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...
Author: Kenneth Ballard
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...
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 ...
Blackmail variant – 2022-12-15
Another variant. This one came across with the subject “(~_~)”. On 2022-12-20, I received a similar email with badly-formed HTML as the body text wi...
Metamask – 2022-12-12
Another phishing attempt. The metamask.io URL was set to link to a phishing site. That’s one of the ways they get you to click on these sites and enter yo...
Metamask – 2022-12-07
It’s easy to tell for me, at least, when emails are phishing attempts. Especially when they come from companies for whom I have zero relationship. Like Me...
Crypto phishing email – 2022-12-05
And, of course, the buttons for “Cancel Transaction” and “Log In” go to fake login pages. Classic phishing scam email. Text for accessib...
Geek Squad – 2022-11-28
This one came through with the subject “Verify and confirm your order @436753464758-DZXCDRTWETWET#!” from “nad iosa” (nadiosa19@gmail.co...
Blackmail variant – 2022-11-23
Slight mutation on the one from Halloween. Hello there! Unfortunately, there are some bad news for you. Around several months ago I have obtained access to your...
Geek Squad – 2022-11-23
‘Tis the season for scams, I guess. This came in with the subject “Account creation needs validation #768680#”. The area code for the phone nu...