Infosec Today

01/10/2026

WhatsApp “GhostPairing” is a scam that tricks you into linking a scammer’s device to your WhatsApp account. They can then read synced chats and send messages as you.

It usually works like this:

1. A message arrives, possibly from a compromised friend’s account: “Hey, I found your photo!”
2. The link opens a fake page asking you to “verify” your identity.
3. It tells you to enter a pairing code into WhatsApp.
4. That action authorizes the scammer’s device to access your account.

Simply opening the link doesn’t complete this attack—the trick relies on getting you to approve device linking.

To check your account, open WhatsApp → Settings → Linked devices and log out of anything you don’t recognize. Only approve linking when you’re connecting your own device. Two-step verification is useful, but it doesn’t necessarily prevent this particular scam.

16/09/2026

I looked for a major Erste data leak or cyberattack that might explain the sudden recruitment of five cybersecurity Heads.

I found no public evidence of a catastrophic breach.

I did find repeated warning signs: a major George outage in November 2024, another widespread disruption in September 2026, increasingly sophisticated fake-bank-employee and George phishing campaigns, and public evidence of a highly fragmented technology environment with hundreds of teams and hundreds of monitoring instances.

So the story may not be “Erste got hacked.”

It may be more subtle—and more corporate:

Erste is trying to make sure that the next time something breaks, nobody can hide behind a fog of fragmented tools, unclear ownership and five departments pointing at each other.

Five Heads. Five domains. Five names to call when the roof comes off.

That is not necessarily panic. It is what organisational accountability looks like after complexity becomes too expensive to ignore.

15/09/2026

Work-life balance workshops: because apparently even balance needs a budget.

Companies spend money teaching employees how to switch off… then realise the budget is switched off too. So they cut costs, lay people off, and tell the remaining staff to “stay resilient.”

Funny for the shareholders. A tragedy for everyone else. 😅

06/01/2025

Celebrating my 4th year on Facebook. Thank you for your continuing support. I could never have made it without you. 🙏🤗🎉

16/12/2024

While my view is different, I wanted to leave this here for further reference - when time permits 🎈

24/10/2024

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/parrotos-62-out-now-the-cyber-security-hub-s5g6e?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_ios&utm_campaign=share_via

Parrot 6.2 released 🎉
Via linkedin Via Cyber Security Hub

Parrot Security have announced the release and general availability of Parrot OS 6.2 as the latest version of this Debian-based distribution for ethical hacking and pe*******on testing.

03/10/2024

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14/08/2024

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/books/best-books-21st-century.html

Top 💯 of the last century

As voted on by 503 book lovers — with a little help from the staff of The New York Times Book Review.

10/08/2024

ℹ️ Millionaire Migration in 2024

06/08/2024

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