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BrightTALK the obnoxious spammer

By | July 3, 2024

BrightTALK is a shit organization that is supposed to be a media company providing technology webinars you can watch. The problem is they are one of the most obnoxious spammers on the planet. If your email addresse gets on one of their lists, you are screwed! Their unsubscribe options do not work and seem to… Read More »

Scareware is not dead

By | June 19, 2023

An email was forwarded to me that came from a security MSP trying to stir up business with someone at the company I work at. Their quasi-scareware email was funny, but a horrible way for us to take seriously. Only thing missing was a sentence asking for bitcoin. I remember several years ago, companies were… Read More »

Aloha!

By | April 14, 2023

Not a good week for NCR Aloha POS hosted solutions. They have been dealing with a BlackCat ransomware attack as reported by articles at: BleepingComputer – NCR suffers Aloha POS outage after BlackCat ransomware attack. DataBreaches.net – A short-lived BlackCat listing suggests NCR’s customers’ networks were accessed Securityweek.com – Payments Giant NCR Hit by Ransomware… Read More »