Friday Phish Fry

Phishing Email Alerts

Catch of the Day: Phishing Email Analysis Tools
Chef’s Special: Amex Phish

Also Serving: ChatGPT Phish

Examples of clever phish that made it past my spam filters and into my inbox. Some are sent by clients or readers like you, and other reliable sources on the Internet.

You can send phishing samples to me at phish@wyzguys.com.

My intention is to provide a warning and ...

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URL Encoding, SQL Injection, and Directory Traversal for Cybersecurity Certification – Part 3

URL (%) Percent Encoding , Base64 Encoding, and SQL Injection

By Bob Weiss

As we discussed in our first two articles, many of the cybersecurity certifications that I teach have content that involves the uses of encoding, code injection, directory transversal, and scripting.  These concepts can be difficult to grasp, and the exam questions can be challenging to ...

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URL Encoding, SQL Injection, and Directory Traversal for Cybersecurity Certification – Part 2

Character Encoding

by Bob Weiss

Happy Pi Day.  It is also Albert Einstein’s birthday.

As we discussed in our first article, many of the cybersecurity certifications that I teach have content that involves the uses of encoding, code injection, directory transversal, and scripting.  These concepts can be difficult to grasp, and the exam questions can be challenging to answer ...

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URL Encoding, SQL Injection, and Directory Traversal for Cybersecurity Certification – Part 1

Numbering Systems

By Bob Weiss

Many of the cybersecurity certifications that I teach have content that involves the uses of encoding, code injection, directory transversal, and scripting.  These concepts can be difficult to grasp, and the exam questions can be challenging to answer correctly.  This series of articles is designed to help you understand the basic concepts, and ...

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Weekend Update

A quick Saturday digest of cybersecurity news articles from other sources.


Dice’s salary report indicates it’s still a good time to work in tech

The average salaries for specialized tech professionals in the U.S. is over six figures, according to the new report.


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Friday Phish Fry

Phishing Email Alerts

Catch of the Day: Remittance Phish
Chef’s Special: Unsubscribe?

Examples of clever phish that made it past my spam filters and into my inbox. Some are sent by clients or readers like you, and other reliable sources on the Internet.

You can send phishing samples to me at phish@wyzguys.com.

My intention is to provide a warning and show current examples of phishing ...

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Stop Social Security Related Scams

On National Slam the Scam Day and throughout the year, we give you the tools to recognize Social Security-related scams and stop scammers from stealing your money and personal information. Share scam information with your loved ones. Slam the Scam!

Recognize the four basic signs of a scam:

  1. Scammers pretend to be from a familiar organization or agency, like the Social Security ...
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