Refund scam variant – 2023-02-02
Scams like this aren’t uncommon. Basically the idea here is to get you to call the number on the “invoice”, where they will then give you all ...
Author: Kenneth Ballard
Blackmail variant – 2023-02-01
Hi Brian Black, thanks for the content! Yeah I know you don’t actually have access to my email account, and I know you don’t have a video. And hopef...
Blackmail variant – 2023-01-31
And another one… Remember, it’s stupid easy to spoof the from address in an email. And in my case, as I’ve said several times, I don’t h...
Blackmail variant – 2023-01-28
An odd variant, but not the first time I’ve received one formatted like this. Interestingly is the fact the sender put the BTC wallet address in the subje...
Coming full circle
When I first built Nasira almost 7 years ago, I knew the day would come when the first pair of 4TB hard drives would be pulled and replaced. Whether due to fail...
Blackmail variant – 2023-01-26
Two new blackmail variants two days in a row… And this one is rather unique in that it plays on the fact that we’ve all probably received one of the...
Blackmail variant – 2023-01-25
Been a while since I’ve seen a new variant on the blackmail “we have you on video masturbating” scam email. Hi there! I regret to inform you a...
Virtualization server gets more storage
An NVMe solid-state drive in a dual-Opteron server… Just ponder that for a moment. Why in the world would anyone do that? The big reason: storage is cheap...
Creating an Omada Controller VM
This will outline how to create a VM for running the TP-Link Omada Controller software. These same steps can also be used to install the software to a physical ...
Building a router
Amazing that it’s been… 6 years (as of this writing) since I decided to pursue 10GbE. First trying to build a custom switch, then dropping all that ...