Weekend Update

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

2-15 – ENIAC was formally dedicated at the University of Pennsylvania on February 15, 1946 and was heralded as a “Giant Brain” by the press.

Verify Your Valentine

Original release date: February 11, 2021

This Valentine’s Day, before you go looking for love in all the wrong chat rooms, CISA reminds users to be wary of internet romance scams. ...

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13
FEB
0

critical infrastructure, cybersecurity, Linux, ransomware, Weekend Update, Windows 10

Friday Phish Fry

Phishing Email Alerts

Catch of the Day:  Chase Suspicious Activities Phish

Chef’s Special:  Malwarebytes Fake Invoice 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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12
FEB
0

email, Friday Phish Fry, Phishing

What Does SQL Injection Look Like?

SQL injection is one of the top ten web site and web application exploits, according to OWASP, the Online Web Application Security Project.  I use Wordfence, a popular security plugin on my website, and occasionally Wordfence sends sends reports like the one below.  Double clicking on the picture will open it in a photo viewer, and allow you to see it full size.

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9
FEB
0

cybersecurity, Web Design

Weekend Update

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

Apple critical patches fix in-the-wild iPhone exploits – update now!

Apple says. “Additional details available soon”, which you can translate as “this one took us by surprise”. So patch now!

Bruce Schneier sends out a summary of his monthly post in an email called Crypto-Gram.  Most of these articles are from his blog.

On ...

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30
JAN
0

Apple, ransomware, smartphones, surveillance, Weekend Update

Friday Phish Fry

Phishing Email Alerts

Catch of the Day:  FBI Vishing

Chef’s Special:  Charming Kitten Phishinig snd Smishing

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 ...

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29
JAN
0

email, Friday Phish Fry, Phishing, social engineering

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