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An unusual confluence of numbers makes this year’s Pi day special.  On 3.14.14 at 9:26:53 am all of the numbers in the string are part of Pi.

For more information see:

Pi Day.org

Wikipedia

We generally delve pretty exclusively in cybersecurity issues here, but I received an email from Marie Villeza of Elder Impact and thought the information was worth posting. Members of my own family have fallen for some of these scams, one lost $16,000 to scammers claiming to be the police, who accepted this payment in lieu of charging a “grandchild” with a crime.  Below is the body of Marie’s email.

From: Marie Villeza <information@elderimpact.org>

Subject: Resource Guides to Help Catch Scammers Before ...

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Not taking THIS elevator!!!

The Internet has a dark side, the online underground know as the Dark Web.  Inhabited by cyber-criminals, hacktivists, jihadists, terrorists, gun runners, drug-dealers, whistleblowers and freedom fighters, the web sites of the Dark Web are not generally available to the curious without a bit of work and can usually be accessed only by using something like the TOR browser.

AV-TEST, the German independent testing laboratory, has published its award for best security products of 2014.  If you like to use best of breed products, this report is for you.  If you would like to see how the security software you are using stacks up to the competition, this report will provide that insight as well.

The ...

The easiest way for a cyber-attacker to get into your network is through your email.  This can be accomplished a number of different ways, but a successful exploit may use several of these methods together to gain access to your network and control your computer systems.  The great thing, from the attacker’s perspective, is that by using your email, they can get around whatever perimeter defenses you have, such as firewalls and intrusion detection systems, and can even beat the ...