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Nigerian Scammers won’t quit, up 90k per month in 2019
On April 28th, I read an article talking about the Nigerian Scam. In prior posts,…
Month: April 2020
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Another type of extortion attempt? I am not laughing, nor am I convinced
I’ve gotten two of these emails, one at jaredrimer.net and the other at whitecanetravel.com on…
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Getting Extorted again? Lets discuss
On the 29th Brian Krebs penned another article in the serious series asking about whether…
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Post mortem, an outage across the network on April 29th
Yesterday afternoon between 3:30 PM and 4 PM US Pacific time, I noticed that we…
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Tech podcast 344 is now out
Hi all, The RSS feed has the program. When this posts, I’ll get mixcloud updated…
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Paay Misconfiguration Leaves Transaction Data Exposed
Another breach, this time at an unlikely source. Paay Misconfiguration Leaves Transaction Data Exposed is…
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Zeus is back under a different name
Zeus Sphinx is back although I know that Zeus itself was dealing with stealing banking…
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This week in security news week ending April 25, 2020
There’s going to be a lot in this one, and lots of stories may be…
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Is Zoom finally understanding their mistakes?
In an article that talks about Zoom busting their efforts on security, I’m hoping that…
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two zero days to break in to iphones and pads
I’m glad tha I don’t do a whole lot of opening of mail on my…
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A peruvian botnet wounded, but still operating
On the 23rd of this month, I read a very interesting article in regards to…
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Senators want Cyber Command and CISA to do more to deter coronavirus-focused hackers
On the 22nd, I read this article that talks about senators in the United States…
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When in Doubt: Hang Up, Look Up, & Call Back
Two days ago, I read a very interesting article I’m using for the blog post…
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Its been confirmed, Mariot suffered another breach
In this blog post posted on April 1 2020 asked the question whether Mariot was…
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Android fans, still think you’re safe from compromised apps and problems?
On the 21st of April, I read an article that indicates that more banks are…
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Hackers posed as Egyptian oil contractor in apparent spy campaign ahead of OPEC meeting
Hackers posed as Egyptian oil contractor in apparent spy campaign ahead of OPEC meeting I’m…
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Linux malware, you bet there is
In a very lengthy article, Trend Micro talks about the internet of things and the…
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Exposed Redis Instances Abused for Remote Code Execution, Cryptocurrency Mining
I’m going to borrow this blog post’s title for my own, because this is such…
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The CFAA will have its day in court
The CFAA, otherwise known as the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, will soon have its…
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Last week in security news
Again I’m behind, but I’m not behind by weeks. Last week in security news braught…