Friday Phish Fry

Happy SysAdmin Day!

Today is the annual recognition event for all the sysadmins, technical support specialists, and cybersecurity professionals who keep your computers and networks operational and secure.  Gifts are appreciated.

Phishing Email Alerts

Catch of the Day:  Fake Domain Renewal Phish

Chef’s Special: Incomplete Document Phish

Examples of clever phish that made it past my spam filters and into my Inbox, or from clients, or ...

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Friday Phish Fry, Phishing, ransomware

Certification Testing During the Pandemic

As an instructor of information technology and cybersecurity certification prep classes, my students have all expressed concern about taking the certification exam.  Ideally, a student reads the text, takes the classes, uses a good practice exam for testing preparation, and when it all comes together, schedules an exam, takes and passes the exam.  There is a perfect moment when test taking is ...

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certification, education, training

Weekend Update

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

Finally – Your Tax Dollars At Work Doing Something Useful for Small Business Owners

JFTC Releases Article on Protecting Small Businesses from Cyber Threats

Original release date: July 13, 2020

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has released an article on their Protecting Small Business playlist, which is a collection of videos with tips for ...

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JUL
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cybersecurity, surveillance, TOR, Weekend Update

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Friday Phish Fry

Phishing Email Alerts

Catch of the Day: Contact Form Survey Scam Phish

Chef’s Special:  Consent Phishing

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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JUL
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Friday Phish Fry, Identity Theft, Phishing, ransomware, social engineering, WordPress

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IP Addressing and Subnetting for Certification Students

If you are an information technology or cybersecurity professional, and you are planning to study for and take a networking certification such as CompTIA’s Network+ or Cisco’s CCENT, CCNA, or CCNP, then you will need to know and understand IP addressing, subnetting, and supernetting inside and out.  When I was studying for the CCNA years ago, I put together a set of subnetting spreadsheets, and eventually shared it on my ...

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JUL
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certification, education, training

Weekend Update

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

CISA Releases Securing Industrial Control Systems: A Unified Initiative

Original release date: July 7, 2020

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has released its five-year industrial control systems (ICS) strategy: Securing Industrial Control Systems: A Unified Initiative. The strategy—developed in collaboration with industry and government partners—lays out CISA’s plan to improve, unify, ...

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Computers and Internet, cybersecurity, Linux, social networks, Web Design, Weekend Update

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