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  • November 26, 2022

Azure Payment Method UI Design Doesn’t Make Sense

Apparently my Azure account was blocked because I changed my business card from a travel card to a cash back card and the old card was associated with that account. So I re-login and attempt to change my payment methods by navigating to “My Microsoft Account.” Seems logical, right? And yes, there are my payment methods. Cool. So […]

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  • November 26, 2022

Disable IPv6 on PFSense

If you don’t need IPv6 you can disable it to simplify network management This is a continuation of my posts on network security. In my last post in this series I wrote about backing up and restoring PFSense aliases. Backup and Restore PFSense Aliases This post shows you how to “disable” IPv6 on PFSense and then […]

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  • November 26, 2022

All You Need to Know About Emotet in 2022

For 6 months, the infamous Emotet botnet has shown almost no activity, and now it’s distributing malicious spam. Let’s dive into details and discuss all you need to know about the notorious malware to combat it. Why is everyone scared of Emotet? Emotet is by far one of the most dangerous trojans ever created. The malware […]

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  • November 26, 2022

Russia-based RansomBoggs Ransomware Targeted Several Ukrainian Organizations

Ukraine has come under a fresh onslaught of ransomware attacks that mirror previous intrusions attributed to the Russia-based Sandworm nation-state group. Slovak cybersecurity company ESET, which dubbed the new ransomware strain RansomBoggs, said the attacks against several Ukrainian entities were first detected on November 21, 2022. “While the malware written in .NET is new, its deployment […]

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  • November 26, 2022

U.S. Bans Chinese Telecom Equipment and Surveillance Cameras Over National Security Risk

The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) formally announced it will no longer authorize electronic equipment from Huawei, ZTE, Hytera, Hikvision, and Dahua, deeming them an “unacceptable” national security threat. All these Chinese telecom and video surveillance companies were previously included in the Covered List as of March 12, 2021. “The FCC is committed to protecting our national

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  • November 25, 2022

I Want to Be A Cloud Security Engineer

Suggestions for today’s aspiring cloud security engineers I get questions like — How do I become a cloud security engineer? How did you get into cybersecurity? Are you hiring? Can you help me get a job in cybersecurity? — on social media a lot. I thought I would address them in this post as I don’t always have time […]

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Google Releases Chrome Patch to Fix New Zero-Day Vulnerability

The high-severity vulnerability refers to a heap buffer overflow in the GPU component

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  • November 25, 2022

Voice-scamming site “iSpoof” seized, 100s arrested in massive crackdown

Those numbers or names that pop up when a call comes up? They’re OK as a hint of who’s calling, but THEY PROVE NOTHING

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ConnectWise Fixes XSS Vulnerability that Could Lead to Remote Code Execution

Threat actors could exploit the flaw to take complete control of the ConnectWise platform

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