As an instructor of information technology and cybersecurity certification prep classes, my students have all expressed concern about taking the certification exam. Ideally, a student reads the text, takes the classes, uses a good practice exam for testing preparation, and when it all comes together, schedules an exam, takes and passes the exam. There is a perfect moment when test taking is optimal. ...
I have a client who is the victim of an email bomb. She started receiving hundreds of mails from websites all over the Internet. Nearly all of them were the kind of subscription confirmation email you would get after signing up for a newsletter, forum, or other subscription service. When I say they came from all over, she ...
A quick Saturday digest of cybersecurity news articles from other sources.Original release date: July 13, 2020
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has released an article on their Protecting Small Business playlist, which is a collection of videos with tips for ...
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Phishing Email AlertsCatch of the Day: Contact Form Survey Scam Phish
Chef’s Special: Consent Phishing
Examples of clever phish that made it past my spam filters and into my Inbox, or from clients, or reliable sources on the Internet.
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If you are an information technology or cybersecurity professional, and you are planning to study for and take a networking certification such as CompTIA’s Network+ or Cisco’s CCENT, CCNA, or CCNP, then you will need to know and understand IP addressing, subnetting, and supernetting inside and out. When I was studying for the CCNA years ago, I put together a set of subnetting spreadsheets, and eventually shared it on my ...
A guest post from frequent contributor Siege Media.
Aside from the fact that your grandma is complaining about her shrinking internet, the internet is growing at a pace that’s pretty hard to even imagine–approximately 576,000 new websites per day, with each site being a potential ...
Continue Reading →What the heck, if you can’t laugh about it, it will drive you crazy. A collection from my Pinterest Pandemic trove.
A quick Saturday digest of cybersecurity news articles from other sources.Original release date: July 7, 2020
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has released its five-year industrial control systems (ICS) strategy: Securing Industrial Control Systems: A Unified Initiative. The strategy—developed in collaboration with industry and government partners—lays out CISA’s plan to improve, unify, ...
Continue Reading →Phishing Email AlertsCatch of the Day: Google Privacy Check-up
Chef’s Special: Blocked Message WyzMail Spoofing Phish
Examples of clever phish that made it past my spam filters and into my Inbox, or from clients, or reliable sources on the Internet.
I would be delighted to accept suspicious phishing examples from you. Please forward your email to phish@wyzguys.com.
My intention is to provide a ...
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