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People’s Republic of China State-Sponsored Cyber Actors Exploit Network Providers and Devices

Original release date: June 7, 2022

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 vulnerabilities ...

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China, CISA

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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JUN

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ICS, SCADA, virtual machines, vmware

Weekend Update

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

Twisted Panda: Chinese APT espionage operation against Russian’s state-owned defense institutes

[Bob says: Hey Russia!! It’s great to have a friend like China!! Have fun! Hahaha. Hey America! Wake up and smell the green tea! China is not ...

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MAY

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account hijacking, authentication, multi-factor authentication, Weekend Update

MSP, MSSP

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

Apple shows how work-from-home is here to stay

Workers are increasingly making it clear they will not be forced back into the office. Just ask Apple.

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MAY

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Weekend Update

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

GitHub starts 2FA transition for all contributors

Developers who contribute code to the popular repository will have to implement two-factor authentication by the end of 2023.

Why World Password Day should become World Password-less Day

Identity theft ...

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MAY

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Issues With Your Email Address

by Bob Weiss

Email is one of the very first Internet protocols, going all the way back to 1971 and the early ARPANET. Ray Tomlinson is credited as the inventor of networked email; he developed the first system able to send mail between users on different hosts across the ...

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account hijacking, authentication, CISSP, Computers and Internet, Domain 5, email, Phishing

Friday Phish Fry

Phishing Email Alerts

Catch of the Day: IONOS Phish

Chef’s Special: MS Consent 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 warning, examples ...

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FEB

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Identifying and Authenticating Internet of Things (IoT) Objects

by Arthur Rowley

Explore what identifying and authenticating IoT (Internet of Things) is all about. This article discusses schemes available for IoT identification and authentication in depth. You will also get to know why it is essential to carry out both processes.

IoT refers to technology known as the Internet of Things. It is a transformative and beneficial ...

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JAN

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Weekend Update

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

Top 5 tips for using password managers

Password managers are a good way to keep your passwords unique, strong and safe. Tom Merritt gives us five tips on how to use them correctly

CISA and NSA Release Guidance on Selecting and Hardening VPNs

Original release date: September 28, 2021

The National Security Agency (NSA) and CISA ...

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OCT

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Week 1: Get Familiar with the Cyber Basics

At a time when we are more connected than ever, being “cyber smart” is of the utmost importance. This year has already seen more than a fair share of attacks and breaches, including the SolarWinds and Kaseya breaches as well as high-profile attacks on the Colonial Pipeline and other critical infrastructure. Furthermore, as has been underlined by these ...

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OCT

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