Phishing & Social Engineering
A Writer Beware deep dive into Nigerian prince–style scams targeting authors via impersonated book clubs and private review groups. The piece details scam variants, payment schemes (Upwork, bank transfers, and PayPal F&F), AI-generated personalization, and how writers can protect themselves by avoiding unsolicited offers and verifying sources.
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The discussion focuses on securing non-mail-sending domains from email spoofing, with an emphasis on DMARC policies, SPF, and DKIM practices. It evaluates the necessity of blank DKIM records, eventual
The article notes the acquisition of Valimail, a global leader in email authentication, by DigiCert. There is a community inquiry regarding the future of Valimail's email authentic…
The piece argues that reliability in critical systems comes from encoding business rules in the type system using functional programming and ADTs. It covers product vs sum types, p…
Sherlock is an open-source Python-based tool for hunting usernames across hundreds of social networks. It is distributed as a CLI utility with multiple installation options (pipx, …