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Weekend Update

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

Online Holiday Shopping Scams

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 online ...

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Apple, Linux, malware, social engineering, Web Design, Weekend Update, WordPress

PHP 8, VPN

Friday Phish Fry

Phishing Email Alerts

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.

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

Thanksgiving Turkey Award – Worst Passwords of 2020

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.

Make your passwords longer than 12 characters
Use a password manager to create and remember long random passwords that are different for every location or resource.
Use two-factor authentication everywhere you can.

Have a Happy Thanksgiving – Be sure to watch the video below.

Top 200 Worst Passwords of 2021 from NordPass

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25
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authentication, Humor, passwords

What the Heck is the Bump Card?

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 ...

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23
NOV

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Computers and Internet, cybersecurity, privacy

Sunday Funnies – Heritage Apples Once Lost Forever Rediscovered

Ten Apple Varieties Once Thought Extinct Rediscovered in Pacific Northwest

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 ...

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Weekend Update

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

This week a lot of content from Schneier on Security.

US Cyber Command and Microsoft Are Both Disrupting TrickBot

Earlier this month, we learned that someone is disrupting the TrickBot botnet network. Read full story.

The Security Failures of Online ...

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21
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certification, cybersecurity, education, encryption, training, Weekend Update

Friday Phish Fry

Phishing Email Alerts

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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Friday Phish Fry, Phishing, social engineering

Are Twitter and Facebook Suppressing Free Speech?

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 ...

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Facebook, News and politics, social networks

Defeating Social Engineering

What if you could eliminate 95% of cybersecurity exploits by doing one thing better? Would you do it? Social Engineering in its many forms accounts for 95% to 99% of common exploits that cybercriminals use to gain initial access to your information assets. There are two simple security controls that you can put in place that would virtually eliminate the threats caused by social engineering.

Social engineering is the use of ...

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NOV

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account hijacking, cybersecurity, multi-factor authentication, Phishing, social engineering, training

Sunday Funnies – Really Funny Security Questions

Be sure to expand this article by clicking on the article title, so you don’t miss the funny questions below the image.

This is from an older post from McSweeny’s. We have all set up a number of these “secret security questions” like the ones one the left, and the appropriate answer. These questions are generally used for password ...

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cybersecurity, Sunday Funnies

WyzGuys Tech Talk

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

Phishing Email Alerts

Top 200 Worst Passwords of 2021 from NordPass

Ten Apple Varieties Once Thought Extinct Rediscovered in Pacific Northwest

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

Phishing Email Alerts