Law enforcement personnel and public officials may be at an increased risk of cyber attacks. These attacks can be precipitated by someone scanning networks or opening infected emails containing malicious attachments or links. Hacking collectives are effective at leveraging open source, publicly available information identifying officers, their employers, and their families. With this in mind, officers and public officials should be aware of their online presence and exposure. For example, posting images wearing uniforms displaying name tags or listing their police department on social media sites can increase an officer’s risk of being targeted or attacked.

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Many legitimate online posts are linked directly to personal social media accounts. Law enforcement personnel and public officials need to maintain an enhanced awareness of the content they post and how it may reflect on themselves, their family, their employer or how it could be used against them in court or during online attacks.

Threat

The act of compiling and posting an individual’s personal information without permission is known as doxing. The personal information gathered from social media and other Web sites could include home addresses, phone numbers, email addresses, passwords and any other information used to target an individual during a cyber attack. The information is then posted on information sharing Web sites with details suggesting why the individual should be targeted.

Recent activity suggests family members of law enforcement personnel and public officials are also at risk for cyber attacks and doxing activity. Targeted information may include personally identifiable information and public information and pictures from social media Web sites.

Another dangerous attack often used by criminals is known as “swatting.” This involves calling law enforcement authorities to report a hostage situation or other critical incident at the victim’s residence, when there is no emergency situation.

Defense

Defending Against Hacktivism:

While eliminating your exposure in the current digital age is nearly impossible, law enforcement and public officials can take steps to minimize their risk in the event they are targeted.

• Turn on all privacy settings on social media sites and refrain from posting pictures showing your affiliation to law enforcement.
• Be aware of your security settings on your home computers and wireless networks.
• Limit your personal postings on media sites and carefully consider comments.
• Restrict your driver license and vehicle registration information with the Department of Motor Vehicles.
• Request real estate and personal property records be restricted from online searches with your specific county.
• Routinely update hardware and software applications, including antivirus.
• Pay close attention to all work and personal emails, especially those containing attachments or links to other Web sites. These suspicious or phishing emails may contain infected attachments or links.
• Routinely conduct online searches of your name to identify what public information is already available.
• Enable additional email security measures to include two factor authentication on your personal email accounts. This is a security feature offered by many email providers. The feature will cause a text message to be sent to your mobile device prior to accessing your email account.
• Closely monitor your credit and banking activity for fraudulent activity.
• Passwords should be changed regularly. It is recommended to use a password phrase of 15 characters or more. Example of a password phrase: Thisisthemonthofseptember,2014.
• Be aware of pretext or suspicious phone calls or emails from people phishing for information or pretending to know you. Social engineering is a skill often used to trick you into divulging confidential information and continues to be an extremely effective method for criminals.
• Advise family members to turn on security settings on ALL social media accounts. Family member associations are public information and family members can become online targets of opportunity.

According to the Cynthiana Democrat’s Facebook page, a man walked into the Farmer’s Deposit Bank in Downtown Cynthiana around noon on Monday and demanded cash.

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According to the paper, the robber got away with an undisclosed amount of money.

There are no further details at this time.

Franklin County Deputies arrested Clarence David Moore, 66, of Frankfort Ky. on Monday.

They say Moore had escaped from a North Carolina prison 40 years ago.

He also had an arrest warrant out for him in Franklin County for Contempt Of Court.

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Moore was arrested and transported to Frankfort Regional Medical Center to be medically cleared before being transported to Franklin County Regional Jail.

Lexington Police have arrested 17-year old juvenile in connection to Jonathan Krueger’s death. The juvenile has been charged with murder. Police said they do not anticipate more arrests in the case.

On Friday morning police charged Justin D. Smith, 18, with murder, robbery, tampering with physical evidence and fleeing and evading in connection with the shooting.

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Efrain Diaz, 20, of Lexington, was arrested Friday afternoon. He faces charges of murder and robbery in the 1st Degree.

Krueger, a University of Kentucky student, was walking with another person on East Maxwell when the shooting occurred during a robbery.

Officers were called to the scene early Friday morning and found the victim lying in the street. He was transported to UK Chandler Hospital and pronounced dead by the coroner at 2:35 a.m. Friday.

A woman was killed in a head-on crash in Clark County Monday morning.

The accident happened along US-60, near the Montgomery County line, around 7:30 a.m. Deputies say a man fell asleep behind the wheel, and his vehicle  drifted into the opposite lane, slamming into an oncoming vehicle head on. The woman driving the other car was killed.

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Deputies say the victim was in her 40s and was taking her daughter to school. EMS took the victim’s daughter to the hospital as a precaution, but officials said she didn’t appear to suffer any serious injuries.

The man who fell asleep was not injured. Deputies say he was going home after working an overnight shift.

Deputies say US-60 will remain shut down until around 10 a.m. as they complete their investigation.

The man found stabbed to death at a Lexington apartment complex Sunday night has been identified by the coroner.

The Fayette County Coroner says that Salahuddin Jitmoud died after being stabbed multiple times. Jitmoud was a delivery driver for the Pizza Hut on Saron Drive.

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Police say officers responded to the Walnut Hill Apartments on Trent Circle just before 11 p.m. When they arrived, they found Jitmoud stabbed to death in a breezeway.

Pizza Hut has released a statement Jitmoud, “We are deeply saddened by this senseless act that took the life of one of our team members. Our thoughts and prayers are with his family and friends, including those colleagues with whom he worked alongside. We are cooperating with local law enforcement in hopes that they find those responsible for this unthinkable tragedy as quickly as possible.”
Police say they don’t have many leads. Officers searched the area for the weapon and are knocking on doors hoping to find witnesses who saw something.

The two men accused of gunning down a UK student last Friday pleaded not guilty to charges in court Monday.Justin Smith and Efrain Diaz both waived their right to a formal arraignment in the shooting death of Jonathan Krueger. The two men pleaded not guilty to charges of murder and robbery.

Jonathan Kruger was walking home Friday morning with a friend when he was shot. Krueger was a popular student at the University of Kentucky. He was the photo editor for the Kentucky Kernel and a member of the the Beta Theta Pi fraternity.

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No bond was set for Smith and Diaz. Their next hearing will be May 7.

A vigil for Krueger will be held at Memorial Hall Monday night beginning at 8 p.m.

Family members set up a photography scholarship in Krueger’s name. In just over a day, the Jonathan Krueger Memorial Scholarship fund raised more than $14,000, well over the original $10,000 goal.

If you are interested in donating, click HERE.

A Madison County man, who was previously convicted of heroin charges, has been sentenced to 10 years in federal prison.

U.S. District Judge Joseph M. Hood sentenced Neal Scott Stone, 39, for conspiracy to distribute heroin, distribution of heroin, possession with intent to distribute heroin, attempt to possess with intent to distribute one kilogram of cocaine, and violating the conditions of his supervised release from a previous crime. Judge Hood also sentenced Stone’s girlfriend, Catherine Leake, to two years in prison for conspiring with Stone. Both defendants must serve at least 85 percent of their prison sentence.

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A federal jury convicted Stone of the drug charges in January of this year and found that he conspired to distribute heroin from March 1, 2014 until May 13, 2014. Leake pleaded guilty to the conspiracy offense in January.

According to court documents, in May 2014, Leake distributed heroin, on Stone’s behalf, to another individual at a fast food restaurant in Richmond. Following the transaction, authorities arrested Stone and Leake. After executing a search warrant at Stone’s residence, authorities recovered several items associated with the drug conspiracy, including 71 grams of heroin.