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A quick Saturday digest of cybersecurity news articles from other sources.
IRS Warns of New Email Scam
Original release date: August 23, 2019
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has issued a warning about a new email scam in which malicious cyber actors send unsolicited emails to taxpayers from fake (i.e., spoofed) IRS email addresses. The emails contain a link to a spoofed IRS.gov website that displays fake details ...
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There is a very realistic spoofed phishing email making the rounds that looks so close the the real Microsoft alert email, as to be almost undetectable. They even spoof the legitimate sender address of “account-security-noreply@accountprotection.microsoft.com”. So even if you are looking for signs of chicanery, it will be difficult for most users to tell it is fake. See an example below.
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Is your home Wi-Fi router a gateway to invasion by cyber-criminals? According to recent findings by Consumer Reports, it very well could be. They tested 29 popular home routers, and were only able to recommend 6 basic Wi-Fi routers, and 3 more expensive Wi-Fi mesh routers. Mesh routers allow you to install several Wi-Fi ...
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It has been my privilege and pleasure for the last two years of my IT career to be working as an Information Technology Instructor. Sometimes the groups I am teaching are already working in information technology, but are working on improving their skill set in areas such as cybersecurity. But the majority of my students have little or no IT experience, and ...
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A quick Saturday digest of cybersecurity news articles from other sources.
Mark Twain and the Affordable Pocket Watch
Timepieces were once the exclusive preserve of the wealthy, but transcontinental railroads, Mark Twain, and the Ingersoll brothers made timekeeping affordable for everyone with the One Dollar Watch. Now just one more thing the smartphone killed off. From the Smithsonian.
North Carolina county falls for ...
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The problem with smartphone apps is that they cannot be trusted. Sure that new game is fun, but what about all the ads? Did you know that ads can contain malicious links? And what about all the apps that include location in their permissions? Wouldn’t it be great if there was an alternative?
F-Droid is a platform for free ...
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Paul Calder Le Roux, a brilliant South African software programmer who ran the most successful and largely legal opioid marketing networks called RX Limited, and morphed into running a huge illegal international drugs and arms dealing empire that has ever been seen. Since his arrest in 2012, he has been spending time in the custody of the DEA, ...
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One of the more difficult cybersecurity concepts to understand is Public Key Encryption and how public keys, private keys, symmetrical encryption and asymmetrical encryption all work together. This infographic I found on Facebook does and excellent job explaining how this works.
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