak to Lory. The call is put through to Kennard, who vengefully says that Cash has been taking advantage of Lory. Later, Will, Gil, Glenn and Conway call an emergency meeting to inform Cash that Austen is considering a lawsuit against them all and they suggest that Cash "drop the deal." Cash visits Austen at home, and, after a loud argument, explains that he bought the company as a means of communicating with Lory. When Austen accuses Cash of using Gil as a spy, Lory recalls how Cash told them that he owned Gil's company. Although Cash is tempted to reverse the sale, Lory insists that he stand up for himself. Austen, remembering how he withheld information about the company's dependence on Scofield, softens. Cash then reminds Austen of the patents, which make Danvers dependent on him and not the other way around. After Austen and Cash reconcile, Lory demands that Cash explain Kennard's presence in his apartment and upon learning that, as a hotel employee, Kennard has a master key, Lory forgives Cash. Reunited with Lory, Cash, who has always believed his only talent is making money, tells Gil that they will not "unload" the company after improving it and asks Austen, who already misses his job, to remain on staff as his "idea man."
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Vizita Familiei Imperiale ruse la Constanta
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Kitas pavadinimas (ai): The Russian Imperial Family's Visit to Constanta
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Aprašymas: A report of the large-scale ceremonies on June 1, 1914, on occasion of the visit of Tsar Nicholas the Second and the Russian Imperial Family to the Romanian port of Constanta. The Ileana barge welcomes the Standard Imperial Yacht. Romanian officials, headed by the King Charles the First, and the journalists are waiting the Standard yacht to dock. The Russian squadron reaches the port. The Romanian fleet salutes the arrival of the Imperial Yacht with cannon salvos. Review of the honour guard and presentations. The Imperial and Royal Families go to the pavilion of Queen Elisabeth, King Charles' wife, then they visit the local Cathedral. Romania's Royal Family visits Russian Imperial Family's yacht. The Imperial Family visits the port's storages on the Royal Barge. The two families have lunch, then a 4 p.m. tea in the pavilion of the Queen of Romania. Photo shooting. Tsar Nicholas and King Charles arrive at the parade pavilion, followed by Russian officers and sailors. The King of Romania presents his army, paying their homage to the high guests, while the Imperial and Royal Families watch from the stands. The two families leave by car.
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Monday afternoon, two or three men waving knives tied up an older couple, ransacked their home near Leland High School and stole their two cars.
Police reported one of the cars — a 1997 Toyota Camry — was found in the area of Highways 101 and 152 near Casa de Fruta, east of Gilroy. The other — a 2007 Toyota Highlander — was found Wednesday submerged in the Uvas Reservoir west of San Martin.
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Stanczyk has been reading the 1908 Marriages of Pacanow in order to build a spreadsheet/index of the newlyweds. There are some findings from this very preliminary set of data (1st year of data). First the men are noticeably older than the women. Men are often widowers ( and very much more so than the women). The men also frequently come from another parish. Now I collected that statistic for two reasons: (1) There will be an alegata record to document this cross-parish marriage (2) So you can find the groom's birth record (since it will not be in Pacanow). I was surprised at how often the bride had come from another parish too. This data also confirms that the marriage is performed in the bride's parish and its place is listed as the bride's (current) village. I did find that one mother was an ELIJASZ so once again, this is an affirmation that social network analysis (SNA) can yield helpful results. In fact, I am hoping to use do a full scale SNA on Pacanow some day (1875-1908).
The spreadsheet is available to the public (and if genealodzy.pl wants it for its indexes of Geneteka/Geneszukacz then you have my permission/blessing). The spreadsheet is HERE (PDF) .
P.S. – One of the things I have learned is that the online indexes I have seen are incomplete (not missing). What I mean is that I have recently found data that was not present in an index that existed and I was puzzled by the omission.


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"Through Knowledge - the challenge to serve."
The concept of a national social work honor society came from a group of undergraduate social work students at Michigan State University in 1960. Investigation revealed that local chapters existed at three schools. Those three schools along with a few other schools formed a National Honor Society Committee in November, 1960. For more than a year this committee worked on the constitution and other administrative matters. The name Phi Alpha and the keys were adopted from the local chapter which existed at Florida State University.
The constitution and formal organization was completed in 1962, and six chapters qualified to become "charter chapters." There were: Florida State University, Michigan State University, Ohio North University, Central State College, University of Dayton and the University of Tennessee. Over 380 chapters are now in existence, and the addition of new chapters is continuing.
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- Completed 9 hours of Social Work courses
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There is an Initial fee of $30.00 that covers a lifetime membership.
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Tinnitus: Ways to reduce the irritation
Tinnitus — the name for a ringing, buzzing, whistling or hissing noise in the ear — isn't a disease.
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Rather, according to the July issue of Mayo Clinic Health Letter, it's a symptom of something wrong with the hearing mechanism, hearing nerves or part of the brain that processes sound. Usually, tinnitus is believed to result from damage to the cells of the inner ear due to age-related hearing loss or exposure to loud noises. The damage results in the sensation of sound when there is none.
Tinnitus can range from mildly annoying and temporary to so loud and constant that it causes fatigue and sleep problems, stress, memory problems, anxiety, depression and irritability.
When tinnitus develops due to hearing loss or damage — with no correctable underlying cause — treatment focuses on finding ways to reduce the irritation from the noise. An audiologist or an ear, nose and throat (ENT) physician may recommend one or several strategies, including:
Hearing aid — A hearing aid helps patients with hearing loss hear the sounds around them better, which may reduce awareness of tinnitus.
Using masking noise — This strategy may include a small device worn in the ear that emits soft steady noises, tones or music. Tabletop sound machines may help with sleep. A fan or an FM radio tuned between stations may offer the same result.
Tinnitus retraining therapy — Patients listen to low-level steady noise, which over time may desensitize them to the tinnitus. This approach is usually part of a long-term management program reserved for severe tinnitus.
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After putting more than 75,600 netbooks into the hands of students, the San Diego Unified School District has switched its focus to Apple iPads and will buy devices to outfit 340 classrooms before the end of the school year.
In all, the district plans to purchase around 25,700 iPad 2s at a slight discount from retail to roll out to its fifth- and eighth-grade classes as well as some high school classes by next fall. It is one of the largest deployments of iPads in K-12 schools in the nation and will cost the district more than $15 million.
San Diego Unified is in its third year of a technology initiative, dubbed i21, which is being funded by proceeds from a bond measure approved by voters in 2008.
The district began distributing the iPads to classrooms last week. After taking a break to accommodate state testing, officials will resume placing them in schools, prioritized based on need, in a process expected to last until late July. Phase two of the rollout will begin in September.
Teachers undergo a one-day training session on how to use the devices and are provided information and tips about educational apps. Additional training will be made available.
Darryl LaGace, Unified's chief information and technology officer, said the district opted to make the switch after weighing the pros and cons of the two types of devices. The district has spent more than $35 million on netbooks, he said.
A factor in favor of the iPads are the fact they are "instant on," meaning there is no delay or wasted time as they boot up. They also have a larger screen than netbooks, which make them a better option to replace traditional textbooks. Also, they have an extended battery life and can utilize a large collection of educational apps that are available.
The cons include the fact that the iPad isn't compatible with Adobe Flash so some software won't run on it, they don't have a keyboard or mouse and it is an additional platform the district will need to support.
"Over the past six months, we have been piloting iPads and Android devices in a variety of settings," LaGace said in a memo sent to principals in early March. "Although no device can do everything, the iPad clearly provides some of the best features while at the same time addresses some of the issues we have experienced with the netbook platform."
LaGace asked school administrators to state their preference by early March. He said the vast majority chose the iPad.
The district is spending about $370 for the iPads, a slight discount from the $399 retail price tag. It costs slightly less than this year's netbook, "which is right in at $389," he said. Its contract includes three-year warranties on the devices and other extras.
Each classroom will be given a bundle of 34 iPads and a cart, which the teacher will use to charge and sync the devices with a desktop computer and will use to download new apps or content onto them.
LaGace said the district has made switching to a new platform an easy step for students and teachers, including providing a way for iPad users to access the district's "cloud" to open files that are created on netbooks or teacher tablets. Each iPad will be equipped with a rubberized cover that should protect it from most drops and dings. Schools will get to choose whether the equipment stays on campus or goes home with students, he said.
At Pershing Middle School, all nine eighth-grade teachers have been trained on the devices to prepare for their arrival.
"I'm very happy that in the face of such grim (budget) news we are continuing to make progress on the technology front. That's the way to go," said Principal Sarah Sullivan.
"The netbooks are awesome, they are really nice but the iPads are better," she added.
As schools are investing in technology — Apple says there are more than 1.5 million iPads in educational institutions already — some caution that simply buying the latest device will not lead to gains in student performance. Work needs to be done to ensure the technology is integrated into classrooms and teaching methods and curriculum are aligned to standards, said Thomas C. Reeves, a professor emeritus of learning, design and technology at the University of Georgia.
"We always think that if we introduce yet another technology that the learning will be magically transformed," Reeves said. Historically, that hasn't occurred, he said.
"It didn't happen in the 1920s when Thomas Edison predicted that all textbooks would be replaced by films," he said. "Most teachers are not prepared to use it wisely or really align it with what they are doing."
Reeves said he is a fan of Apple products and owns several, but said simply putting an iPad in a student's hands won't bring about learning.
"I must admit I'm skeptical because the basics of human learning haven't changed at all. The fundamentals are time on task, good structure, good instruction — those types of things have always worked when they are done well," Reeves said. "It all goes back to really having good teachers and something like an iPad or another device in the hands of a really good teacher can make a difference. But those teachers have to be prepared to work with this."
Jillian Ryan, who teaches history and English at Pershing, said the district provides a variety of educational technology classes for staff. She said it is up to teachers to find ways to integrate the iPads into their daily lessons.
"I'm excited. I love technology," she said. "I want to incorporate it and let it complement my teaching style. It will be quite the experience."


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SEC575: Mobile Device Security and Ethical Hacking
Mon, June 22 - Sat, June 27, 2015
I have learned a lot this week in SEC575 about how to test applications and verify applications, which will be invaluable in my day-to-day activities.
SEC575 was my first SANS training course, and I found it to be very valuable. The information was well delivered.
Mobile phones and tablets have become essential to enterprise and government networks ranging from small organizations to Fortune 500 companies and large agencies. Often, mobile phone deployments grow organically, adopted by multitudes of end-users for convenient email access, as well as by managers and executives who need access to sensitive organizational resources from their favored personal mobile devices. In other cases, mobile phones and tablets have become critical systems for a wide variety of production applications from enterprise resource planning (ERP) to project management.
For all of its convenience, however, the ubiquitous use of mobile devices in the work place and beyond has brought new security risks. As reliance on these devices has grown exponentially, organizations have quickly recognized that mobile phones and tablets need greater security implementations than a simple screen protector and clever password. Whether an Apple iPhone or iPad, a Windows Phone, or an Android or BlackBerry phone or tablet, these devices have become hugely attractive and vulnerable targets for nefarious attackers. The use of such devices poses an array of new risks to organizations, including:
- Distributed sensitive data storage and access mechanisms
- Lack of consistent patch management and firmware updates
- High probability of the device being hacked, lost or stolen
Mobile code and apps are also introducing new avenues for malware and data leakage, exposing critical enterprise secrets, intellectual property, and personally identifiable information assets to attackers. To further complicate matters, today there simply are not enough people with the security skills needed to manage mobile phone and tablet deployments.
SEC575: Mobile Device Security and Ethical Hacking is designed to help organizations secure their mobile devices by equipping personnel with the knowledge to design, deploy, operate, and assess a well-managed and safe mobile environment. The course will help you build the critical skills to support your organization's secure deployment and use of mobile phones and tablets. You will learn how to capture and evaluate mobile device network activity, disassemble and analyze mobile code, recognize weaknesses in common mobile applications, and conduct full-scale mobile penetration tests.
You will gain hands-on experience in designing a secure mobile phone network for local and remote users and learn how to make critical decisions to support devices effectively and securely. You will also learn to analyze and evaluate mobile software threats, as well as understand how attackers exploit mobile phone weaknesses, so that you can test the security of your own deployment. With these skills, you will be a valued mobile device security analyst, fully able to guide your organization through the challenges of securely deploying mobile devices.
You Will Learn:
- How to capture and evaluate mobile application network activity
- How to decrypt and manipulate Apple iOS application behavior
- How to identify the steps taken by Android malware
- How to reverse-engineer and change Android applications in the Google Play Store
- How to conduct mobile device and mobile application penetration tests
Course Syllabus
SEC575.1: Architecture and Management
Christopher Crowley
Mon Jun 22nd, 2015
The first section of the course looks at the significant threats affecting mobile phone deployments and how organizations are being attacked through these systems. As a critical component of a secure deployment, we will examine the architectural and implementation differences between Android, Apple, BlackBerry and Windows Phone systems, including platform software defenses and application permission management. We will also look at the specific implementation details of popular platform features such as iBeacon, AirDrop, App Verification, and more. Hands-on exercises will be used to interact with mobile device emulator features, including low-level access to installed application services.
We will also examine the critical considerations for platform management systems and how attackers evade or manipulate platform management controls. While we look at the positive side of mobile device management (MDM) systems, we also examine how attackers use MDM tools to manipulate a victim's mobile device and use it for their own malicious purposes. Finally, we will address the threats of mobile malware, including emerging malware threats and the increasingly complex and advanced trends in mobile device malware.
CPE/CMU Credits: 6
Mobile Problems and Opportunities
- Challenges and opportunities for secure mobile phone deployments
- Weaknesses in mobile phones
- Exploit tools and attacks against mobile phones and tablets
Mobile Devices and Infrastructure
- BlackBerry network and platform architecture
- iOS security features and weaknesses
- Analysis of iOS features including iBeacon and AirDrop
- Google Play Marketplace and third-party application stores
- Windows Phone architecture and development platforms
- Benefits and weaknesses of container-based mobile device management solutions
Mobile Device Security Models
- Privilege and access models on multiple platforms
- Device encryption support and threats
- Emerging changes in platform security from Android and Apple
Mobile Device Lab Analysis Tools
- Using iOS, Android, BlackBerry and Windows Phone emulators
- Android mobile application analysis with Android Debug Bridge (ADB) tools
- Uploading, downloading and installing applications with ADB
- Application testing with the iOS Simulator
Mobile Device Malware Threats
- Trends and popularity of mobile device malware
- Mobile malware command and control architecture
- Efficiency of Android ransomware" malware threats
- Value and effectiveness of Android anti-malware platforms
SEC575.2: Security Controls and Platform Access
Christopher Crowley
Tue Jun 23rd, 2015
With an understanding of the threats, architectural components and desired security methods, we can design incident response processes to mitigate the effect of common threat scenarios, including device loss. This section looks at building such a program while developing your own skills to analyze mobile device data and applications through rooting and jailbreaking, filesystem data analysis and network activity analysis techniques.
CPE/CMU Credits: 6
Mitigating the Impact of Devices Being Stolen
- Bypassing iOS and Android passcode locks
- Decrypting iOS keychain credentials
- Accessing mobile device backup data
- Creating a lost device reporting program
- Leveraging remote device wipe strategies
Unlocking, Rooting and Jailbreaking Mobile Devices
- Goals of unlocking
- Jailbreaking iOS
- Unlocking Windows Phone
- Rooting Android
- BlackBerry platform restrictions
Mobile Phone Data Storage and Filesystem Architecture
- Data stored on mobile devices
- Mobile device filesystem structure
- Decoding sensitive data from database files on iOS and Android
- Extracting data from Android backups
- Using filesystem artifacts for location disclosure attacks beyond GPS coordinates
Network Activity Monitoring
- Mobile application network capture and data extraction
- Capturing iOS network traffic through OS X systems
- Transparent network proxying for data capture
- Encrypted data capture manipulation
- Extracting files and sensitive content from network captures
- Recovering sensitive data from popular cloud storage providers
SEC575.3: Application Analysis
Christopher Crowley
Wed Jun 24th, 2015
One of the critical decisions you will need to make in supporting a mobile device deployment is whether to approve unique application requests from end-users in a corporate deployment. With some analysis skills, you will be able to evaluate these requests to determine the type of access and information disclosure threats they represent.
This section will examine the techniques for reverse-engineering iOS and Android applications, obtaining source code for applications from public application stores. For Android applications, we will look at opportunities to change behavior as part of our analysis process by decompiling, manipulating and recompiling code, and by adding new code to existing applications without prior source code access. For iOS, we will extract critical application definition information available in all applications to examine and manipulate behavior through the Cycript tool.
CPE/CMU Credits: 6
Static Application Analysis
- Reverse-engineering iOS binaries in Objective-C and ARM instructions
- Reverse-engineering Android binaries in Java and Dalvik Bytecode
- Evaluating mobile malware threats through source-code analysis
- Defeating Apple FairPlay encryption for application binary access
- Combining source-code and behavior analysis for effective application penetration testing
- Overcoming anti-decompilation techniques in defensive code
Automated Application Analysis Systems
- iOS application vulnerability analysis with iAuditor
- Structured iOS application header analysis
- Tracing iOS application behavior and API use with Snoop-it
- Effective Android application analysis with Androwarn
- Android application interaction and Intent manipulation with Drozer
Manipulating Application Behavior
- Runtime iOS application manipulation with Cycript
- iOS method swizzling
- Android application manipulation with Apktool
- Reading and modifying Dalvik Bytecode
- Adding Android application functionality, from Java to Dalvik Bytecode
SEC575.4: Penetration Testing Mobile - Part 1
Christopher Crowley
Thu Jun 25th, 2015
An essential component of developing a secure mobile phone deployment is to perform an ethical hacking assessment. Through ethical hacking and penetration testing, we examine the mobile devices and infrastructure from the perspective of an attacker, identifying and exploiting flaws that deliver unauthorized access to data or supporting networks. By identifying these flaws we can evaluate the mobile phone deployment risk to the organization with practical and useful risk metrics.
CPE/CMU Credits: 6
Fingerprinting Mobile Devices
- Passive analysis
- Active scanning
- Application inspection
Wireless Network Probe Mapping
- Monitoring network probing activity
- Visualizing network discovery and search
- Wireless anonymity attacks
Weak Wireless Attacks
- Wireless network scanning and assessment
- Exploiting weak wireless infrastructure
- Monitoring mobile device network scanning
- Exploiting "attwifi" and iPad or iPhone captive portal detection
- Secure network impersonation
Enterprise Wireless Security Attacks
- Certificate impersonation and mobile devices
- Manipulating enterprise wireless authentication
- RADIUS server impersonation attacks
SEC575.5: Penetration Testing Mobile - Part 2
Christopher Crowley
Fri Jun 26th, 2015
Continuing our look at ethical hacking and penetration testing, we turn our focus to exploiting weaknesses on individual mobile devices including iPhones, iPads, Android phones and tablets, Windows Phones, and BlackBerry devices. We will also examine platform-specific application weaknesses and look at the growing use of web framework attacks.
CPE/CMU Credits: 6
Network Manipulation Attacks
- Leveraging man-in-the-middle tools against mobile devices
- SSL certificate manipulation and bypass attacks
- Effective SSL penetration testing techniques
Mobile Application Attacks
- Exploiting mobile application authentication vulnerabilities
- Manipulating mobile application network activity
- Applying web attacks to thin mobile applications
- Exploiting common application flaws on Android and iOS platforms
Web Framework Attacks
- Site impersonation attacks
- Application cross-site scripting exploit
- Remote browser manipulation and control
- Data leakage detection and analysis
Back-end Application Support Attacks
- Exploiting SQL injection in mobile application frameworks
- Leveraging client-side injection attacks
- Getting end-to-end control of mobile application server resources
SEC575.6: Hands-on Mobile Security Event
Christopher Crowley
Sat Jun 27th, 2015
On the last day of class we will pull together all the concepts and technology we have covered during the week in a comprehensive Capture the Flag event. In this hands-on exercise, you will have the option to participate in multiple roles: designing a secure infrastructure for the deployment of mobile phones, monitoring network activity to identify attacks against mobile devices, extracting sensitive data from a compromised iPad, and attacking a variety of mobile phones and related network infrastructure components.
During this mobile security event you will put into practice the skills you have learned in order to evaluate systems and defend against attackers, simulating the realistic environment you will be prepared to protect when you get back to the office.
CPE/CMU Credits: 6
Additional Information
Laptop Required
Throughout the course, students will participate in hands-on lab exercises. Students must bring their own laptops to class that meet the requirements described below.
Students must bring a Windows 8/8.1 or Windows 7 laptop to class, preferably running natively on the system hardware. It is possible to complete the lab exercises using a virtualized Windows installation; however, this will result in reduced performance when running device emulators within the virtualized Windows host.
Administrative Access
For several tools utilized in the course, students will be required to perform actions with administrative privileges. Students must have administrative access on their Windows host, including the ability to unload or disable security software such as anti-virus or firewall agents as necessary for the completion of lab exercises. Further, students should have knowledge of the local passwords required to manage their system, including local Administrator account passwords, and passwords necessary to make system BIOS configuration changes.
Students will use a virtualized Linux VMware guest for several lab exercises. VMware Workstation or VMware Player is recommended. Note that there is no cost associated with the use of VMware Player, which can be downloaded from the VMware website.
VirtualBox and other virtualization tools are not supported at this time.
Hardware Requirements
Several of the software components used in the course are hardware intensive, requiring more system resources than what might be required otherwise for day-to-day use of a system. Please ensure your laptop meets the following minimum hardware requirements:
- Minimum 2 GB RAM, 4 GB recommended
- Ethernet (RJ45) network interface; students will not be able to complete lab exercises without an Ethernet interface, either built-in or through a USB adapter.
- 30 GB free hard disk space
- DVD drive
- Minimum screen resolution 1024x768, larger screen resolution will reduce scrolling in for several applications and a more pleasant end-user experience
During the course, you will install numerous tools, and make several system changes. Some students may wish to bring a clean system that is not their everyday production system, or a dedicated Windows virtual machine that meets the minimum requirements for a system, to avoid any changes that may interfere with other system software.
If you have additional questions about the laptop specifications, please contact firstname.lastname@example.com.
Who Should Attend
- Penetration testers
- Ethical hackers
- Auditors who need to build deeper technical skills
- Security personnel whose job involves assessing, deploying or securing mobile phones and tablets
- Network and system administrators supporting mobile phones and tablets
Other Courses People Have Taken
What You Will Receive
- Course book with a comprehensive index
- Step-by-step instructions for all lab exercises
- Handouts and cheat-sheets used for quick reference to detailed information sources
- Course DVD and associated software, files and analysis resources
You Will Be Able To
- Use jailbreak tools for Apple iOS and Android systems
- Conduct an analysis of iOS and Android filesystem data to plunder compromised devices and extract sensitive mobile device use information
- Analyze Apple iOS and Android applications with reverse-engineering tools
- Conduct an automated security assessment of mobile applications
- Use wireless network analysis tools to identify and exploit wireless networks used by mobile devices
- Intercept and manipulate mobile device network activity
- Leverage mobile-device-specific exploit frameworks to gain unauthorized access to target devices
- Manipulate the behavior of mobile applications to bypass security restrictions
Hands-on Training
- Using the Android Emulator
- Creating Malicious iOS Configuration Profiles
- Bypassing Android Swipe Locks
- Analyzing Mobile Device Network Traffic with NetworkMiner
- Manipulating Android Application Intents
- Decompiling Android Applications with JD-GUI, Procyon and Jadx
- Analyzing Sensitive iOS File System Data
- Hacking the Online Bank: Android Mobile App
Press & Reviews
"Cutting edge security material, well taught." - Donald Farrell, Kingsisle Entertainment Inc.
"In the fast paced world of Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) and mobile device management, SEC575 is a must course for infosec managers." - Jude Meche, DSCC
"SEC575 provides a pretty comprehensive overview of different attack vectors and vulnerabilities in the mobile field. It covers many topics in enough depth to really get a foothold in the subject. I wish I had taken this course several years ago when first entering the mobile landscape. It would have saved me months of painful self-teaching, and is vastly more complete in many areas." - Jeremy Erickson, Sandia National Labs
SEC575 Mobile Device Security and Ethical Hacking Review by Matt Edmonson http://digitalforensicstips.com/2014/11/sans-sec575-mobile-device-security-and-ethical-hacking-review/
Author Statement
I'm not sure exactly when it happened, but laptops and PCs have become legacy computing devices, replaced by mobile phones and tablets. Just when I thought we were getting a much better handle on the security of Windows, Mac, and other Unix systems, there has been an explosion of new devices wanting to join our networks that simply do not have the same security controls that we rely on in modern, secure networks.
Even with their weaknesses, mobile phones are here to stay, and we are being called on to support them more and more. Some organizations try to drag their feet on allowing mobile phones, but that ultimately contributes to the problem: if we do not address security, the threats continue to grow, uncontrolled and unmonitored.
Fortunately, we can securely deploy, manage and monitor mobile phones and tablets inside our organizations through policy and careful network deployment and monitoring. We need to build some essential skills in analyzing the risks of data leakage in mobile code and in the applications our end-users want to run from the app store. And we need to ethically hack our networks to identify the real threat and exposure of mobile phone weaknesses.
I wrote this course to help people build their skills in all these areas, focusing on the topics and concepts that are most important and immediately useful. Every organization should have an analyst who has the skills for mobile phone security analysis and deployment. By taking this course, you will become an even more valued part of your organization. And we'll have lots of geeky fun in getting you there!
- Josh Wright


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Cheezburger CEO Ben Huh is threatening to remove the company's 1,000 domain names off of GoDaddy after the huge Internet registrar came out in support of the Stop Online Privacy Act. The measure, house resolution 3261, would allow copyright holders to shut down Web sites that were accused of copyright infringement. But opponents say it essentially amounts to Internet censorship.
Huh — whose comedy network of sites such as I Can Has Cheezburger and Fail Blog attracts 20 million visitors per months — is certainly in the latter camp.
"We will move our 1,000 domains off
@godaddy unless you drop support of SOPA. We love you guys, but #SOPA-is-cancer to the Free Web," Huh wrote in a Tweet Thursday.
Huh is not alone in his disdain of the legislation. Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt last month called SOPA "draconian," suggesting that any measure that would force ISPs to remove URLs from the Web is nothing more than censorship.
Yesterday, Paul Graham, the influential angel investor and operator of Y Combinator, said he would no longer invite supporters of SOPA to the tech incubator's Demo Day.
SOPA is designed to protect copyright holders from those who steal music or movies or other digital content. But many of the critics argue that the measure doesn't adequately address the issue.
"It's a blunderbuss rather than a more narrowly tailored response, and its stiff penalties would pose a significant risk to legitimate websites and services," wrote Harvard law professor Larry Tribe yesterday. "It would undermine the openness and free exchange of information at the heart of the Internet. And it would violate the First Amendment."
The list of those supporting SOPA was just released. In addition to GoDaddy, the list includes ESPN, Viacom, VISA, Major League Baseball, Pfizer, Revlon and many others.
But many Internet companies — like Cheezburger — are lining up against it. Those include eBay, LinkedIn, AOL, Zynga, etc.
UPDATE: Not sure if Ben Huh's threats paid off, but GoDaddy has reversed course. Here's a statement:
Go Daddy is no longer supporting SOPA, the "Stop Online Piracy Act" currently working its way through U.S. Congress.
"Fighting online piracy is of the utmost importance, which is why Go Daddy has been working to help craft revisions to this legislation – but we can clearly do better," Warren Adelman, Go Daddy's newly appointed CEO, said. "It's very important that all Internet stakeholders work together on this. Getting it right is worth the wait. Go Daddy will support it when and if the Internet community supports it."
Go Daddy and its General Counsel, Christine Jones, have worked with federal lawmakers for months to help craft revisions to legislation first introduced some three years ago. Jones has fought to express the concerns of the entire Internet community and to improve the bill by proposing changes to key defined terms, limitations on DNS filtering to ensure the integrity of the Internet, more significant consequences for frivolous claims, and specific provisions to protect free speech.
"As a company that is all about innovation, with our own technology and in support of our customers, Go Daddy is rooted in the idea of First Amendment Rights and believes 100 percent that the Internet is a key engine for our new economy," said Adelman.
In changing its position, Go Daddy remains steadfast in its promise to support security and stability of the Internet. In an effort to eliminate any confusion about its reversal on SOPA though, Jones has removed blog postings that had outlined areas of the bill Go Daddy did support.
"Go Daddy has always fought to preserve the intellectual property rights of third parties, and will continue to do so in the future," Jones said.


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Leonard Skeggs (1918-2002)
American biochemist Leonard Skeggs is best known for inventing the AutoAnalyzer in the 1950s. His machine automated blood analysis and advanced laboratory diagnostic technology. Skeggs also worked on artificial kidney machines and identified the ACE enzyme which lowers blood pressure in hypertensive patients.
Skeggs studied biochemistry at Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio at the outbreak of the Second World War. He worked at a laboratory drying human blood plasma for use on the battlefield. He then joined the US Navy as a gunner and minesweeper.
After the war Skeggs restarted his studies and gained his doctorate in 1948. He took a job in charge of the clinical chemistry laboratory at a local hospital. He and his colleague Jack Leonards began working on artificial kidneys, and built a kidney machine that was more compact and effective than earlier machines.
Skeggs also became interested in a different problem. With only four technicians in his laboratory, analysing patient blood samples took a long time. Results were often unreliable. Skeggs set up a workshop in his home and built his first AutoAnalyzer prototype in 1951. Automation revolutionised laboratory testing and led to other automated laboratory machines being developed.
Skeggs initially found no companies were interested in manufacturing his machine. Eventually the Technicon Corporation bought his design in 1954. Only 50 of the machines were sold in 1957, but 18,000 were sold in 1969 alone.
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BibliographyL Lewis, 'Leonard Tucker Skeggs – a multifaceted diamond', Clinical Chemistry, 27/10 (1981), pp 1465-1468
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text: A new study has found that stocks worldwide have performed better between November and April for centuries. By Steven Goldberg, Contributing Columnist October 16, 2012 Yes, Virginia, there is a stock market Santa Claus -- and he starts giving gifts right after Halloween. The Halloween Effect, which postulates that stocks tend to do better from November through April, has been debated for decades. No doubt, the next six months will test the Halloween Effect. The threat of the fiscal cliff has investors on edge, as does election uncertainty and disappointing third quarter earnings reports. But now comes a new study -- the most comprehensive on the topic -- that confirms that the Halloween Effect is real.SEE ALSO: Our Wall Street Truth or Bunk Quiz Sponsored Content The study examined returns from 108 countries (essentially all of the world's stock markets) for as long as 319 years. (Yes, Virginia, the stock market in England has been around that long.) 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Advertisement For the U.S., the authors looked at data for each ten-year period beginning with 1911. The strategy failed in three early decades but worked well in every ten-year period starting with 1951. From 1951 through 1960, November through April beat the rest of the year by an average of five percentage points. In the 1960s, it was ahead by 5.5 points; in the 1970s, by 6.7 points; in the 1980s, by 6.6 points; in the 1990s by 4.2 points; and from 2001 through 2011, by 5.7 points. Why does the strategy work? Theories have abounded for years, but the authors say the most compelling is that people take vacations in the summer, so they pull money out of stocks to pay for their trips and because they worry that something calamitous might occur while they're away. That could explain why the effect has strengthened in recent decades, as more people take vacations. It could also explain why it works best in developed countries. On the other hand, new computer devices that enable investors to trade easily from anywhere could, perhaps, lessen pre-vacation, fear-induced stock sales. The authors consider vacations to be the strongest explanation for the Halloween Effect. But they're not convinced that it is the true reason for what they call "a puzzling anomaly." Advertisement The strategy has been around for decades. The London Telegraph newspaper in 2005 quoted an elderly broker who recalled the Halloween Effect from as early as 1934. "It was always 'Sell in May,'" he said. "I think it came about because that is when so many of those who originate the business in the market start to take their holidays, go to Lord's [cricket ground] and all that sort of thing." What can you do with this information? The numbers are compelling, but I still can't imagine staying completely out of stocks from May through October. For one thing, doing all that selling could generate a big tax bill. 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