Social Engineer Attack examples: Texts and email

Here are some standard emails that came into my mailbox that are obviously fake….     Also an older post(7/15/2024) discussed  a tax refund scam… by text and email Here is text of email(italicized): Hi <insert-name>, Just wanted to check if you’ve submitted your tax refund claim yet? SETC and ERC are federal government programs … Read more

Learning From Lewis & Clark College Portland Oregon Misfortune

JDSupra among other ezines on the Internet have cataloged the Lewis & Clark College in Portland hack Basically in March 2023 the administrators or others at the college learned that there was unauthorized access of their computer systems. Today 2 years later a story came out in the 2600 magazine “the Hackers Quarterly” The article … Read more

How Did CCP Unit 61398 Hack Us?

why discuss now?    This is the FBI 5 Unit61398 From left, Chinese military officers Gu Chunhui, Huang Zhenyu, Sun Kailiang, Wang Dong, and Wen Xinyu indicted on cyber espionage charges. Above Wanted notices included to show this is not an aberration but a consistent policy by CCP. I have written about Chinese PLA (People’s … Read more

Security Policy Can improve Cybersecurity

With a Security Policy one can improve Cybersecurity and thus be proactive in keeping attacks to a risk managed level. We interrupt your boring cybersecurity NEWS ……Breaking news…   The Moonwalk Malware Miracle April 1, 2025 In a bizarre twist of tech fate, a new strain of malware has swept across the internet, dubbed “RetroVirus-X.” … Read more

Small Business Cyber Target? Maybe a Rabbit Foot Helps…

It is Friday and we are trying to find jokes in cybersecurity? or are we? We are selling these rabbit feet so that you will not get hacked* “Why don’t small business owners worry about cybersecurity? Because they’ve got a secret weapon: their grandma’s lucky rabbit foot! Rub it once, and hackers turn into confused … Read more