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 | Mar 22, 2022 | Cybersecurity
A person who lives near me originally posted this story on Facebook about how somebody claimed to have kidnapped his fiancé. I am sharing it here with his permission. He posted the story on Wednesday, March 16, 2022. This is his story in his own words. I edited for...
by Greg Scott | Oct 26, 2021 | Cybersecurity, Slice of Life
We signed up for DirecTV in 2007. It didn’t take long for the price to double, and then double again. Back in 2020, after yet another price increase, I finally called to cancel. And then the retention department offered to cut the price by roughly half –...
by Greg Scott | Sep 15, 2021 | Cybersecurity
Photo courtesy of Pexels Most cybersecurity media coverage focuses on website end users. We need more about the other side. How do we improve website security? Thanks to Alyssa Strickland for writing this guest blog post about website security. And so, without further...
by Greg Scott | Aug 21, 2021 | Cybersecurity
When I tell people we’re all on the cyber-war front lines, they often remind me of anti-vaxxers. Cybersecurity is somebody else’s problem. Many act like they think I’m delusional. Or worse. One group called me a paranoid, condescending, fear-monger a...
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