Texas Geeks

Heads up for anyone using VPN or other business network remote access options while working from home:

The FBI, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, and other experts are warning users of a spike in "vishing" or Voice Phishing where the malicious actor tries to impersonate a corporate help desk employee to convince users to change their VPN/Remote Access settings by visiting a malicious website. It'll look very similar to the business systems you're used to, so be VERY careful. It's classic a social engineering tactic, and unfortunately an effective one.

FBI, CISA Echo Warnings on ‘Vishing’ Threat — Krebs on Security The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Thursday issued a joint alert to warn about the growing threat from voice phishing or “vishing” attacks targeting companies. The advisory came less than 24 hours after KrebsOnSecurity pub...

THIS!! Everything about this. Read it, share it, shout it from the top of a mountain. If you follow every step in here ANYTIME an email requests you do ANYTHING your odds of not falling victim to a phishing scam increase dramatically.

One bit of terminology some might need help with: SOC = Security Operations Center, aka a room full of security nerds at a corporate office. For my non-corporate folk, I'm your SOC ;-)

Wear that tinfoil hat proudly!!

Thank you LogRhythm for publishing this!

This is why we preach longer passwords. The industry standard is unfortunately only 8 characters long. Focus on length over complexity and aim for 15 characters. It's even safe to use dictionary words if you're mixing cases and adding spaces. That's the idea behind passPHRASES vs passwords. Doesn't need to be a random set of 15 characters. Pick four to five random words you'll remember. Capitalize a few of them and add spaces.

For all the iOS fans out there! keynote is in full swing and the iOS announcements have already dropped. Biggest updates (IMO) will be the redesigned home screen experience and threaded conversations in iMessage.

Apple takes the wraps off iOS 14 and iPadOS 14 at WWDC 2020 Here are all the new features coming to iPhones and iPads later this year.