Anatomy of Cryptophishing – Hydro Project

Cross-posted to “AdventuresInCyberSecurity.com” and “BecomeACyberSecurity.Expert” Logo is stolen from the real Hydro Protocol folks. I get some interesting emails, and in particular, some interesting phishing emails. Most of them are quite poor, and fairly easy to spot, and the people constructing them don’t go through a lot of effort. I received one today that was […]

Getting Back to Blogging….

It’s 2019 – Happy New Year! I’m going to try to get back to blogging again. I suspect that as I do, things will be much more stream of consciousness, but then, that’s the point of this blog. (See the tag line.) I’d like to be doing more reviews of things – I created a […]

Re-analysing the #Tezos #ICO & Future #XTZ Price

When I first wrote this post, I didn’t know what the final number of Tezos “tezzies” was going to be, and made a guesstimage. The total number has been published: 763,306,929.69 Of course, I was off by quite a bit – more than 200 million of them. However, it’s worth noting that while that’s going […]

On Hacking Automated Trucks #cybersecurity #y2k #iot

Regarding this article from a post on Linked In: https://www.bizjournals.com/phoenix/news/2017/07/25/is-cybersecurity-the-y2k-of-this-generation.html Is #cybersecurity the #Y2K of this generation? This author seems to think so. This is telling: “Yes, that [hacking automated trucks] is possible, but the designers of these systems are aware of the issue and are putting measures in place to avoid it.” This completely […]

Analysing the #Tezos #ICO & Potential #XTZ Future Price

The ICO raised 65,635 BTC and 361,122 ETH, which at current prices is $226,827,513. They’re of course suffering from the recent “crash” (really just a small drop), but it’ still the biggest initial coin offering ever, by more than $75 million. (They were well over $230 million at one point.) I’ve no idea how many […]

Amazon Review: Logitech K830 Illuminated Living Room Wireless Keyboard

Logitech K830 Illuminated Living Room Wireless Keyboard (Affiliate Link) First, let me clear up something – if this is touted as a Bluetooth keyboard, it is NOT Bluetooth in the traditional sense. It requires a “sense” connection which requires you to plug a small receiving into a USB port. You will NOT be able to […]

U.S. Government Releases “Proof” of U.S. Election Hacking by Russians

Gary Markstein, as above. Edit: Original post still below, but I’ve been informed by several of the Threat Researchers with whom I work that this report is not supposed to be considered as the government’s proof, merely things that organisations can use in order to protect themselves. With that understood, it still furthers a narrative […]

Google Pixel XL (128GB) Review

I own a Google Pixel XL in Very Black with 128GB onboard storage. I have had a Samsung Galaxy Note since the first one. I still have my Galaxy Note 4. (Actually, I have two of them! Unfortunately, I couldn’t go any further with the Note series for two big reasons. Samsung in their <sarcasm>infinite […]

The NYT Calls for FB to “Join Them as Defenders of Truth”

The problem with the New York Times calling for Facebook to “join them” as “defenders of truth” is that few people, especially those that would have voted for Trump, would even consider them defenders of truth. Their “Intellectual Yet Idiot” scientism (Thank you NNT!) and bias towards the Dems/left makes them anything but. When they […]

The Necessity of the Electoral College in One Picture

Source: MichaelPRamirez.com Most people don’t understand the electoral college – they think it is an arcane system from the 1800s, and screws the voters. In reality, it’s a somewhat-arcane system from the 1700s, and is designed not to screw voters. The United States, for all its preaching of democracy (and its attempts to democratise the […]