Elements of an Attack: From the article at TechNewsWorld. Social Engineering is equivalent to scammers trying all types of methods to gain information or money. What does it mean to have an image above that shows many possible Social engineering attacks? Let’s list them: Techniques Phishing Pretexting Baiting Quid Pro Quo Compliance principles Friendship or … Read more
In a year of many problems and issues the Department of Homeland Security decided to make October the National Cyber Security Awareness Month (NCSAM) since 2003. https://www.dhs.gov/national-cyber-security-awareness-month The Theme is Own IT. Secure IT. Protect IT. Own IT is reminding you to travel with cybersecurity in mind (at least some of the time), Social … Read more
Needless to say a flaw in an older version of Exim (4.92.1) had a serious problem or flaw that became CVE-2019-15846: I like to point out some problems that come up that are interesting… This Software is needed in Mail servers and is not obviously known to most people. But if a company does have … Read more
Chinese Hackers Eye US Cancer Research: https://www.technewsworld.com/story/86211.html This is another outrageous attack on our companies and institutions as Chinese APT hacker groups appear to be linked to stealing information from Cancer research Here is a news story about espionage by Chinese paid doctors. NBCnews story about 3 scientists removed from MD Anderson Cancer Center … Read more
First thing I think of (being of a certain age) when someone asks why: Why ask why? Answer: Try Bud Dry!(Silly old Budweiser commercial) So why do we need to ask why? Because it would be good to know why we are consistently being attacked by this region of the world. It is always good … Read more
