Weekend Update

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

Chinese APT Scarab Targets Ukraine

A report on Chinese nation-state cyber operations targeting Ukraine in support of the Russian invasion.

  • Ukraine CERT (CERT-UA) has released new details on UAC-0026, which SentinelLabs confirms is associated with the suspected Chinese threat actor known as Scarab.

This detailed report includes TTPs and IOCs of this operation,

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26
MAR
0

law and policy, surveillance, Weekend Update

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Friday Phish Fry

Phishing Email Alerts

Catch of the Day:  Password Phishing Site

Chef’s Special:  Email Vishing

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 ...

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25
MAR
0

email, Friday Phish Fry, Phishing, social engineering, social networks

Protect yourself from payment scams

Editor’s note:  I received this as an email from Capital One, and thought I would share it with my readers.

Many of our customers use payment apps, like Zelle®, to send money to friends and family. With the rise of digital payments and third-party payment apps, there’s also an increasing number of scammers trying to take advantage. We want you to be empowered ...

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23
MAR
0

cybersecurity

CISSP and Security+ are Available Online in April from RCTC

Rochester Community and Technical College is offering the following cybersecurity Exam Prep Courses this spring!  Please share with anyone who may be interested

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21
MAR
0

certification, CISSP, education, training

Sunday Funnies – Black-Owned Record Label Introduced the Beatles to America

From the Smithsonian

In February 1963, Dick Biondi, a popular nighttime disc jockey (DJ) at WLS-AM in Chicago, dropped the needle on “Please Please Me,” becoming the first person to play the Beatles on American radio. Black with rainbow trim, the label on the record misspelled the band’s name as the “Beattles.” The record company’s name—“Vee Jay,” the initials of co-founders Vivian Carter and Jimmy Bracken, a ...

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20
MAR
0

Sunday Funnies

Weekend Update

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

CHANGES TO THE CISSP EXAM LENGTH COMING SOON

Beginning June 1, 2022, additional pretest items and time will be added to the CISSP exam for the Computerized Adaptive Testing (CAT) format.The current CISSP CAT exam contains 25 pretest (unscored) items. The addition of 25 more items will bring the total count to ...

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19
MAR
0

certification, CISSP, ransomware, training, Weekend Update

Friday Phish Fry

Phishing Email Alerts

Catch of the Day:  Vanity Award Phish

Chef’s Special:  Shopping Survey Phish

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, ...

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18
MAR
0

email, Friday Phish Fry, Phishing, social engineering

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