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Phloging - The New Cyber Threat That’s Beating Up Your Privacy and Making Phishing Look Tame

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This information is also available on my  YouTube Channel  at:  https://youtu.be/d9ohtkGZUhQ If you prefer, you can also listen to this information on  my  Podcast  at:  https://creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/norbert-gostischa/episodes/Phloging---The-New-Cyber-Threat-Thats-Beating-Up-Your-Privacy-and-Making-Phishing-Look-Tame-e365fm2 In the ever-shifting battlefield of cybersecurity , we’ve faced worms, trojans, ransomware, phishing scams, and whatever that weird email from “Amazon-Prizez.biz” was.  Just when we thought we’d seen it all, a new menace emerges from the shadows — not with stealth, but with sass -  It’s called Phloging, and while it may be satire, the message it carries is serious business. 🎭What the Heck is Phloging? Let’s clear something up from the start - Phloging isn’t real - Not yet, anyway. It’s a made-up term — a parody of phishing — invented to highlight how far we’ve allowed bad cyber habits to go unchecked. If phish...

Fibersecurity- The Fluffiest Threat to the Digital World

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This information is also available on my  YouTube Channel  at:  https://youtu.be/UeKOrlePP54 If you prefer, you can also listen to this information on  my  Podcast  at:  https://creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/norbert-gostischa/episodes/Fibersecurity--The-Fluffiest-Threat-to-the-Digital-World-e3619fk   Move over cybercriminals —there’s a new threat on the digital block, and it’s fuzzy. That’s right - While you were patching vulnerabilities and setting up firewalls, an entirely new species of menace crept in through your laundry room. Welcome to the world of Fibersecurity—a terrifying blend of lint, static cling, and digital sabotage. It All Started with a Sweater... In the winter of 2023, systems engineer Paula “Patches” McLinty noticed strange activity on her smart thermostat. It was cranking the heat every time she wore her wool turtleneck - Odd - Yes, but it didn’t stop there. Her Wi-Fi slowed to a crawl, her smart fridge began ordering cheese...