https://phishingquiz.withgoogle.com/ This link will let you test you email safety skills and explain what you did wrong (if you clicked something you should not have!) Putting your email address in will not sign you up for anything or add you to spam lists, it’s only to personalize the emails it presents you.
Continue reading...October 2019
Scheduled my next two CompTIA exams
I’m going to take Security+ and Linux+ in January. I have a book to help prepare for Security+ but the Linux+ test is new so there doesn’t seem to be any good books out yet, but I’m pretty competent already so when the book I ordered arrives “sometime in November or December” it will probably be enough time for...
Continue reading...Koalas – stupidest mammals in the world
Found my way deep down the YouTube suggestion rabbit hole and found this video savagely dissing koala bears and laughed for a while. I watched a bunch of this guy’s other videos too and they were very entertaining.
Continue reading...Email Attachment Safety
You should always take caution when opening attachments from emails. Attachments themselves are not necessarily harmful, they’re a great convenient way to share pictures or documents using the Internet. Most email programs will indicate that an email has a message with a paperclip icon. By default, Gmail shows an icon with a filetype. So how can attachments be dangerous?...
Continue reading...The Nigerian Prince Scam
Sometimes a message will be obviously be a scam, but if this technique didn’t work scammers wouldn’t try it. If you see a message that feels off, it probably is. The most classic example is the “Nigerian Prince” scam, where a scammer will claim to need your help to transfer some large amount of funds and will give you...
Continue reading...Safe Email Usage and scams
This series of posts will talk about common email scams, how to spot them, and how to hopefully stop yourself from becoming a victim. At the end of the day, these scammers have one common goal – taking your money and they will pull every trick out of their sleeves if it means reaching that goal.
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