Please RSVP for the passcode at info@ttcs.tt ! Attendance is free Be sure to update to the latest Zoom desktop client at https://zoom.us/download#client_4meeting and/or if connecting from mobile, have the Zoom mobile app for iOS or the Zoom mobile app for Android devices. See you on the call!
The Trinidad and Tobago Cyber Security Incident Response Team (TT-CSIRT) has full access to query Trinidad and Tobago Government domains at Have I Been Pwned (HIBP ; https://haveibeenpwned.com/), a useful monitoring service to check whether your email address have been involved in any data breach (where data has been unintentionally exposed to the public). HIBP is run by Troy Hunt and as he notes on his blog post, Trinidad and Tobago is the first Caribbean government to be added to HIBP.
This means that TT-CSIRT can monitor HIBP and be alerted whenever any user with email addresses under .gov.tt have been impacted by data breaches.
HIBP is a great service that you can use. Just go to https://haveibeenpwned.com/ and enter your email address.
Screenshot of Have I Been Pwned (HIBP) website
HIBP will then search its database of data breaches and shows whether your email address was found on them along with what other data was compromised. The compromised data often included personal information you shared with the service (such as date of birth, username, phone number and physical address) and your password.
An example how the HIBP website shows where your email address was used and some known details about the data breech.
You can take steps to re-secure your account at the service by changing your password to a secure, unique password that is NOT used on other services you share data with. If you have been using the same password on other services (a big NO-NO), you should change the password on those services ASAP as any attacker can use your email address and reused password to gain access to your other services.
The Trinidad and Tobago Computer Society (TTCS) will be involved with Restore a Sense of I Can’s (RSC) Caribbean Girls in ICT 2021 event on Thursday April 22 2021.
In RSC’s Caribbean Girls in ICT (GICT) event, students from 15 Caribbean countries (including Trinidad and Tobago) will be participating in a variety of online sessions on various ICT topics such as coding, robotics, artificial intelligence, digital media and more! To register for RSC’s GICT 2021 event, go to https://cutt.ly/uMHKEW4P
Last year GICT event, the TTCS had a session on Free and Open Source Software.
For GICT 2021, the TTCS will be doing four sessions :
Overview of Free and Open Source Software
Coding with a Raspberry Pi
A Practical Approach to Upgrading and Refurbishing Computers
According to a 22 February 2021 Tweet from Spotify, the streaming music and podcast service, Spotify will be launching in 80+ markets in the new few days which includes Trinidad and Tobago, Jamaica, St. Lucia, Barbados, St. Vincent and The Grenadines, Antigua and Barbuda, Haiti, Belize, Grenada, Bahamas, St. Kitts and Nevis, Guyana, Dominica, Curaçao and Suriname.
TTCS OSSWIN v3.20, a collection of Free and Open Source Software for Windows is available for download or viewing online at https://ttcsosswin.ttcs.tt/ . With over 90 programs organised in various categories from educational software, Desktop Applications, Graphics and more, Apart from many software updates, one new program was added : Lively, which allows you to add animated desktop wallpapers to your Windows desktop.
You can browse TTCS OSSWIN online at https://ttcsosswin.ttcs.tt/ which features the web interface to learn about Free and Open Source programs in various categories, including screenshots or videos of the programs and a link to the program’s website where you can download the program. The web based UI is responsive, meaning it should be usable on non-Windows small screen mobile phones and tablets.
Download TTCS OSSWIN
You can download the entire collection of TTCS OSSWIN as a 7GB file for extracting to your harddrive or USB storage device (or burn on a DVD). The TTCS OSSWIN collection provides a link to install the software directly and in the case of a program providing 32 bit and 64 bit versions installers, TTCS OSSWIN attempts to autodetect whether you are running 64 bit Windows and presents that installer first. The web interface and all screenshots and videos are included in the collection so that you can browse and install software on a Windows computer without internet access.
TTIGF2021 will be held online using Zoom. There will also be a livestream on YouTube. Attendance to TTIGF 2021 is FREE! But you must register to attend to get the Zoom link or livestream link
TECH & EDUCATION – Revolutionising Education for a Digital World
DIGITAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP
TTIGF 2021 will also have an open forum session where participants can share comments, questions, solutions and best practices on internet governance locally, regionally and globally.
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