Catch Of The Week: QR Code Phishing ‘Quishing’
By REBECCA RUTHERFORD
For the Los Alamos Daily Post
So just to be clear, we have phishing – malicious emails, vishing – malicious phone calls, smishing – malicious text messages, and now … quishing??
Quishing, or using QR codes in a phishing email, is the latest trend among cybercriminals.
So what is QR code? According to Kaspersky, “A QR code is a type of barcode that can be read easily by a digital device and which stores information as a series of pixels in a square-shaped grid. QR codes are frequently used to track information about products in a supply chain and Read More
Dannemann: Don’t Punish The Shooter – Stop Him
By MERILEE DANNEMANN
Triple Spaced Again
© 2023 New Mexico News Services
The governor’s declaration of a temporary gun moratorium was such a spectacular error that it took public attention off the issues that provoked it: the senseless murders of children in New Mexico.
Now we have lots of yammering about how to fix the gun problem while tiptoeing around the core of the problem: guns.
The suspects in the August 13 killing of five-year-old Galilea Samaniego were reportedly all underage, except for one 19-year-old who said she was not the shooter. We have not heard much about them.
One news report Read More
Fr. Glenn: Goal!
By Fr. Glenn Jones:
(Sigh). Trouble again in Israel—always quite worrisome. Back and forth will weapons be lobbed to the inevitable destruction and death of many. Often smaller conflicts blaze up into much larger conflagrations; let us pray that that doesn’t occur. For instance, who would have thought at that time that the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand by a Serbian nationalist would have been the spark to set all Europe ablaze as World War I?
Now, this Monday (October 9) is Columbus Day—celebrated by many as the discovery and beginning of the settlement of the New Word, and disdained by Read More
All Shall Be Well: Indigenous Peoples’ Day
Clergy from left, Deacon Cynthia Biddlecomb, retired; Pastor Nicolé Ferry, Associate Rector Lynn Finnegan and Pastor Deb Church. Courtesy photo
By Reverend Lynn Finnegan
The Episcopal Church of the Holy Faith
Santa Fe
In one of the most famous “about-faces” of all times, the apostle Paul, who ruthlessly persecuted and murdered Christians, received a severe wakeup call from God. Convinced of the error of his ways, he then set as his life’s mission the proclamation – in word AND actions – of the love of God in the death and resurrection of Christ. He was largely responsible for the tremendous growth Read More
Robinson: In The Push For Decarbonization … There’s Room At The Table For Everyone
By SHERRY ROBINSON
All She Wrote
© 2023 New Mexico News Services
Last week energy professionals met to talk about “building an advanced energy ecosystem in New Mexico.” Conference participants came from industry, the labs, government, unions and education. Alas, the protests outside the Albuquerque hotel got more attention than the learned people inside.
I’ve been writing about energy in New Mexico since the 1970s and have covered my share of energy conferences. They’re part dog-and-pony show and part education; the most productive exchanges tend to happen in the hallways when participants Read More
Travel: Channel Islands National Park
Heading up to Cavern Point. Photo by Debbie Stone
Hiking among the wildflowers. Photo by Debbie Stone
By DEBBIE STONE
Santa Fe
- The rewards are many for those who make the effort to visit Channel Islands
Over the past several years, I’ve been on a mission to visit all 63 of our country’s National Parks. The majority are easily accessible, but there are several that require a little extra effort, like the Channel Islands.
Touted as the “Galapagos of the North”, Channel Islands National Park is situated in the Pacific Ocean, just off the Ventura coast in California. Comprised of five islands – Anacapa, Read More
Catch Of The Week: Bing Chatbot A.I. Serves Up Malware
By REBECCA RUTHERFORD
For the Los Alamos Daily Post
A.I. is a powerful tool, but reports from Malwarebytes, an antivirus provider and security research firm, warn users of Bing’s A.I. chatbot search to be wary of ads serving up malware laden sites … Microsoft unveiled their new A.I. assisted search, “Bing Chat'' in February of this year.
The new search tool was meant to be a game changer, and possibly turn the tables on Google, which has dominated search for years. Bing Chat allows users to search interactively with a chatbot using natural language, and is powered by OpenAI’s Read More
