What has been posted to EMHS as of March 15, 2023

Hello folks,

I know we haven’t touched EMHS in a couple of weeks, so here goes.

Terms

I don’t know if we’ve discussed malvertising before. It was added to our list of terms since we last posted the full list, check it out.

Books

We did start to add some of the older books to our collection. I’ve already read these books.

I’ve added to one paragraph at the top dealing with books, and also added another section to this section of the resources page.

Books will also be listed which closely talk about the landscape in some way as it relates to today. There are other books which may be true stories of crimes and punishments, but things change, and those books may be listed if it fits. For example, we could list a book talking about check cashing and crimes of that nature, but while that might have changed from the time of the book, it gives a history.

It may be best to read the description of the book to determine if it is something you want to read. Just because we decide to list a book and it is older doesn’t make it less relevant than something newer that talks about what is happening today.

The books that we added were by Kevin Mitnick.

• Kevin Mitnick, Steve Wozniak and William L. Simon

• Ghost in the Wires: My Adventures as the World’s Most Wanted Hacker
• The Art of Deception: Controlling the Human Element of Security
• The Art of Intrusion: The Real Stories Behind the Exploits of Hackers, Intruders and Deceivers 1st Edition

Kevin Mitnick and Mikko Hypponnen

• The Art of Invisibility: The World’s Most Famous Hacker Teaches You How to Be Safe in the Age of Big Brother and Big Data

Companies and resources

I blogged about a new service, but I’m not ready to put it here. Seems clunky and has some issues, I.E. reading in Spanish with Jaws. Can’t duplicate that with NVDA though.

Blog posts

We’re going to try and catch up here with blog posts from the past couple of weeks. I’ll go back to the beginning of March, that’ll cover it, don’t you think? Some are not blogged here, while most might.

• 9 million AT&T customer accounts breached – Is your data included? komando.com: March 13, 2023
• Nasty malware can steal login credentials for 400 banks komando.com: March 13, 2023
• Warning: Don’t fall for these tax scams making the rounds komando.com: March 11, 2023
• The FBI just put out a warning – Do you play these games on your phone? komando.com: March 11, 2023
• Go ahead and unplug this door device before reading. You’ll thank us later. Ars Technica: March 9, 2023
• Best free Windows and Mac security downloads for your computer komando.com: March 8, 2023
• Scammers are using your TV against you to get you to pay up komando.com: March 8, 2023
• Keep an eye out – Malware-infected Word docs spreading komando.com: March 7, 2023
• More fake ChatGPT malware spreading – Don’t download this komando.com: March 6, 2023
• Watch out for the 9 most creative scams from Kim’s inbox — they’re scarily deceptive komando.com: March 5, 2023
• Here are the 5 social media companies tracking you the most komando.com: March 4, 2023
• This nasty TikTok scam goes after grieving families komando.com: March 4, 2023

Final thoughts

We can’t do it without you. Go over to emhs and let us know what you think or let us know what we should add. Together, we can make that difference.