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Beware of AI Voice Spoofing: Protect Yourself from Advanced Scam Calls

An attorney from Philadelphia almost fell victim to a sophisticated AI scam call impersonating his son. The scammer used AI voice cloning/spoofing and Caller-ID spoofing to pretend to be his son, asking urgently for money while claiming to be in jail. Know how to protect yourself from AI enabled "family emergency" scams.

Keith Crawford
2023-12-01

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The Thanksgiving PC Tech Support Checklist

Thanksgiving is approaching, and if you're the tech-savvy member of your family, you're likely to be the go-to person for tech support. To make your life easier, we've compiled a handy checklist of tasks to tackle during your visit.

Keith Crawford
2023-11-22

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Making Friends in Cybersecurity

I want to share a few thoughts on one of the biggest factors that has enabled my success in cybersecurity: Making friends. I won’t call it networking because that is too often reduced to a buzzword for job seekers and…

Keith Crawford
2023-01-04

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Improving Personal Security with a “secret” email address

An individual security best practice that we don’t talk about enough: You should be using a special email address for your username and contact for your most sensitive sites like password managers & banking. This email should be: I use…

Keith Crawford
2022-12-20

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Top Sources for Cybersecurity News

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Key cybersecurity news sources, email newsletters, and tips to help you stay informed of the cybersecurity landscape.

Keith Crawford
2022-06-07

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Expect Cyber Insurers to start transferring risk, back to you

The halcyon days of transferring significant amounts of risk to insurance carriers for bargain premiums are practically over. The latest indication comes to us via Fitch Ratings Cyber insurance direct written premiums for the property/casualty industry rose sharply 22% last…

Keith Crawford
2021-06-30

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Cybersecurity News You Can Use: Solarwinds APT Edition

Insights and Observations from a week of dealing with SolarWinds Orion & APT

Keith Crawford
2020-12-19

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SolarWinds Active Exploit – Summary and Links

SolarWinds Active Exploit - Summary and Links

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Cybersecurity News You Can Use

4 Windows Hardening Tips, Incident Response Transparency, and proposed HIPAA changes

Keith Crawford
2020-12-11

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Cybersecurity News You Can Use

SMB Strategy, Ransomware Updates, Insurance Warnings and Holiday Backgrounds :)

Keith Crawford
2020-12-04

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