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Posted on 23 September 202424 September 2024

A real world QR code scam

I wrote about QR Code and cyber security over on CyberAwake back in June. Now BleepingComputer is reporting on “Your Boyfriend cheated” posters, which include a QR code and have been put up across the UK. Clickbaity or genius? ‘BF cheated on you’ QR codes pop up across UK (bleepingcomputer.com) …

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Posted on 7 August 20247 August 2024

Why Cyber Security Awareness Training is Importatnt?

phishing email threat

Whatever technical defences you (and I) rely on, there is a probability that the threat actors will find ways to bypass them: Microsoft 365 anti-phishing feature can be bypassed with CSS (bleepingcomputer.com) If the phishing email gets as far as your team member’s inbox, they had better be able to …

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Posted on 9 July 20249 July 2024

“Scum keep databases of the people they’ve already skimmed”

I had to quote, Simon Sharwood, from The Register, as the headline for this article. He has written an excellent article on how organised threat actors keep records of who they have successfully attacked in the past, so they can go back and try again. Scammers double-dip by offering help …

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Posted on 3 July 202411 July 2024

Back-to-Basics – The Collection III

Back to basics and primers about cyber security

Having come back from a week’s holiday, I have been busy catching up, so this week the Wednesday Bit about reminding you about my collection of Back-to-Basics cyber security primers. Why am I doing this? Because we can all benefit from some cyber security training, whatever our level of expertise. The articles …

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Posted on 28 June 20244 July 2024

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 …

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