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Monthly Archives: October 2016
Halloween Security Humor
For those who don’t know, the 192.168.x.x address block is an RFC 1918 space, which is non routable on public Internets… meaning, the killer was on their network (in their house). Ooooo!!!! From XKCD
Phoenix Comicon FanFest 2016
Today was Phoenix Comicon FanFest and it was a pretty good turnout and a great time!
Posted in life
Tagged cosplay, Costume, Fanfest, Phoenix Comicon
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Dyn Down by DDoS
Dyn a company that provides dynamic domain name resolution (convert names into IP addresses) was threatened to shell out some bitcoin or else… Or else what? I’d like to call it an availability compromise, but in layman’s terms, an outage … Continue reading
Posted in Security Blog
Tagged 2016, Brian Krebs, cyber risk, DDoS, dos, Dyn, hackers, hacking, Internet of Things, knock-knock, Mirai, NCSAM, reddit, robot, rosie, Security Awareness, spotify, twitter
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Tech Support Scam Infographic
Here is a cool infographic that Microsoft created. I love infographics with numbers in them. 50% of Millennials are normally scammed. 34% are about my age. 17% are old… like my boss at work :)
Posted in Security Blog
Tagged 2016, fraud, hackers, hacking, infographic, information security, phishing, privacy, scam, scammers, scamming, security, social engineering, spear phishing, spearphishing
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Phony Tech Support Awareness
It’s not just tech support, did you see my previous article on Paying the IRS with Target Gift Cards? I’m glad they were shut down and arrests were made. If you think you were scammed, report it here https://www.ftccomplaintassistant.gov/ or … Continue reading
Posted in Security Blog
Tagged FBI, ftc, IC3, report it, scam, scammers, scamming, Security Awareness
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Ransomware and the IoT
During a security conference, a gentleman demonstrated a thermostat that he compromised, lock out the user for a ransom. He was even able to make the thermostat emit a tone only animals can hear. Imagine your dogs or cats freaking … Continue reading
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Tagged 2016, hackers, Internet of Things, lol, Security Awareness, teledildonics
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Samsung Stops Production of Note 7
Samsung’s money maker, the Note 7 has been having really bad battery problems. They literally burn and explode. Of course the company recalled them as they had a fix, but even the replacements came out having the same problem. Even … Continue reading
When October is NCSAM, but Also Halloween!
Posted in Security Blog
Tagged disguise, hackers, Halloween, lol
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Amendment to California Law on Breaches
On September 13, 2016, Governor Jerry Brown signed AB 2525, which amends the state’s data breach notification law (California S.B. 1386) requiring businesses to disclose data breaches to individuals whose personal information has been compromised. Currently, the law only requires … Continue reading
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Tagged 2016, 2017, breach, California, law, Notification, SB1386, security
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