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Bsquared Intel’s Weekly Roundup 10.20.23 Show Notes
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Bsquared Intel’s Weekly Roundup 10.20.23 Show Notes
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Bsquared Intel’s Weekly Roundup 10.20.23 Show Notes

Show notes for Bsquared Intel’s Weekly Roundup 10.20.23. CLICK HERE TO WATCH Training/Education Bsquared Intel's Web Digital Literacy Course https://bsquaredintel.com/training-education/ Contact us https://bsquaredintel.com/contact Newsletter signup https://bsquaredintel.com/newsletter-signup/ News YouTube is cracking down on adblock users: pay or disable - CyberNews https://cybernews.com/tech/youtube-crackdown-on-adblock-users/ Related News, Content, and Advisories On Adblockers Yahoo tackles large ‘malvertising’ campaign in its ad [...]

Bsquared Intel’s Weekly Roundup 10.6.23 Show Notes
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Bsquared Intel’s Weekly Roundup 10.6.23 Show Notes
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Bsquared Intel’s Weekly Roundup 10.6.23 Show Notes

Show notes for Bsquared Intel’s Weekly Roundup 10.6.23. CLICK HERE TO WATCH Training/Education Web Digital Literacy Course: https://bsquaredintel.com/training-education/ Contact us https://bsquaredintel.com/contact Newsletter signup https://bsquaredintel.com/newsletter-signup/ News (Historic) Facebook “Copyright Violations” Message: A Phishing Scam - HackRead (2015) https://www.hackread.com/facebook-copyright-violations-message-phishing-scam/ Related Bsquared Intel Content Dude You’re Screwed: Facebook and Google Account Takeovers https://bsquaredintel.com/dude-youre-screwed-facebook-and-google-account-takeovers/ Check out our blog https://bsquaredintel.com/blog/ [...]

Two Common Types of Cybersquatting
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Two Common Types of Cybersquatting
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Two Common Types of Cybersquatting

In this article we talk about two common types of cybersquatting. In a much earlier post we wrote about ways cybersquatting harms an organization. Start here as it defines what cybersquatting is. Our example domain name for the two types of cybersquatting attacks we're using is example.com. We’ll assume that this is the legitimate website [...]

Bsquared Intel’s Weekly Roundup 1.27.23 Show Notes
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Bsquared Intel’s Weekly Roundup 1.27.23 Show Notes
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Bsquared Intel’s Weekly Roundup 1.27.23 Show Notes

Show notes for Bsquared Intel’s Weekly Roundup 1.27.23 CLICK HERE TO WATCH Contact us https://bsquaredintel.com/contact Newsletter signup https://bsquaredintel.com/newsletter-signup/ Bsquared Intel Article Phishing/SMiShing and It’s Relation to Disinformation/Malinformation https://bsquaredintel.com/phishing-smishing-and-its-relation-to-disinformation-malinformation/ Related episode(s) Bsquared Intel’s Weekly Roundup 1.13.23 Click to listen/watch Click to access show notes News Biker who tried to get away from GSP identified after he [...]

Phishing/SMiShing and It’s Relation to Disinformation/Malinformation
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Phishing/SMiShing and It’s Relation to Disinformation/Malinformation
cyber security, social engineering

Phishing/SMiShing and It’s Relation to Disinformation/Malinformation

In this article we’re going to talk about phishing, SMiShing, disinformation, and malinformation. Phishing and SMiShing are types of cyberattacks that aim to trick individuals into giving away sensitive information. Disinformation and malinformation are information disorders that are intended to intentionally mislead, confuse, or cause harm. With respect to this, we’re going to explain how [...]

Bsquared Intel’s Weekly Roundup 1.20.23 Show Notes – NortonLifeLock & PayPal Breaches + Punycode Phishing
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Bsquared Intel’s Weekly Roundup 1.20.23 Show Notes – NortonLifeLock & PayPal Breaches + Punycode Phishing
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Bsquared Intel’s Weekly Roundup 1.20.23 Show Notes – NortonLifeLock & PayPal Breaches + Punycode Phishing

Show notes for Bsquared Intel’s Weekly Roundup 1.20.23 - NortonLifeLock & PayPal Breaches + Punycode Phishing CLICK HERE TO WATCH Contact us https://bsquaredintel.com/contact Newsletter signup https://bsquaredintel.com/newsletter-signup/ Bsquared Intel Article Unsuccessful Punycode Smishing Attack Leads to More Questions Than Answers https://bsquaredintel.com/unsuccessful-punycode-smishing-attack-leads-to-more-questions-than-answers/ News Thousands of Norton LifeLock customer accounts hacked – TechRadar Pro https://www.msn.com/en-gb/money/technology/thousands-of-norton-lifelock-customer-accounts-hacked/ar-AA16pigw PayPal accounts breached [...]

Unsuccessful Punycode Smishing Attack Leads to More Questions Than Answers
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Unsuccessful Punycode Smishing Attack Leads to More Questions Than Answers
cyber security, social engineering

Unsuccessful Punycode Smishing Attack Leads to More Questions Than Answers

It’s been a while since we’ve done anything investigative, so in this article we’re going to pick apart a SMiSHing attempt we received. This one is a little more on the technical side because punycode is used in this attack, so we’ll do our best to break it down. Because this attempt is so poorly [...]

Project Warwalk: PII, Social Engineering, and OSINT
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Project Warwalk: PII, Social Engineering, and OSINT
cyber security, identity theft, OSINT, phishing, privacy, social engineering

Project Warwalk: PII, Social Engineering, and OSINT

Welcome back to the sixth entry of our research project, Project Warwalk. If this is your first time here, hello! To read the other entries related to this series and check out the glossary, click here . This entry to this series marks a distinctive shift when we’re talking about WiFi and specifically SSIDs. The [...]

Tips for Surviving Black Friday, Small Business Saturday, and Cyber Monday
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Tips for Surviving Black Friday, Small Business Saturday, and Cyber Monday
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Tips for Surviving Black Friday, Small Business Saturday, and Cyber Monday

The tips we’re about to share should be top of mind every day not just during the holiday season. Let’s begin with any interesting discovery by Kaspersky Labs. In 2017, Kaspersky Labs released their Black Friday report and one of their findings is that consumers who use their mobile devices are a driving factor of [...]

Google Calendar Phishing and How to Reduce Your Exposure to It

While sitting with one of our clients recently they mentioned to us that they kept getting event invites/notifications on Google Calendar that were phishing attempts or spam. They finally sent us a screenshot and we dug into the matter to learn more. In short, phishing Google Calendar has been going on for months, based on [...]