Customer satisfaction surveys are hot. Every time you go to the bank, open a support ticket with an online vendor, go on a trip or hire a freelancer for any task, you will subsequently be dogged relentlessly with email requests to rate your experience. On the surface, this is good idea. Given the near […]
Why you need a paper shredder.
I just got in from walking the dog, out in my travels I saw a piece of paper in the gulley where she was sniffing around and I noticed the Amex logo. It was a credit card statement. Yesterday was garbage day and after a few days of high winds, I figure it blew out […]
Fake domain emails rising and more malicious
The number and variations of “fake domain” type emails are on the rise and carrying more malicious payloads. Fake ICANN “Compliance” emails One set making the rounds are variants of fake ICANN “compliance” emails such as the one pasted below: Dear Domain Owner, Our system has detected that your domain: {example}.com is being used for spamming […]
Introducing "Fake News", The Fifth Horseman of the Internet Apocalypse
VP-Elect Pence issuing execution proclamation. The fifth horseman of the internet apocalypse is here. It changed the course of the election. It’s enabling Russia to control our minds. Behold the spectre of “Fake News” …and what helps “fake news” sites undermine our democracy? According to some, whois privacy. Before this idea gathers too much steam I wanted […]
The DNS Attack: What It Means, "Who Did It?" and How To Deal
As we all know, on Friday Oct 21, 2016 DNS provider Dynect was severely impacted by a big DDoS attack which has since been attributed to the Mirai Botnet. (interesting to note that “Mirai” means “future” in Japanese). Briefly: The Mirai Botnet is constructed by commandeering network connected Internet of Things (IoT) devices such as […]
Censorship, Cyberwar and Surveillance Will Lead to a Global Net-Split
I used to say in a very offhanded way that if the global governance and due process issues continued unaddressed, or the affronts to multi-national sovereignty got worse then the logical outcome, eventually, would be a “net-split”. A Net-split from the Internet Relay Chat (IRC) parlance is when a cohesive network – like the internet – splits off […]
