The election cycle is finally over, or is it? If you are a conservative or Republican, perhaps you have come to the conclusion that the press, the media, and especially social media platforms such as Facebook and Twitter suppressed the story from the political right and actively promoted the tory from the political left. Supposedly, these are organs of ...
Catch of the Day: Fake Forex Phish
Chef’s Special: Phishing Simulations
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 of ...
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A quick Saturday digest of cybersecurity news articles from other sources.Original release date: April 2, 2020
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has released an article on defending against video-teleconferencing (VTC) hijacking (referred to as “Zoom-bombing” when attacks are to the Zoom VTC platform). Many organizations and individuals are increasingly dependent on VTC platforms, such as ...
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Keeping your information private is nearly impossible these days. The Internet has turned us all into virtual blabbermouths oversharing everything. And what we aren’t already sharing with wild abandon is being harvested, parsed, analyzed, stored in endless databases, and sold by big Internet companies. Then that information is stolen by cyber-criminals and sold on the Dark Web.
The task of keeping our information private seems impossible, but there still are actions ...
Continue Reading →A quick Saturday digest of cybersecurity news articles from other sources.Jack Wallen offers up his best advice for avoiding malware on Android, and a list of apps that may be used safely.
A really cool graphic courtesy of LinkedIn and Ben Theis of Skol Marketing. This one takes a while to unfold, ...
Continue Reading →A quick Saturday digest of cybersecurity news articles from other sources.Original release date: September 4, 2019
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) warns users to remain vigilant for malicious cyber activity targeting Hurricane Dorian disaster victims and potential donors. Fraudulent emails commonly appear after major natural disasters and often contain links or attachments that direct users to malicious websites. Users should ...
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Hot on the heals on each other, Equifax and Facebook have each settled for large fines in unrelated privacy and data breach cases. All I can say is “about time” and “is that all?”
The FTC has fined Facebook $5 billion for data misuse and other issues related to Cambridge Analytica, the European GDPR, the last US Presidential Elections, and the Brexit campaign. ...
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Social engineers have many tricks up their sleeves, and we have covered many of them in previous articles. The biggest trick is phishing emails, of course, coupled with replica landing pages on hijacked websites. Other methods include phone calls, such as fake tech support calls. There are texting hoaxes, called smishing. There are fake, cloned, or hijacked Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, and Instagram ...
It starts with a text message from a friend or family member. Have you set up a new account on Facebook? Or someone who is already a friend on your social networks asks why you are looking to “friend” them or connect with them again? You quickly check your account, everything seems normal, but you change your password ...
A quick Saturday digest of cybersecurity news articles from other sources.The US is alleged to have been quietly planting malware throughout Russia’s energy networks in response to years of Russian attacks on its own power grid.
My comment: Anybody who wonders why the bad guys are always attacking the US, well, it’s because we are doing it ...
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