The road to 5Gb
In the mention of my custom router, I talked about how Google Fiber would soon be introducing 5Gb and 8Gb service. Recently I was upgraded to the 5Gb service an...
Author: Kenneth Ballard
Blackmail variant – 2023-02-25
Same scam, different cover. Also the vulnerability they’re referencing can’t be used in the fashion they are stating. It’s a security vulnerab...
Throwing a short pass
In the previous iteration, I mentioned my intent to add more NVMe drives to Nasira. Right now there is only one that is being used as an SLOG, which I’m d...
Blackmail variant – 2023-02-08
It’s actually kind of concerning that a lot of my content recently has been posting these scam emails. But that’s also a testament to how pervasive ...
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 ...
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...