Benjamin Jones

Safeguarding Yourself in the Era of .zip Domains

The recent introduction of .zip top-level domains (TLDs) has sparked a heated debate in the cybersecurity community. While some view it as an innovative addition to the digital landscape, others fear it might serve as a gateway to increased cybercrime. Given the potential for misuse, it’s important to understand

May 22, 2023 2 min read

A Cautionary Tale: The Visa Gift Card Scam

Reddit is known for its user-driven content and communities dedicated to almost every topic under the sun. While it serves as a forum for meaningful dialogue, idea exchange, and sometimes comedic relief, it also shines a spotlight on the darker side of internet culture, including the world of online scams.

May 22, 2023 2 min read

Beware of Fake Ride-Share Scams at Airports

A recent incident brought to light by a Reddit user, chknsalad89, underscores the growing menace of scams involving ride-sharing services like Uber and Lyft. These scams take advantage of unsuspecting travelers, often in busy locations such as airports, and are a reminder to always be aware of your surroundings and

May 21, 2023 2 min read

The Open-source MSP

I’ve been in the IT industry for more than half of the 40 years I’ve been on this planet. Most of this time was working for or running IT repair businesses. I ran a break-fix shop for around eleven years before the term ‘Managed Service Provider’ was invented.

Oct 23, 2022 4 min read

IPFire + Watchguard = IPFirebox

Welcome to another installment of “This Ol’ Router” with your host, Ben. Today we’ll be looking at taking that outdated T70 you’ve kept in your closet without a license. Maybe you even went out to eBay and thought yourself “Hey, a Watchguard for 120 bucks, that sounds cool”

Aug 17, 2022 4 min read

pfSense + Watchguard = Senseguard

I work for a company that sees many Watchguard replacements and some of them still have decent hardware, but with no license it turns this hardware into a paperweight. Typically we recycle most of them, but this article will go through how you could repurpose the M470 series Watchguards with

Feb 11, 2022 4 min read

Raspberry Pi Zero W & Bettercap

Today I’ll be showing you how to get a Pi Zero W setup with re4son kernel and local access through USB. This kernel is pretty old, but we’re not really worried about old, unsecured kernels right now, are we? Let’s start with the hardware we’ll be

Feb 10, 2022 7 min read

Safeguarding Yourself in the Era of .zip Domains

A Cautionary Tale: The Visa Gift Card Scam

Beware of Fake Ride-Share Scams at Airports

The Open-source MSP

IPFire + Watchguard = IPFirebox

pfSense + Watchguard = Senseguard

Raspberry Pi Zero W & Bettercap

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