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Scams

Refund scam variant – 2023-02-02

Posted on February 2, 2023 by Kenneth Ballard / 0 Comment

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 ...

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Blackmail variant – 2023-02-01

Posted on February 1, 2023 by Kenneth Ballard / 0 Comment

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...

Scams

Blackmail variant – 2023-01-31

Posted on January 31, 2023 by Kenneth Ballard / 0 Comment

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...

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Blackmail variant – 2023-01-28

Posted on January 28, 2023 by Kenneth Ballard / 0 Comment

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...

Nasira

Coming full circle

Posted on January 28, 2023 by Kenneth Ballard / 0 Comment

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...

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Blackmail variant – 2023-01-26

Posted on January 26, 2023 by Kenneth Ballard / 0 Comment

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...

Scams

Blackmail variant – 2023-01-25

Posted on January 25, 2023 by Kenneth Ballard / 0 Comment

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...

Server projects

Virtualization server gets more storage

Posted on January 7, 2023 by Kenneth Ballard / 0 Comment

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...

10Gb network upgrade/Server projects

Creating an Omada Controller VM

Posted on January 6, 2023 by Kenneth Ballard / 0 Comment

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 ...

10Gb network upgrade

Building a router

Posted on December 23, 2022 by Kenneth Ballard / 0 Comment

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 ...

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