Threat Source Newsletter (Nov. 18, 2021)

Newsletter compiled by Jon Munshaw.Good afternoon, Talos readers. This is our last newsletter before Thanksgiving in the U.S. next week, so now's as good of a time as any to remind you: If a deal seems too good to be true, it probably is. To prep online shoppers for the upcoming... This is only t...

Holiday Puppy Swindle Has Consumers Howling

Puppy photos are undeniably irresistible but beware; researchers have uncovered a scheme selling fake German Shepherd puppies for Bitcoin, leaving buyers crushed and without a tiny fuzzy friend to cuddle on Christmas morning. The scam was discovered by an intrepid researcher at Anomali, who got...

Locking down your cyber life in lockdown

Today the NCSC refreshed their advice for online shoppers, so I thought it’d be handy to review and advise on other aspects of consumer security hygiene. More than ever, we’re reliant on technology, so now that we’re in various stages of lockdown it’s a great time to have a look at your home and...

10) One word: Cash

Not to sound like a luddite but – to paraphrase “Joshua,” the supercomputer from War Games – the only way you can be sure you’ll win in the war against hackers and cyber criminals is not to play. Which is our way of saying that if you can’t make peace with the security implications that go along...