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Its time to get your emotions checked, because these scams are still out there. Originally aired on Sans episode 12.
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Hello folks, welcome to the security box, program 241. We’ve got plenty of news, notes and much more. We’ve also got Trivia as well.
Trivia
Here’s the trivia from this past week.
How fast did Nvidia-grade AI hardware cracked your 8-character password? Is the answer:
A: 5 minutes
B: 10 minutes
C: 15 minutes
D: 20 minutes
E: 25 minutes
F: 30 minutes
G: over 30 minutes
The Answer
30 minutes … How fast Nvidia-grade AI hardware can crack your 8-character password. Hive Systems ran the numbers, and yeah, it’s bleak for your bare-minimum login. It can also crack a numbers-only string in about three hours. Pro tip: Save yourself some peace of mind by using the same password manager I do.
This week’s Trivia
What is the percentage of email that comes out of the US that is considered spam? Also, out of that, what is the percentage that is malware or phishing?
A: 25% Spam 10% phishing and malware
B: 50% spam 75% phishing and malware
C: 57% spam 67% phishing and malware
D: 80% spam 100% phishing and malware
E: Higher than 80% on both
F: lower than 25% on both
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This week’s topic
The following notations come from Sans! episode 12 which covered this topic. Its the same topic.
Sans episode 12 is going to cover ouch! and its newsletter. They also just did a podcast too.
How Cybercriminals Exploit Your Emotions is your article. We’ll have Sans News Bites coming in the coming days for this past Friday. I think this would be best as sans is lengthy and this may not be too lengthy. Ouch! was debuted in Sans episode 3 before Sans turned in to braille which is working out better for us. I just need to slow down.
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