What better way to discuss phishing than an infographic? First: consider the From: field in an email In most emails they make sense – like an email that comes from Netflix should say abc@netflix.com not tello.com The from field is very important clue as to whether this is spam or phishing email or not. … Read more
Happy thanksgiving – and keep in mind hackers are on prowl as well – keep an eye on the spammers trying to swindle you from your hard earned money!! Eat well, but not too well 😉
How paranoid should you be when you want to devise methods of defending passwords? If someone accesses your computer (with malware or otherwise) and can now read off the RAM it is possible to read the password manager stream of data as it comes off/or on. So what is the best way to handle passwords? … Read more
So what has happened that I want to make another post about “Cybersecurity News”? Microsoft states they will implement the new CCPA (California Consumer Privacy Act) across the nation by January 1, 2020 https://blogs.microsoft.com/on-the-issues/2019/11/11/microsoft-california-privacy-rights/ November 11) 68000 patients of Methodist hospital impacted by Phishing attack (By HIPAA Journal) (October 17) https://www.hipaajournal.com/68000-patients-of-methodist-hospitals-impacted-by-phishing-attack/ Domain Registrar Network Solutions … Read more
On October 16 Web.com, Networksolutions.com, and register.com had a breach, and as of Nov2nd there is no mention of anything like a breach on their website (web.com owns the others) The breach information was obtained from the always useful Krebsonsecurity.com site. So what happens when your website’s registrar was hacked? It likely means all … Read more
