PHP Vulnerabilities
Note and link on the PHP vulnerabilities.
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Is MFA Not Enough
Think your six-digit Multi-Factor Authentication code keeps you entirely safe? Think again. Cybercriminals are now using session hijacking to steal active browser data, bypassing passwords and security apps completely without your knowledge. Learn how this invisible threat works and discover three crucial habits to protect your network data today.
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New Phishing Campaign Imitates Google Account Page (from @SmarterMSP)
You can find the details on the SmarterMSP blog. Their recommendations are: What are the recommendations? These fit nicely with my standard caution: Don’t follow links in an email you receive. If it purports to come from your bank, go to your bank via the URL you use, or call the toll free number that…
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AI and Your Security Online
Every advance in technology offers us new opportunities. Some of these opportunities are used constructively, some not so much. AI on the March! There are a number of issues with the use of AI, but this post is more of a warning. Just as some positive activities are enhanced by the use of AI, so…
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Fake Amazon Customer Support Ad
There’s a new version of a common scam, one in which someone claims to be customer support for a major company. In this case, the ad falsely purports to be from Amazon and leads to a fake infection warning which claims to be from Windows Defender, and provides a phone number you can call for…
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Update Your Devices
It’s a bit popular to wait on updates due to the fact that some updates bring problems with them. I tend to wait a day or two so that the worst bugs can be found before I submit myself to the suffering. But waiting a significant period of time, or just ignoring updates, is very…
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New Social Engineering Attack
I had read about this a couple of times, but since the defense is the same as for previous versions, I hadn’t yet written about it. I’ve now had a call in which I had to deal with it. For some time, scam emails have been informing you that some amount of money had been…
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Summary of WordPress Security Practices
I found this article on the Imunify360 blog well worth the time.
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Yet Again Phishing Emails
… along with other annoying things. But today I was reminded of these emails when Jody showed me one she got that purported to be from Amazon. The folks who do this stuff know that a whole bunch of people shop on Amazon, so they create a fake email and choose a price that many…
