Life as Edward Jensen https://edwardjensen.net News and Comment from Downtown Phoenix by Edward Jensen Mon, 30 Dec 2024 16:34:39 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://users.feedblitz.com/9b0915b453296f71d36d7ff013845056/ejnet_interimLogo.png Thoughts from Edward Jensen https://edwardjensen.net 237261932 https://edwardjensen.net/dispatches/happy-new-year-2025/6967/ Happy New Year 2025 https://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/910269677/_/edwardjensen-net~Happy-New-Year/ Wed, 01 Jan 2025 15:00:00 +0000 https://edwardjensen.net/?p=6967      

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 ]]> With warm wishes and high hopes for the New Year 2025, and for peace and certainty in challenging and uncertain times…

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]]> 6967 https://edwardjensen.net/dispatches/first-contact-safety-tip-rule/6954/ First Contact Safety Tip Rule https://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/910170674/_/edwardjensen-net~First-Contact-Safety-Tip-Rule/ Mon, 30 Dec 2024 15:00:00 +0000 https://edwardjensen.net/?p=6954       ]]> If you have Office 365 email, chances are you or your email admin have turned on the First Contact Safety Tip system. This is the system that automatically adds a warning to emails from senders you don’t normally get emails from, saying “You don’t often get email from…” For those of us who like to automate things, this also puts something in the email headers. Specifically…

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]]> 6954 https://edwardjensen.net/dispatches/invoice-fraud/6917/ Invoice Fraud https://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/908467760/_/edwardjensen-net~Invoice-Fraud/ Tue, 26 Nov 2024 14:44:45 +0000 https://edwardjensen.net/?p=6917       ]]> We’ve seen an uptick lately in invoice fraud where I work. The formula is thus: Scammers make up an email chain (to create a sense of urgency or legitimacy) and then send that email to someone in accounting within an organization. The goal, obviously, is to trick someone into paying a fake invoice to a scammer. There are a few signs that the invoice is fake. The most common sign is that the…

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]]> 6917 https://edwardjensen.net/photography/first-snow-saint-paul-2024-25/6908/ first snow saint paul 2024-25 https://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/908333525/_/edwardjensen-net~first-snow-saint-paul/ Sat, 23 Nov 2024 14:39:44 +0000 https://edwardjensen.net/?p=6908       ]]>

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]]> 6908 https://edwardjensen.net/dispatches/request-for-podcast/6903/ Request for Podcast https://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/908193308/_/edwardjensen-net~Request-for-Podcast/ Wed, 20 Nov 2024 19:25:14 +0000 https://edwardjensen.net/?p=6903       ]]> Despite my absence from posting on here, there’s been a lot on my mind lately. Certainly, the results from the recent US elections and the impact that we may be experiencing in 2025 and beyond has been on my mind. There have been people far more equipped and eloquent weighing in on this. But something else has been on my mind – in fact, for the past decade. This year – 2024 – marks the 10th…

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]]> 6903 https://edwardjensen.net/dispatches/happy-new-year-2024/6784/ Happy New Year 2024 https://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/905234087/_/edwardjensen-net~Happy-New-Year/ Mon, 01 Jan 2024 15:36:47 +0000 https://edwardjensen.net/?p=6784       ]]> With warm wishes and high hopes for a happy New Year 2024…

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]]> 6784 https://edwardjensen.net/dispatches/papercut-mf-badge-scanning/6777/ PaperCut MF badge scanning https://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/905234090/_/edwardjensen-net~PaperCut-MF-badge-scanning/ Fri, 22 Dec 2023 16:00:00 +0000 https://edwardjensen.net/?p=6777       ]]> As part of a recent IT upgrade, I rebuilt our entire printing infrastructure. There were some issues with how it was previously built, so this was a good time to start from scratch. One of the issues was our PaperCut MF installation, of which I’ve documented our challenges on this blog this year. We use the badge scanning feature of PaperCut on our two copiers for secure print release and…

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]]> 6777 https://edwardjensen.net/tech/friday-five-email-security-improvements/6749/ Friday Five: Email Security Improvements https://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/905234093/_/edwardjensen-net~Friday-Five-Email-Security-Improvements/ Fri, 03 Nov 2023 18:00:00 +0000 https://edwardjensen.net/?p=6749       ]]> Earlier this week, I wrote about a new email phishing tactic I’ve been seeing in my environment – bad actors are trying to get users to scan a QR code on their phones in an attempt to defeat any filtering or security measures that might be on a corporate computer. That got me thinking about what are some things that we can do as IT practitioners to help our users make informed decisions?

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]]> 6749 https://edwardjensen.net/tech/qr-code-phishing/6744/ QR code phishing https://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/905234096/_/edwardjensen-net~QR-code-phishing/ https://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/905234096/_/edwardjensen-net~QR-code-phishing/#comments Tue, 31 Oct 2023 14:00:00 +0000 https://edwardjensen.net/?p=6744       ]]> I’ve been seeing a lot of QR code phishing attempts lately. If you’ve not seen the tactic in your environments, the recipient receives an email, and it asks them to scan a QR code on their phone to authenticate and open the link. Here’s a sample email I received from a colleague in my environment: The image is the email, except I’ve blurred the QR code and censored out personal…

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]]> https://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/905234096/_/edwardjensen-net~QR-code-phishing/feed/ 1 6744 https://edwardjensen.net/photography/autumn-in-saint-paul/6739/ Autumn in Saint Paul https://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/905234099/_/edwardjensen-net~Autumn-in-Saint-Paul/ Fri, 27 Oct 2023 14:00:00 +0000 https://edwardjensen.net/?p=6739       ]]> With the first snow of the 2023-2024 winter upon us, I took the opportunity last weekend to get some autumn photos around downtown Saint Paul, Summit Avenue, and Cathedral Hill. Every Saint Paulite probably knows where this photo was taken on the south side of the Mississippi River: The Cathedral of Saint Paul, the Minnesota State Capitol, and part of the downtown Saint Paul skyline…

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