This morning I received a text message informing me that my California EDD Prepaid Debit Card was being suspended with a deposit of $6,390 until I verified my Bank of America credit card: If you don’t live in California, this screams scam; but if you live in California and work with the CA EDD this… The post California EDD Prepaid Debit Card SMISHING Scam appeared first on PerezBox ..read more

On December 2nd, 2023, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) reported that an Iran-linked hacking group had been targeting US critical infrastructure, specifically US Water Facilities. Two harsh realities made this hack possible. First, system misconfigurations allowed systems to be publicly accessible via the internet vs. limiting its access to their intranet. Second, administrators used weak… The post A Practical Guide to Good Password Hygiene appeared first on PerezBox ..read more

This is a public service announcement for all users to be aware of an active scam happening right now that is targeting instagram users. This is a nasty, but effective, social phishing campaign that takes advantage of a relationship you have online. It starts with a simple request. Who doesn’t want to help a friend grow their online… The post Instagram Being Hacked via Password Reset Option appeared first on PerezBox ..read more

We spend a lot of time talking about the tools at our disposal to prevent hacks. Tools like security plugins, or cloud-based WAF’s, but we need to remember that security is a cyclical process. A comprehensive thought process forces us to be be considerate of all security domains – Protection, Detection, Response. In this article… The post Integrity Monitoring with Website Security appeared first on PerezBox ..read more

Rarely do you wake up thinking to yourself, “wonder how my DNS is doing today?” but I can guarantee it’s been the root cause of one, or two, sleepless nights,... Read More The post Three Things that DNS Outages Teach Administrator appeared first on PerezBox ..read more

NOC.org was built to be a networking platform that aggregates the various tools Daniel and I personally need, and use, to manage our own digital portfolios. It was built by... Read More The post NOC Introduces a CDN. Yes, a CDN. appeared first on PerezBox ..read more

The quickest, and arguably most effective way, to compromise an organization is via social engineering. Social engineering in the digital sphere is almost always synonymous with some form of Phishing... Read More The post Feelings Have No Place in the World of Security appeared first on PerezBox ..read more

It was an exceptionally long week, and you managed to get to bed around midnight. You’re a system admin, and at the core of your job is to keep the... Read More The post Unleashing the Power of Authoritative DNS appeared first on PerezBox ..read more

Content filtering is one of the most under utilized tools in creating safe browsing experiences. A few years back, while on one of our many walks around the office, Daniel... Read More The post Content Filtering with CleanBrowsing appeared first on PerezBox ..read more

A Virtual Private Networks (VPN) allows a component from a trusted zone to be accessed from an untrusted zone. This technology is enable a user to access company data from... Read More The post You Don’t Need a VPN appeared first on PerezBox ..read more