6 days agoNew Cybersecurity Tees: Geek Out with Me!Hey all you cybersecurity aficionados and tech geeks! I’ve got something fun in store for you — a fresh lineup of geeky cybersecurity t-shirts. 😄💻🔒 Nerdy Meets Hilarious 🤓 In a world full of cyber threats, why not have a laugh while staying secure? …Geek1 min readGeek1 min read
Feb 12Member-onlyBook Club: “Inside The Box: A Proven System of Creativity for Breakthrough Results”Like many, for years, I thought that inventing or innovating was reserved to only a few, elite thinkers, or gifted people. In 2022, I was awarded my first “Patent Application Invention Achievement Award” at IBM for an invention I was part of. …Inventions3 min readInventions3 min read
Feb 1Weekly Shared Links Is RelocatingDear followers and subscribers, my Weekly Shared Links content is relocating to my Substack Newsletter space. You can subscribe there and get that useful content directly in your mailbox! Thanks for your support and see you over there! -X.Cybersecurity1 min readCybersecurity1 min read
Jan 28What I Want to Do in 2023I’m not the type of person who makes lists, or todo’s, as a matter of fact, I only started collecting my thoughts some time last year using the personal knowledge management tool called Logseq. That being said, that does not mean that I don’t have objectives, or goals I (want…Goals3 min readGoals3 min read
Jan 23My Shared Links — Week 03/2023Collection of the {cyber,info}security resources and links I have found insightful and shared during week #03 of 2023. Exploits released for two Samsung Galaxy App Store vulnerabilities Two vulnerabilities in the Galaxy App Store, Samsung’s official repository for its devices, could enable attackers to install any app in the Galaxy Store without the user’s knowledge or to direct victims…Cybersecurity8 min readCybersecurity8 min read
Jan 16My Shared Links — Week 02/2023Collection of the {cyber,info}security resources and links I have found insightful and shared during week #02 of 2023. Fortinet: Govt networks targeted with now-patched SSL-VPN zero-day Fortinet says unknown attackers exploited a FortiOS SSL-VPN zero-day vulnerability patched last month in attacks against government organizations and government-related targets. ”The discovered Windows sample attributed to the attacker displayed artifacts of…Cybersecurity7 min readCybersecurity7 min read
Jan 9My Shared Links — Week 01/2023Collection of the {cyber,info}security resources and links I have found insightful and shared during week #01 of 2023. Slack’s private GitHub code repositories stolen over holidays Slack suffered a security incident over the holidays affecting some of its private GitHub code repositories. The immensely popular Salesforce-owned IM app is used by an estimated 18 million users at workplaces…Cybersecurity3 min readCybersecurity3 min read
Jan 4Member-onlyMonitoring My EPSON XP-8600 Series Printer using Prometheus and GrafanaIntroduction Playing around with my Pi-hole Raspberry Pi, I thought I could expand its mission and started looking into Grafana and Prometheus. One thing leading to another, I though why not monitor my printer. Running out of ink is very common. …Open Source4 min readOpen Source4 min read
Jan 3My Shared Links — Week 52/2022Collection of the {cyber,info}security resources and links I have found insightful and shared during week #52 of 2022. Ukraine shuts down fraudulent call center claiming 18,000 victims A group of imposters operating out of a Ukrainian call center defrauded thousands of victims while pretending to be IT security employees at their banks. They contacted the victims, claimed that their…Cybersecurity5 min readCybersecurity5 min read
Dec 27, 2022My Shared Links — Week 51/2022Collection of the {cyber,info}security resources and links I have found insightful and shared during week #51 of 2022. Eufy camera security breach admission leaves many questions unanswered Early December, Paul Moore, a security researcher, revealed a frightening security situation with Eufy home security products including camera-equipped doorbells. …Cybersecurity4 min readCybersecurity4 min read