The holiday season is drawing to a close, but this scam that Bruce Schneier writes about will work at any time of the year. Baggage Tag Scam – Schneier on Security Your Takeaway This type of cyber-attack involving something that you should keep private, but you let get into the …
Because It’s Friday – How much paper do you need to wrap the Earth?
I have held onto this “Because It’s Friday” post until the trauma of wrapping Christmas presents had passed. For the answer to the above question we will let Professor Hannah Fry explain: I have just finished watching a Hannah Fry series on TV – it was excellent. I love the …
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Over-sharing
I have many discussions with clients about this topic – over-sharing. Whether it is in their social media, on their website or even on the notice board in the reception area. These snippets of information that are readily available without “hacking” are called OSINT – open source intelligence. The Internet …
In the news this week…
As I finish my Back-to-Basics Phishing Email Primer, with an article titled “Phishing Emails are happening right now!“, the BBC publish this: Warning in Guernsey after phishing scam increase – BBC News I am not making this stuff up; board members and senior managers need to have some form of …
Phishing Emails are happening right now! (pt.11)
I am going to bring my “Back-to-Basics Phishing Emails – A Primer” series to a close today – although if other primer projects are any measure we will return with further updates in the future. Phishing Emails – A Clear and Present Danger Just last week the cyber security press …
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