by Greg Scott | Dec 29, 2023 | Politics and Religion
No sense sugar coating this with polite language. The 2023 Republican party is a war zone between Donald Trump cult members and everyone else. The Trump cult is winning. Every opinion poll shows Trump with an overwhelming lead against all competitors for the 2024 GOP...
by Greg Scott | Nov 24, 2023 | Politics and Religion
Back in March, 2023, I said Trump election lies will not save unborn babies. I argued that the Trump MAGA cult seduces pro life advocates by offering an illusion of support for unborn babies, when in fact, the Trump MAGA cult only hurts pro life credibility because...
by Greg Scott | Sep 20, 2023 | Phish collection
Ah, yes, the old click-here-for-your-salary-history scam. Who wouldn’t want a helpful link from their company with salary history details? Click here to open the spreadsheet, click through the macro warnings, and enjoy the payload it leaves inside your computer....
by Greg Scott | Aug 15, 2023 | Memoir
I’ve avoided writing blog posts about my own publishing journey because, well, nobody cares. But maybe my mistakes, woops, experiences, will help other writers. So, here goes. Memoir My publishing journey started with my thirty-fifth wedding anniversary, August...
by Greg Scott | Jul 28, 2023 | Phish collection
This phishing attack impersonates domain registrar, Namecheap, and might be the best I’ve seen. It grabbed my attention because I’ve fought expired certificates before and they’re always a major hassle to deal with. But wait a minute. Namecheap is my...
by Greg Scott | Jul 13, 2023 | Phish collection
This phishing attempt is all about timing. If an attacker sends a million of these, they’ll probably find a few potential victims waiting for somebody to share content. The game is, fool the victim into believing this is the content they’re waiting on, so...
by Greg Scott | Jul 9, 2023 | Cybersecurity
Back in 2019, I followed somebody on Twitter and they tried to entice me with a private message sex reference. Happens all the time – surely it’s not somebody probing to groom me – must be my masculine physique. Yeah, in my dreams. 🙂 But I answered...
by Greg Scott | May 23, 2023 | Slice of Life
This story illustrates how the power dynamics in the traditional publishing industry are out of whack. I doubt this will change any time soon. As I write this in late May, 2023, I’m querying my new novel, Traffic School. For people outside the publishing...
by Greg Scott | May 7, 2023 | Politics and Religion
Anger and denial are stages of grief. Duh! That thought slipped into my brain after a diehard Trump fan responded with a burst of irrational anger when I tweeted about my blog post on the Fox News settlement with Dominion Voting Systems. She claimed a PhD in...
by Greg Scott | May 1, 2023 | Cybersecurity
The very first thing I learned about cybersecurity was, learn to think like an attacker. And since online grooming is a cybersecurity problem, if I want to to understand how today’s traffickers find online grooming victims, then I need to think like a...
Recent Comments