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By Anthony Berrios Blog Post #10 A man by the name of John Strand is a penetration tester for Black Hills Information Security. As a pen tester, he was hired by an organization to test the security of a South Dakota correctional facility. But instead of going in himself, he did something that most likelyContinue reading “Hacker’s Mother Manages to Break Into a Prison, and the Warden’s Computer”

By Anthony Berrios Blog Post #9 Recently a phishing scheme was discovered that abused, OneNote, which for those of you that may not know is Microsoft’s cloud based note taking software. The campaign was able to bypass detection tools and download malware onto victim’s computers. Included in the campaign were agent Telsa key-logger and aContinue reading “Microsoft One Note Used to Sidestep Phishing Detection”

By Anthony Berrios Blog Post #8 Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have made bold claims against Tech Company Voatz and their newly proposed voting software that is supposed to be used from the comfort of voters smartphones. The MIT researchers said that one of the apps was so insecure that no state shouldContinue reading “MIT Study Finds That Mobile Voting App Could Pose Cyber Security Issues For Voters”

By Anthony Berrios Blog Post #7 2/24/20 Do you own one of Amazon’s market grabbing Ring doorbells? Because millions of Americans do, and they may be watching much more than just your front porch. There have been many headlines in the news lately about the device, and they’re rather alarming. Lets start off with theContinue reading “Is Your Doorbell Camera Spying On You?”

By Anthony Berrios Blog #6 2/20/20 A new scam was found recently that specifically targeted Russian wanna be entrepreneurs by promising to send large amounts of money for an initial investment in hope to get money back to start their business. Around 200,000 people viewed these messages since the phishing campaign started. The hacker groupContinue reading “Instagram Phishing Scam Targets Russian Entrepreneurs”

By Anthony Berrios Blog #5 2/20/20 Of course, the general public will probably never know who the individual is that was able to Solve the Canadian Spy Agency’s Escape Room, and according to Escape Manor co-owner Steve Wilson, he’s not at liberty to say.” He even disclosed that CBC reached out to this person forContinue reading “Only One Person Has Solved A Canadian Spy Agency’s Escape Room”

By Anthony Berrios Blog Post #4 2/11/2020 This past September the stat of Iowa hired two security experts to test the physical and network security of its judicial system. While looking into the security of the Iowa county courthouse however, they were arrested and charges with burglary and given bail at $100,000. Seems like anContinue reading “Iowa Prosecutors Drop Charges Against Men Hired to Test Their Security”

By Anthony Berrios Blog Post #3 2/11/2020 An early domain invester by the name of Mike O’Connor got ahold of many popular online domains. One of these called Corp.com is currently up for sale. Unlike many domains, Corp.com contains years of sensitive information including passwords, emails, and other proprietary data belonging to thousands of systemsContinue reading “Potentially Harmful Domain Goes Up For Sale”

By Anthony Berrios Blog Post #2 2/6/2020 Article writer Fleming Shi talks about the increasing ransomware attacks and how paying ransom to these hackers only makes the problem much, much, worse. Often times there is no way to insure that the hacker will keep his end of the bargain after a ransom payment is made.Continue reading “Ransomware Attacks: Why It Should Be Illegal to Pay the Ransom”

01/23/2020 The Epilepsy Foundation fell victim to a cyber crime recently on their twitter page. The account was hacked and posted seizure inducing gifs that flashed quickly strobing lights to its thousands of followers to see. This is far from the first time hackers have targeted Twitter as a means of harming others. This isContinue reading “PC Security & News Weekly Blog”