Usually, I am combating computer viruses. These days, I am defending against the coronavirus, and COVID-19.
Why am I, as a cybersecurity professional, posting an article on COVID-19? Cybersecurity covers more territory than many people realize. Of course, a cybersecurity professional is always focused on protecting systems, networks, data, and information. But any cybersecurity certification I have personally taken has ...
Continue Reading →WTF? Two Sunday Funnies in the same weekend? Testerday we had an early Sunday Funnies to celebrate Pi Day. Today we celebrate hand washing. Thanks COVID-19!!
Continue Reading →A rare Sunday Funnies on Saturday, but today is Pi Day – from Pinterest.
A quick Saturday digest of cybersecurity news articles from other sources.Usually when I am talking about sanitizing a computer, I am talking about irreversibly deleting all the personal data. If you work on a computer, especially a SHARED COMPUTER, the keyboard and mouse needs to be sanitized periodically. A keyboard can have more germs than a toilet seat, and ...
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The heart of a good scam is pretending to be someone you are not. This form of social engineering is known as the impostor scam or impersonation scam. Impostors can take different forms, and may show up on a phone call, or as an email from a trusted friend or family member, business associate, customer or coworker. Often ...
When a scammer gets your money, it is usually gone for good. There are many ways that scammers use to receive payments from their victims, and often they will use methods that are unusual, such as gift cards, bitcoin, or other currency substitutes.
Today I will describe the different payment methods, and what advantages they offer the scammer. What ...
Continue Reading →Have you fallen for an online or telephone scam? How much money did you lose? I’ve personally known of two cases where the amount lost was $500 and $16,000, but scammers often get more.
If you are above the age of 55, you most certainly have been targeted by telephone callers and cyber-scammers, and received emails, text messages, Facebook ...
Continue Reading →Found this on Pinterest. My favorite is the rifle bullet (audio-visual auto alert). I read a story in the Darwin Awards about a guy who used a 22 bullet as a replacement for an automotive fuse. When it fired it shot him in the testicles. The Darwin Awards are given to men and the occasional woman who does something stupid that results in them leaving the available gene pool, thereby improving the ...
Continue Reading →A quick Saturday digest of cybersecurity news articles from other sources.Next week, WyzGuys Cybersecurity Blog is having its own Scam Week, and will be focusing on scams we see happening to our clients all the time. A couple are listed below.
There’s an attachment that you are “strongly recommended to read” on account of coronavirus infections in your area. Don’t open ...
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Today’s post was provided by The Broadband Search. This is the conclusion of the article that was published Wednesday.
While your small business is a likely target, how do these attacks occur and what targets are used specifically? What are the more precise factors involved and what types of attacks might you expect? Once ...
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