This week the Wednesday Bit is about is highlighting some of the mini-series and back to basics cyber security primers I have written. Why? Because yesterday when I was speaking with a long-term client about password hygiene in their organisation, they were unaware I had a Password Primer they could …
A Global Solution
First read this article about domains that are almost the domains of prominent brands and trade names: Do you want fries with that hack | Smart Thinking Solutions Now you know what the problem is, here is a global solution to it: Registrars can now block all domains that resemble …
It All Starts with a Phishing Email
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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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. …