In the past, Mac devices have largely been out of cybercriminals’ crosshairs. While hackers occasionally launched malware attacks against Mac machines, they targeted Windows devices much more often. But this is no longer the case.
For the first time, cyberthreats targeting Mac devices have outpaced those targeting Windows machines. In 2018, there was an average of 4.8 threats detected per Mac endpoint. In 2019, ...
Continue Reading →Tomorrow, May the fourth, is Star War Day – May the Forth Be With You! Star Wars wrapped in a pun, what could be better?
Grey Jedi – Bringing balance to the Force.
A quick Saturday digest of cybersecurity news articles from other sources.The TSA is allowing people to bring larger bottles of hand sanitizer with them on airplanes:
Continue Reading →Passengers will now be allowed to travel with containers of liquid hand sanitizer up to 12 ounces. However, the agency cautioned that the shift could mean slightly longer waits at ...
Phishing Email AlertsExamples 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 current phishing scams, related articles, and education about ...
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The video conferencing application Zoom has had it’s share of security related problems lately. Any time they name a cyber-attack after you (Zoom bombing) it’s bound to be a bad thing. Zoom bombing, if you haven’t heard, is the video conference equivalent of photo bombing. Some miscreant sneaks into your meeting and takes over the screen to share some NSFW imagery or hate speech or cat videos. Zoom meeting videos have ...
I am scheduled to take anyone interested on a Tour of the Dark Web, on Monday May 11 starting at 6:30 pm. The Tour is being sponsored by Stillwater Community Education and offered on the Zoom platform. You can register for the Tour here. The class fee is $34.00.
Is the “Dark Web” just filled with Internet scammers, criminals, drug dealers and weapons merchants? The Dark Web ...
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I often get asked to speak to high school students about a career in information technology and cybersecurity. These engagements typically come from a relationship I have with Minnesota Junior Achievement. This spring my live presentation was done in by the pandemic, but I was able to create my presentation on Zoom, record it, and submit it to JA for inclusion on their You Tube channel.
I think it turned out ...
Continue Reading →There are four numbering systems that are used in information technology, binary, octal, decimal, and hexadecimal. There are also known as Base 2 (numbers 0 and 1), Base 8 (numbers 0 through 7), Base 10 (numbers 0 through 9, and Base 16 (numbers 0-9 and characters a, b, c, d, e f.)
Here are a couple of riddles that you should be able to solve with the information I gave you.
Also, scroll down to see the awesome COVID-19 song by a ...
Continue Reading →A quick Saturday digest of cybersecurity news articles from other sources.Remeber Y2K? The COVID crisis has increased demand on old governmental systems and the call has gone out again for COBOL programmers.
Examples of clever phish that made it past my spam filters and into my Inbox, from clients, or from reliable sources on the Internet.
You can read more about these sorts of scams at the following link. https://wjla.com/news/nation-world/do-not-click-the-link-police-warn-of-scam-covid-19-text-messages.
