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Special Forums Cybersecurity Fake MicroSoft calls Post 303011432 by Neo on Thursday 18th of January 2018 08:17:32 AM

01-18-2018

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I recall VoIP vulnerabilities over the years and for many years.

On another note, it is always important to keep in mind that (IT) RISK is the intersection of VULNERABILITY, THREAT & CRITICALITY.

So, even if there is a VULNERABILITY, if there is no real THREAT or CRITICALITY, then RISK is LOW.

For example, for someone who uses VoIP and is not a high profile person or spy or criminal etc who has THREATS and if a VULNERABILITY is exploited, it does not do critical harm (in the case of VoIP threats for most people who use VoIP daily), then the RISK is low.

I've been aware of possible VoIP exploits for many years, but it does not stop me from using the myriad technologies that use VoIP. This especially applies to VoIP technologies which are encrypted. LINE, What's App and I believe Skype are all encrypted and so exploiting these VoIP vulnerabilities are non trivial, as I recall, and so most users who use encrypted VoIP are not at high RISK.

There is also the RISK MITIGATION model, which combines TECHNICAL (LOGICAL) CONTROLS, PHYSICAL CONTROLS AND ADMINISTRATIVE CONTROLS, should be considered as well

Encrypting a VoIP channel is a TECHNICAL CONTROL and having a policy whereas HIGHLY SENSITIVE USERS do not use these apps unless approved is an ADMINISTRATIVE CONTROL.

It is important to keep in mind that RISK MANAGEMENT and RISK MITIGATION is a multidimensional and multifaceted approach, so VULNERABILITIES must be viewed in context to the THREAT and CRITICALITY; and RISK MITIGATION must be viewed in terms of RISK and the "best" combination of controls (ADMIN, TECH, PHYSICAL) based on RISK (and this implies budget as well).

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cdk_position

cdk_position(3) 					     Library Functions Manual						   cdk_position(3)

NAME

       cdk_position - curses widget positioning key-bindings

SYNOPSIS

       Position methods for the Cdk widgets allow the user to move the widget around the screen via the cursor/keypad keys.

DESCRIPTION

       The following key bindings can be used to move the widget around the screen.

					    +---------------------------------------------------------------+
					    |Key	       Action					    |
					    +---------------------------------------------------------------+
					    |Up Arrow	       Moves the widget up one row.		    |
					    |Down Arrow        Moves the widget down one row.		    |
					    |Left Arrow        Moves the widget left one column 	    |
					    |Right Arrow       Moves the widget right one column	    |
					    |1		       Moves  the  widget down one row and left one |
					    |		       column.					    |
					    |2		       Moves the widget down one row.		    |
					    |3		       Moves the widget down one row and right	one |
					    |		       column.					    |
					    |4		       Moves the widget left one column 	    |
					    |5		       Centers the widget both vertically and hori- |
					    |		       zontally.				    |
					    |6		       Moves the widget right one column	    |
					    |7		       Moves the widget up one	row  and  left	one |
					    |		       column.					    |
					    |8		       Moves the widget up one row.		    |
					    |9		       Moves  the  widget  up one row and right one |
					    |		       column.					    |
					    |t		       Moves the widget to the top of the screen.   |
					    |b		       Moves  the  widget  to  the  bottom  of	the |
					    |		       screen.					    |
					    |l		       Moves the widget to the left of the screen.  |
					    |r		       Moves the widget to the right of the screen. |
					    |c		       Centers	the  widget  between  the  left and |
					    |		       right of the window.			    |
					    |C		       Centers the widget between the top and  bot- |
					    |		       tom of the window.			    |
					    |Escape	       Returns the widget to its original position. |
					    |Return	       Exits  the  function  and  leaves  the  wid- |
					    |		       getwhere it was. 			    |
					    +---------------------------------------------------------------+
					    +---------------------------------------------------------------+
       The numbers 0-9 are chosen to correspond to the numeric keypad on your terminal.  Cdk does not handle the application mode  keypad  control
       sequences, since those are not defined via terminfo.  To use the numeric keypad you should ensure that it is in normal (or NumLock) mode.

SEE ALSO

       cdk(3), cdk_binding(3), cdk_display(3), cdk_screen(3)

																   cdk_position(3)