As an instructor, I teach a number of different cybersecurity courses, and one of them is CompTIA’s CySA+. If you are pursuing this certification, there are a few things to know about preparing for, taking, and passing the exam. As I did for the CISSP exam, I am going to let the people who recently took and passed the ...
As reported here, the Political Correctness Police have turned their gaze in the direction of InfoTech and CyberSec, replacing terms like Black List and White List with racially neutral terms such as Deny List and Allow List, and White Hat Hackers and Black Hat Hackers with Authorized Hackers and Unauthorized Hackers. How long before Retail feels the heat for Black Friday? My proposed replacement is in the title. And here are some gift ideas for the hard to shop for: ...
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A quick Saturday digest of cybersecurity news articles from other sources.Original release date: November 24, 2020
With more commerce occurring online this year, and with the holiday season upon us, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) reminds shoppers to remain vigilant. Be especially cautious of fraudulent sites spoofing reputable businesses, unsolicited emails purporting to be from charities, and unencrypted financial transactions.
CISA encourages ...
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Catch of the Day: Betmaster’s Phish
Chef’s Special: Facebook Lottery Scam
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 ...
Continue Reading →If the Pandemic wasn’t enough to deal with, we still have to deal with people and their poor password choices.
Three passwords security controls that really make a difference.
Have a Happy Thanksgiving – Be sure to watch the video below.
A professional associate of mine alerted me to the Bump Card. The fundamental concept seems to make sense; replace the business card with a phone app that allows you to exchange professional information including links to your web site, or even a special purpose web page. This exchange happens over your near-field communications (NFC) radio in your phone. This can be ...
This is from the Smithsonian. Click through for the full article.
The “lost” apples will help restore genetic, culinary diversity to a crop North America once produced in astonishing variety. I think that preserving heritage varieties of anything is important. We have become, as a species, way too dependent on food mono-cultures, that in the event of a blight or plant disease would result in mass ...
Continue Reading →A quick Saturday digest of cybersecurity news articles from other sources.This week a lot of content from Schneier on Security.
Earlier this month, we learned that someone is disrupting the TrickBot botnet network. Read full story.
Catch of the Day: Roundcube Version Upgrade Phish
Chef’s Special: IONOS Blocked Email 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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The election cycle is finally over, or is it? If you are a conservative or Republican, perhaps you have come to the conclusion that the press, the media, and especially social media platforms such as Facebook and Twitter suppressed the story from the political right and actively promoted the tory from the political left. Supposedly, these are organs ...
