Hi, my name is Steve Regan with csO online and with me is for me - rasheed
I can't exactly tell you where we are right now, but I'll give you a hit
It has something to do with this giant sign behind us and the fact that we're in Las Vegas. It's kind of hot outside
We're here at Blackhat later this week. We're also going to be over at Def con but today
I wanted to talk to you briefly about some basic security precautions. You could take while you're coming out for the show this weekend
some people go to extremes when they
They prepare to travel for business and some people do the basics. I'm a basic type
So when it comes to travel?
Correct me if I'm wrong the easiest thing to do at least what I do is to disable your Wi-Fi
disable your bluetooth and
For the most part you're not going to have to worry about that see I'm very limited when I use my phone
You know I don't do a lot of text messaging on it. If I absolutely need it. It's to make a phone call well
I'm walking around the floor and things like that
I have those two services disabled and
If I'm in an area where I know they're doing active scanning, and you can tell which is pretty much
What vodka is going to be about somebody's always going to be scanning that I turn it in airplane mode?
But for the most part you don't I mean you will see scanning?
It happens it really does but I don't think it's anything that we should panic over. I don't see that
Let's run to the hills' the sky is falling type need to be afraid of the network here
I mean, I hear people who are just like oh
I'm going to wipe my laptop and come with a brand new machine or go get a phone
I've never used so that I'm saying you're thinking no actually like you said turn off the network turn off the bluetooth
No one can get to your phone well
Here's the question
So I'm going to go out and do all this stuff to prepare for the networks at Blackhat or the network at Defcon
That's great
What do you do the other 351 days a year when you travel to Kansas city for that meeting?
Are you not worried about the hotel you're going to or hey if you're a Starbucks?
And you decide what you don't care about what that guy over on that table is doing. It's the same threat model
You think 382 Wi-Fi is like normal. I mean you're going to go ahead and connect to that anyway
alrighty so
Turning off the the things on your phone are one way another way is when I'm using the computer
I always use the dPA I use it on my mobile devices too since our corporate vision is any connect sis
So it's on my Android phone
It's on my tablet
And it's basically just another layer the VPN is protecting my connection
Doesn't have to just a computer all my mobile devices get the same treatment
and I don't
Want to get in the habit of saying I'm going to do one thing on one device one thing on the other so before I
Go on the trip no matter where I am make sure that on my device
speaking of devices update them most of you coming out to las vegas this weekend should already be prepared because
apples put out a bunch of patches recently and
I
Yeah, Microsoft has done
Patch Tuesday already
So make sure everything's updated that's going to give you a little leg up on anybody is playing around
But for most part just use common sense use your vPN
if you're worried about
Communications interceptions and things like this because there are you know?
Is Mi Catchers all around Las Vegas um well?
Talk less or use secure comm signals. Oh yeah, I use signal I know a lot of people here using whatsapp. Yeah
And there's nothing wrong with either one of those and the thing is we have to worry about is
You know I I actually saw this discussion on Twitter
Nation-states if they're coming after you they're going to get you sorry. It's just way it is um
You're not going to do much to stop that so take some realistic precautions
You know limit your access and if you do have to you know have access at any given point today
Do the basics that you know work and protect yourself VPN you know?
VPN patch updates and limited attack surface, but there are some other neat little things to show you this
What about your credit cards right?
well if
You have like the Visa wave hey whatever there are little things you can get that you could put your card into and what this
Does is it prevents rfId reading? So if somebody is trying to scan for my card?
They're not going to get it off of it to meet Little trick
coincidentally enough if you're ever in a conference where you have badges that they like to scan for all that apparent reason if
You put that behind
They can't scan it. That's fun, but you have the best tool here the thing
That is great for just your credit card
But you know what there's a ton of other things so what I got this nifty coat
It's got a Saturday occasion a pocket all I have to do is flick my phone right in
No wireless signals. Go there. Nothing goes up. I miss phone calls. I miss text messages
So you know what it means nobody can get anything in any of these pocket?
This is having a bose secure piece of item in my wardrobe and I love it
So I know I said you should do the basics, but honestly if you can get a faraday cage in your pocket
You should totally do that just to say you have a faraday cage in your pocket in the mean time
disable Wi-Fi Disable Bluetooth
And use some common sense when you're browsing the web and don't sweat the network so much because you're going to be fine
I'm steve breaking with csO online this. We made it, rashid. Thanks for hanging out with us and we'll see you this weekend