It is easy to identify spam in your email or a website when the wording is strange or is completely off topic. There are also popular phases that are used in spam. Whether this is on a website or an email, the phases are the same. “I need money to get home now” “I lost my wallet” “you have been selected for the prize” “I need your help to transfer money” These … [Read more...]
World Cup Cyber Security Threats
Security threats during the soccer World Cup have already started. The World Cup and other large events usually correlate to an increase in malware and network attacks. With billions of people watching, almost half the world, there is sure to be some who will take advantage of this opportunity with phishing campaigns. Users are receiving emails with malware that claim to … [Read more...]
BitTorrent Sold for $140 Million
Is the infamous cryptocurrency TRON buying the even more infamous BitTorrent company? For those that support file sharing and those that are against it, the future for this form of sharing is uncertain. As reported by Torrentfreak, the acquisition of BitTorent, now called Rainberry, has been living up to the controversy expected from both companies. Justin Sun, the owner of … [Read more...]
Spoofing Close to Home
An email hit my inbox about one family member, Samantha, asking another family member to transfer money. My mother’s credit card is denied for some reason. She needs money for a surprise present. This scam was obvious and my family knew it. But there was still an issue of how they got access to Samantha’s email. The steps taken to perform this were sophisticated. These … [Read more...]
EFail, “No One is Safe Using Email”
“Email is a plaintext communication medium whose communication paths are partly protected by TLS. For people in hostile environments (journalists, political activists, whistleblowers, ...) who depend on the confidentiality of digital communication, this may not be enough.” This is according to a researcher on the EFail website, who goes on to describe how this vulnerability … [Read more...]
