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Sunday Funnies – Gnomes

Comedy, satire, opinion, political humor, and stories for your entertainment

I gotta thing for gnomes

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CISA, the National Security Agency (NSA), and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) have released a joint Cybersecurity Advisory (CSA) to provide information on ways in which People’s Republic of China (PRC) state-sponsored cyber actors continue to exploit publicly known ...

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authentication, email, Facebook, multi-factor authentication, Phishing, social engineering, social networks, Weekend Update

China, CISA

Friday Phish Fry

Phishing Email Alerts

Catch of the Day: I Took A Survey 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 show current examples of phishing scams, ...

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JUN

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email, Friday Phish Fry, Phishing, social engineering

Technological Trends That Will Define This Decade

The world of technology has changed beyond description in the previous decade. Consider the start of the year 2009. You grew up before the iPad, Uber, and even Instagram. Fitness trackers were, in essence, pedometers. “If the smartphone looks to be more of a slow mobile, hang in there,” Wired encouraged consumers in 2010. The fourth ...

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16
JUN

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artificial intellegence, Computers and Internet, crypto-currency, Internet of Things

5G

Comments of the CompTIA Security+ SY0-601 Exam

by Bob Weiss

I am doing a lot of one-to-one tutoring with students who are preparing for the new SY0-601 Security+ certification exam. As I have done with the CISSP, CASP+, and CySA+ certifications, I have done some research and put together this post to help students prepare for the exam.

To that end, if you find this post as your prepare for your ...

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JUN

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careers, certification, education, training

Sunday Funnies – Package Delivery

Comedy, satire, opinion, political humor, and stories for your entertainment

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12
JUN

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Sunday Funnies

Weekend Update

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

Collaboration Solves the Cyber Risk to Business Risk Challenge

[Bob’s comment: If you have taken a CISSP or other cybersecurity class from me, you already know that the CIS 20 Controls are my favorite cybersecurity framework. Here is a new set of tools for doing a risk assessment based on the 20 Controls.]

Over the past year, the ...

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11
JUN

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authentication, crypto-currency, Internet of Things, malware, multi-factor authentication, Weekend Update

ICS, SCADA, virtual machines, vmware

Friday Phish Fry

Phishing Email Alerts

Catch of the Day: Phishing a Pro
Chef’s Special:

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 scams, ...

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email, Friday Phish Fry, Phishing, social engineering

Online threats and how to guard against them

Online threats have become increasingly sophisticated and dangerous in recent years. Hackers can now easily access your personal information and financial data, opening you up to identity theft, fraud, and other serious crimes. Fortunately, there are actually several incisive steps you can take to protect yourself from these threats. This blog post will go ahead and discuss the various types of online ...