Following my article yesterday about phishing emails, here on Smart Thinking, I have contunued the phishing email advice over on CyberAwake today. This time we are looking at the big targets: It All Starts with a Phishing Email – CyberAwake Do you need cyber security awareness training? WE understand that …
Someone is Trying to Get In – A Real Email Phishing Attack
I recently wrote a couple of articles looking at some real-world email phishing attacks aimed at me – the links are below. This article is about another that happened this past weekend. Email Phishing Attack – The “wear you down” tactic. One of the favourite tactics threat actors use is …
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See what Bruce Schneier has to say about Microsoft spying on you!
Most days I read what Bruce Schneier has to say, I have also seen him speak and bought (and quoted from) his books. This piece is short and to the point: Microsoft Is Spying on Users of Its AI Tools – Schneier on Security Your takeaway Sometimes you just have …
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Scammers really know their job!
You need to read the article linked from here – because whatever you think, you are not ready for the latest phone scammers. Why do I say you are not ready? The victim here is Cory Doctorow – you might not have heard of him, but people in tech have. …
The Digital Dark Age
The term “digital dark age” was popularised by Terry Kuny in 1997, to describe the digital phenomenon that electronic media and information is easily lost or destroyed. Books from centuries ago are still accessible – but could you read that 250MB Zipdisk today? We are living in a ‘digital dark …
