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Subdomain Hijacking and Trust

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What if https://www.something.com was the most trusted website in the world. What would you think of… heather.something.combuymystuff.something.com The heather.something and buymystuff.com are subdomains. Large companies often have a lot of subdomains mapped to various IP addresses via DNS. What does this mean? It means they may not have a good handle of all of the subdomains you use. Would you miss one if someone stole a subdomain out from under you? Goooooood question. https://hackernoon.com/how-hackers-attack-subdomains-and-how-to-protect-them-rc7j37f2 With some searching and discovery, […]

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QR Codes and Security – Convenient…or Really Dangerous?

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I made a QR Code for this page. Is that how you got here? Ah, the QR Code – short for “Quick Response.” These were all the rage a few years back, and the pandemic made them highly operational again. There’s a business card service that’ll give someone your full contact info from a QR code. Handy! Restaurant menus. Presentations with the speaker’s details shown on a giant QR code on screen – you’ve probably

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Manage basic personal cybersecurity for $4

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What can you buy for $4? Nowadays, Starbucks lovers average $4 – $5 for coffee type treats. In the 90s, if you wanted pizza and favored Pizza Hut, they would give you quite a deal. Buy one pizza for regular price, and you could get up to four – 4! – additional pizzas for 4 bucks each. The ads informed you “Regular Price, 4 bucks, 4 bucks, 4 bucks, 4 bucks!” I clearly have good memories of this deal.

This limited time of the Pizza Hut deal has come and gone, so I’m going to pull the pizza out of the box, set it aside, and ask the question again, having already addressed the Starbuck’s angle. What CAN you buy for $4?

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