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...
by Greg Scott | Apr 29, 2023 | Cybersecurity
Internet Viral Lies and Public Indoctrination In mid January, 2021, a few days after internet viral lies influenced a mob to attack the US Capitol, I wrote a blog post about information warfare. I made the case that internet viral lies are at the heart of...
by Greg Scott | Apr 22, 2023 | Politics and Religion
I did not set out to bait anyone, but sometimes material just falls into my lap. I advertised, If You’re Fox News, Sometimes You Want Passive Voice on Twitter and fell right into the cross-hairs of a diehard right wing fan. The dialog was, well, educational. I’m...
by Greg Scott | Apr 21, 2023 | Politics and Religion
The Fox News settlement with Dominion Voting Systems was everywhere on the news on Tuesday, April 18, 2023. Well, almost everywhere. Fox News didn’t have much to say about it. But everyone else had plenty to say. Fox agreed to issue the statement in the picture...
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