Criminals are now posing as security companies to trick you into installing malware

[Kent Sharkey]

Tech Radar[^]:

If a cybersecurity company tells you to call them, it's probably a scam

Halo. This be "David" from Microsofts Security Company. I am to be warning you of real serious fixing, I need be doing on your network. Call soon.

[j snooze]

In my best New Jersey accent "Yeah dis is Hal from two bruddas security systems. We heard that youse guys might need some critical patches ya know, so weez got a few software protection tiers youse might be interested in. We got the underware package where things got messy, but we come in and clean up the tighty whiteez, computas good as new. We got the silverware package that offers just enough protection for all yo github forks, we got da tupperware package to keep youse software contained from outside sources, and top notch hardware package where me and muh boys pack some heat and hunt down the nefarious guys through somewhat mostly legal means. We just need a little access to your servers and a godfather all access password to get it setup."

[Dan Neely]

And the emails sent by the security training company my employer is using look so skeavy that I had to pull the first one out of the trash a few hours later after deleting it as a presumed phish.

Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, weighing all things in the balance of reason? Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful? --Zachris Topelius