Something I find interesting with this big virus scare is how quick phishers have begun to change their attacks to take advantage of the Corona Virus Panic. The Better Business Bureau has warned consumers to only purchase masks and other such supplies directly from sources that you trust as some malicious websites are creating scamsContinue reading “Corona Virus Phishing”
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End of Life for HDD
One thing that has been on my mind lately is how much more capacity and speed SSD have gained over the years relative to their price. You can now acquire an SSD with 1TB of storage for under a a $100 on amazon! As these become cheaper and easier to make it makes me wonderContinue reading “End of Life for HDD”
Catching up again
It has been an exciting spring quarter this year, I was made President of my tech club with all of the responsibilities that that position holds, as well as a full class load, and the biggest cyber security competition I will likely ever participate in coming up. My work life has become my personal lifeContinue reading “Catching up again”
Preparing For PRCCDC
Recently my cybersecurity team and I completed our pre-qualifier for PRCCDC. It was a great experience and I was able to prepare some freshmen who had never had the opportunity to work with linux before. While they preformed well beyond my expectations, it was a good reminder on how much more we needed to practiceContinue reading “Preparing For PRCCDC”
Bluetooth Blues
Wireless headsets, mice, keyboards, printers; many of us rely on blue tooth for our day-to-day tasks. What many users might not be aware of are the dangers of using bluetooth. CVE-2020-0022is a vulnerability in android devices that could allow attackers remote access to your device. This device has been patched but shows that there areContinue reading “Bluetooth Blues”
Jeff Bezos
Jeff Bezos was recently the victim of a malicious attack where The Washington post reports that Jeff received a “WhatsApp message laden with code that … (stole) personal data from his iPhone X”. This is a huge deal because it shows that how vulnerable the device we carry in our pocket is and even theContinue reading “Jeff Bezos”
Injects
As part of preparing for PRCCDC we are going to be working on injects. Injects are like real world situations or tasks that are given to us to accomplish during the competition. Injects are where the bulk of our points are earned so its very important to get a lot of practice with them. SomeContinue reading “Injects”
My First Blog Post
Be yourself; Everyone else is already taken. — Oscar Wilde. This is the first post on my new blog. I’m just getting this new blog going, so stay tuned for more. Subscribe below to get notified when I post new updates.
Introduce Yourself (Example Post)
This is an example post, originally published as part of Blogging University. Enroll in one of our ten programs, and start your blog right. You’re going to publish a post today. Don’t worry about how your blog looks. Don’t worry if you haven’t given it a name yet, or you’re feeling overwhelmed. Just click theContinue reading “Introduce Yourself (Example Post)”