First – some good news from the Smithsonian. World’s Second-Oldest Person Recovers From Covid-19 in Time for 117th Birthday
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By Hristina Nikolovska
With another core update scheduled for May this year, webmasters are scrambling to get their websites ready. They’re working furiously to ensure that their sites measure up in terms of the core web vitals (CWV) that Google is targeting this year.
Google’s new CWV are geared toward improving the customer ...
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A quick Saturday digest of cybersecurity news articles from other sources.
NASA’s Perseverance Rover Lands on Mars
The technically complex landing marks the fifth successful U.S. bid to reach the Martian surface
Its Not Just SolarWinds: France Reveals Three-Year Long Supply Chain Attack
News of the SolarWinds data breach, where its software management updates were hacked, rocked the cyber world. And now comes news ...
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For a long time, “the public cloud,” was a foreign concept many businesses shied away from because of security concerns. In recent years, this has steadily changed. Many reliable and trustworthy third-party cloud vendors have entered the market and, with this competition, the market has matured.
While the concept of the cloud is far more accepted today with increased ...
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A quick Saturday digest of cybersecurity news articles from other sources.
2-15 – ENIAC was formally dedicated at the University of Pennsylvania on February 15, 1946 and was heralded as a “Giant Brain” by the press.
Verify Your Valentine
Original release date: February 11, 2021
This Valentine’s Day, before you go looking for love in all the wrong chat rooms, CISA reminds users to be wary of internet romance ...
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SQL injection is one of the top ten web site and web application exploits, according to OWASP, the Online Web Application Security Project. I use Wordfence, a popular security plugin on my website, and occasionally Wordfence sends sends reports like the one below. Double clicking on the picture will open it in a photo viewer, and allow you to see it full size.
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Microsoft, Mayo Clinic, Oracle among coalition to develop digital COVID-19 vaccination passport
Every immunization recipient worldwide will have access to the credential, which will speed the return to travel, school, or work.
Raindrop Malware Discovered in SolarWinds Breach
More details continue to emerge about the serious SolarWinds breach as it was recently discovered that another ...
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Phishing Email Alerts
Catch of the Day: Routine Check Phish
Chef’s Special: Google Finds Thousands of 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 ...
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Although I am featuring the CISSP logo in this article, the information that follows could be useful for students pursuing a number of cybersecurity certifications (CASP+, CySA+), as well as IT fundaments courses such as the CompTIA A+
This article is the result of a longer email string that passed between one of my students and me. It has ...
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Ticketmaster Hacked Competitor to Steal Data and Analytics, Fined Millions
From SecureWorld. What’s that saying in business? “If you can’t beat ’em… hack ’em.” Newly released court documents show that some executives and employees at Ticketmaster did exactly that. What were they targeting? Access to a competitor’s proprietary data and analytics relating to concert ticket pre-sales. Ticketmaster ...
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