Aegent Group

11/25/2025

Do you wonder who is actually spinning the "news" you read?
You should.

Over the weekend, X (formerly Twitter) rolled out a major transparency feature called “About This Account,” which publicly displays an account’s home location, join date, username-change history, and all hell broke loose.The purpose, according to the company, was to give users enough context t...

07/02/2025

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"North Korean individuals fraudulently obtaining employment with U.S. companies as remote IT workers, using stolen and fake identities. The North Korean actors were assisted by individuals in the United States, China, United Arab Emirates, and Taiwan, and successfully obtained employment with more than 100 U.S. companies."

“These schemes target and steal from U.S. companies and are designed to evade sanctions and fund the North Korean regime’s illicit programs, including its weapons programs,” said Assistant Attorney General John A. Eisenberg of the Department’s National Security Division.

The Justice Department announced today coordinated actions against the Democratic People’s Republic of North Korea (DPRK) government’s schemes to fund its regime through remote information technology (IT) work for U.S. companies.

02/23/2023

A cyberattack earlier this month forced produce giant Dole to temporarily shut down production plants in North America and halt food shipments to grocery stores, according to a company memo about the incident obtained by CNN.

02/23/2023

A cyberattack earlier this month forced produce giant Dole to temporarily shut down production plants in North America and halt food shipments to grocery stores, according to a company memo about the incident obtained by CNN.

09/15/2022

(Most) Banks are on to these tactics and developing .
The general answer these types of attacks are to use contactless payments (i.e. wireless ).
What's next though?

September 14, 2022 27 Comments A number of financial institutions in and around New York City are dealing with a rash of super-thin “deep insert” skimming devices designed to fit inside the mouth of an ATM’s card acceptance slot. The card skimmers are paired with tiny pinhole cameras that are ...

06/22/2022

have an uphill battle not only with , but . Identifying the root causes of , especially exiting talent, is crucial for maintaining a competitive edge in every market.



https://hbr.org/2021/09/who-is-driving-the-great-resignation

06/21/2022

06/13/2022

Answer: will do whatever it wants to do. Like they always have.

With the EU's latest mandate, we might be seeing the end of Lightning ports on Apple products. Macbooks and iPads have transitioned. iPhones might be next.

06/09/2022

Worth a listen.

In this episode, host and CISO Allan Alford interviews his friend Chris Foulon, Sr. M...

06/08/2022

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Be on the lookout for from someone posing as Spectrum Internet.

I got this today that looked very legit. Damn, they almost got me. The page looked good, I'll admit.

The email address was correct, but:
1. The account number was not correct (almost got me, but I checked to verify)
2. The links in the email were all to a suspicious AWStrack.me tracker redirection url.
Don't click on that crap below: (I added spaces to the URL to prevent auto link generation)

*sample link [[ex: m939k6d7. r. us-east-1. awstrack. me/L0/https:%2F%2Fwww. spectrum. net%2Fsupport%2F/1/02000000d8ls5g8a-k8h6v1u4-8sku-5m35-er2k-6hkafstatgg0-000000/NajSZgWTwzTvRIXvjTOEhIIA_mU=273]]

Solution:
I called Spectrum directly on a known good line and verified my account. They confirmed this was / .

05/16/2022

Project Maven is the Department of Defense’s most visible artificial intelligence tool, designed to process imagery and full-motion video from drones and automatically detect potential targets.

01/31/2022

"A marketing services company and its owner will be banned from the auto industry under an Order issued by the Federal Trade Commission after the Commission found that they illegally misled consumers to believe their websites were affiliated with a government stimulus program and sent consumers deceptive mailings about prizes they had supposedly won."

A marketing services company and its owner will be banned from the auto industry under an Order issued by the Federal Trade Commission after the Commission found that they illegally misled consumers to believe their websites were affiliated with a government stimulus program and sent consumers decep...