Hello everyone, welcome to the Security Box, podcast 171. This is going to be a very interesting podcast, because we’ve decided to change things up in this 3 and a half hour podcast.
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Welcome to the Security box, podcast 171. We hope that each and every one of you have had a happy Thanksgiving and have recharged your batteries. On this edition, we’re making it official and am bringing back the things to ponder. We’ll explain what we’re going to do and we put it in practice last podcast. If these things to ponder have blog posts, we’ll link them from right within the program’s show notes so you can read what we’re talking about. We’ll also have news, notes, any moron of the podcast and our topic talking about URL shorteners and a recent trend with them. We hope you enjoy the show as much as we have bringing the show for you!
Things to ponder
These are the things to ponder for this program.
- According to a Kim Komando minute, its time for Generation Z to go back to work. They’re not happy about it. I’m happy that meetings are now in person, although they’ve taken a hybrid approach, and that’s great. Covid-19 made it interesting because everything needed to be done online, and I was always a home person until I learned that working required going out and actually showing up places. There is no blog post for this one, just something I heard from Kim.
- There are 4 different scams making the rounds this year according to Kim Komando’s newsletter and a blog post. They are: 1. ‘Hi, I’m calling from Amazon’; 2. An offer you can’t refuse; 3. I’ll take that, please ; and finally 4. The fake seasonal job. I realized I didn’t quite do item 3 on the blog correct, but its all well and good. These are the 4 holiday scams to watch for this year is the blog post where its properly formatted and has more information.
- Mirai is back and its a very lengthy read from Wired. We’ve talked about this dangerous tool for many many years, and while I only read part 1 which was quite interesting, this was definitely worth the read. Want a story on Mirai? Brian Krebs boosted one is the blog post, and this one is definitely worth the read.
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Our moron(s) of the podcast
This will include any moron(s) that got our award for the podcast.
- Experian! Congratulations! You’ve earned another moron of the podcast. This time, you’ve not actually not learned anything, and if you thought my tyraid was bad on the education front, I’ve been mixed with your company and the other two that have been breached. The difference is, they’ve tried to correct things, you haven’t according to an article. This blog post titled Cleanup on Isle 1! Really Experian? You still can sign up and take one’s account over? goes in to complete details and links to said article. Good job, guys! You’ve earned this one.
The top level domain that harbors a malicious shortener is …
According to a recent article from Brian Krebs, the most prolific domain now that has a URL shortening service that pumps out scams, phishing and just all around bad is the TLD that belongs to the United States. Read my thoughts and find a link to the article right here. The Top level domain for the United States now harbors malicious URL shortening service is the article title, and I hope you give it a gander.
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