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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 50 ...

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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

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New Insights for the CASP+ CAS-004 Exam

By Bob Weiss

I just took the new CASP+ CAS-004 Exam on March 14. This exam is an unscored pass/fail exam. I passed. There were very many questions where the feeling was “when did we ever learn about this.” I’m an instructor for this course, and several others. So the moral of the story, let go of ...

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16
MAR

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certification, education, training

CAS-004, CASP+

The Top IT Support Trends for 2022

A post by Loida McKinnon

The skill of flexibility is something we’ve learned over the previous 24 months. And as we approach the year 2022, the next stage of evolution is upon us. Every area of our personal life has changed dramatically, but there has also been a tremendous shift in our work lives.

Who would have guessed ...

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15
MAR

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Sunday Funnies – Pi Day

Pi Day is actually TOMORROW – 3-14. I always celebrate by eating a piece of pie.

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13
MAR

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Sunday Funnies

Pi Day

Weekend Update

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

NSA Releases Network Infrastructure Security Guidance

Original release date: March 3, 2022

The National Security Agency (NSA) has released a new Cybersecurity Technical Report (CTR): Network Infrastructure Security Guidance. The report captures best practices based on the depth and breadth of experience in supporting customers and responding to threats. Recommendations include perimeter and internal network ...

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12
MAR

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Friday Phish Fry

Phishing Email Alerts

Catch of the Day: Survey Phish

Chef’s Special: Ice 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, examples of ...

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11
MAR

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

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Phishing 101

by Joey Pepka, Peptronix

phishing [ˈfiSHiNG] NOUN 1. The fraudulent practice of sending emails purporting to be from reputable companies in order to induce individuals to reveal personal information, such as passwords and credit card numbers.
“an email that is likely a phishing scam”

Common Phishing Scams

Credit card

Mail Alerts that Lead to Trouble
You are probably used to receiving occasional emails from your credit card company. Most of the messages that you ...

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10
MAR

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account hijacking, cybersecurity, email, Phishing, social engineering

Guest Post – Tech Explained: How Do Night Vision Goggles Work

A guest post by Livia from Frank Holman

You can see people, animals, and objects up to 1,000 yards away in a dark using high-quality night vision glasses and scopes. Night vision monocular cameras allow you to take pictures and even videos of objects that you normally can’t see in the dark.

There are two different technologies that ...

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MAR

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