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Same Scam, different type of delivery method now
This is a typical scam. This is actually sent through my contact form? You’ve got…
Category: security news and commentary
This covers the security news that may come across our desk.
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Spam that links to a file that is not detected by anyone: file is a zip with excel files in it
I find this interesting. I just got the following in my email tonight. Below is…
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I call Spam on this one: telling someone to email to a domain that doesn’t exist among other things
I’ve received one cease and desist article in my entire life, and while I know…
A company that has been hacked for 5 years? Is This Crazy?
I thought this story about a routing company being hacked for 5 years was quite…
IOS 15 is now released, lots of things to be aware of
AppleVis has a great writeup found by the article title Apple Releases iOS 15 and…
Security Now! podcast 836: The Meris Botnet
We are going to talk about this botnet thanks to this article by Krebs On…
There was an event today, which I did see an email about from apple but…
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Here’s something I’ve never seen, selling email addresses in bulk?
I saw the following email sent to me yesterday. Like I’m going to get an…
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We’re now running on full SSL redirect, here’s what I’ve found
Michael in Indiana has asked us why we are not running on “forced redirect to…
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Don’t Click! This definitely looks like a scam, asking for credit card or payment info
Check this one out. The blog will put the URL as a clickable link, don’t…
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Let’s talk about Cyber Security … really, let’s talk about it
On Podcast 44, Jennifer was along with a segment on how she almost got taken…
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Post-Mortem report: 986themix.com had an unexpected outage
At roughly 6 PM US Pacific Time, the Jared Rimer Network was called in regards…
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Perpetrating vaccine hysteria to get people to click
I just got the following via my contact form through jaredrimer.net. I believe I call…
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Turning the Tide: Security Predictions 2021
This video was done by Trend Micro and was quite interesting. This is the first…
IOS and WatchOS have updates
Hi all, I was perusing Applevis on my telephone last night, and they had a…
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Be on the lookout, forms now leading to trust web sites for fake web sites
I know it has been awhile since the blog has been touched. I really need…
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White Cane Travel expiring tomorrow? Nobody called me to tell me about it!
I just love these types of forms. In the following example of things really to…
January Ouch is now available from Sans
I’m going through email and Ouch from Sans is here talking about Securing WIFI. Lots…
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Security post-mortem report: CustomTumblers.us
The following report has been submitted to my main live journal, the journal to the…
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Here we go with another fakery of scare tactic
I saw the following on my phone yesterday. These types of emails I’ve seen before,…