Sunday Funnies – New Words for a New Year

Want to sound smarter?  Try slipping these words into a casual conversation.  From Mental Floss by way of Smithsonian.

From the first person you greet in the morning to that earthy smell that permeates the air after it rains, the English language is full of very specific words. Here are 10 of them.

1. PETRICHOR

You know how it smells after it rains? That clean, greenish smell when rain lands on dry ground? That’s petrichor, from the Greek petra (stone) and ichor (the blood of Greek ...

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DEC
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Sunday Funnies

Weekend Update

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

 Made a Fortune in BitCoin?  Be careful who you tell.

From Naked Security – Crypto Coins Robbed at Gunpoint.

Good old fashioned stick-ups still a possibility.

Watch out – fake support scams are alive and well this Christmas

Fake support scams – where the crooks help you “remove” malware you don’t have – are still a real ...

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30
DEC
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cybersecurity, Security, smartphones, social engineering, surveillance, Weekend Update

Blocking Is Not Just For Football-Part 2

On Wednesday we looked at IP blocking and geo-blocking as cybersecurity tactics.  Today we finish our review of blocking techniques with sender blocking and domain blocking.

Sender Blocking

Many of us are familiar with sender blocking.  Blocking an email sender, and adding them to our sender blacklist, is one of the ways that spam and phishing email filtering works.  Modern spam filters also analyze content and ...

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29
DEC
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Computers and Internet, cybersecurity, Security

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Blocking Is Not Just For Football

Blocking is used in football to prevent the opposing defense from tackling your quarterback or running back.  In cybersecurity, blocking can be used to prevent attacks from malicious sources.  Today  and Friday we will look at several blocking tactics:  IP blocking, geo-blocking, sender blocking, and domain blocking.

IP Blocking

Every time your computer connects to another computer or web server, there is an exchange of information that happens, including an exchange of ...

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27
DEC
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Computers and Internet, cybersecurity, Security, TOR

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Beginning of the End for Anonymous Crypto-Currency?

One of the major attractions of Bitcoin, Etherium, Monero and other crypto-currencies has been the ability to keep your transactions anonymous, away from the prying eyes of governments, law enforcement agencies, and anyone else.  A recent ruling in a federal district court in California will change that.

The court ordered popular crypto-currency exchange and wallet service Coinbase to turn over records on more than 14,000 customers to the IRS.  This came after a year long legal fight which removed the majority ...

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26
DEC
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Computers and Internet, encryption, law and policy

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Merry Christmas

Ho ho ho!  Merry Christmas!

We are taking a break from our publishing schedule to celebrate Christmas with our family and friends.

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25
DEC
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artificial intellegence, cybersecurity, Entertainment, Internet of Things

Sunday Funnies – A Dilly Dilly of a Cease and Desist

Merry Christmas from WyzGuys.  Here is a bit of good news.  Trademark infringement C&D done right with a sense of humor.  Make sure you watch the video.  The video is from Budweiser’s Facebook page.  You may have to turn on the sound in the video window.  Enjoy.  I may even drink a Bud Light in honor of the King of Beers.

From Tech Dirt:

Minneapolis brewery, Modist Brewery, recently unveiled a new double IPA it ...

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24
DEC
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Identity Theft, law and policy, Sunday Funnies

Weekend Update

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

Is Donald Trump Putin’s Revenge?

A two-part Frontline documentary on PBS titled Putin’s Revenge examines the rise to power of an obscure ex-KGB agent named Vladimir Putin and the tactics he used to influence the last U.S. Presidential Election.  Evidence would indicate that Putin prefers Republics to Democrats.  Worth a look.  Live stream them Continue Reading →

23
DEC
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Computers and Internet, cybersecurity, encryption, Software vulnerability, surveillance, Weekend Update

An End To Robocalls?

Good news from The Federal Communications Commission (FCC).  Telephone service providers will be legally able to block automated phone calls, commonly known as robocalls.  The new rules enable telephone service providers to block robocalls before they get to our phones. This includes calls from phone numbers on a Do-Not-Originate (DNO) list and those numbers that show up in Caller ID that are “invalid, unallocated, ...

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22
DEC
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Computers and Internet, cybersecurity, law and policy

Why We Want Network Neutrality Back

I like to keep the nasty business of politics off of this website, but every now and again it rears its ugly head in ways we cannot ignore.  Net neutrality is one of those issues.

Politically, I am a fiscal conservative and a social liberal, and voted Libertarian in the last election.  I did not vote for Trump, and I couldn’t vote for Hilary, either.  As predicted, Trump is dismantling a lot of the Obama administration’s legacy, and network neutrality is ...

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20
DEC
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Computers and Internet, cybersecurity, Entertainment, law and policy, News and politics

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