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Swine flu email scams circulating

Swine flu email scams circulatingSwine Worms..Thanks for the heads up. Whenever opportunity arises, scammers are never too far away are they. It's sort of amusing that this time around it's a "real" virus we are afraid of instead of Conficker. http://www.justaskgemalto.com/en/search/node/malware is a valuable link if you...

Tags: e-mail, email scam, H1N1 flu, Swine flu email scam

Discussion threads 2009-04-28

Microsoft warns of financial crisis email scams

Microsoft warns of financial crisis email scamsMicrosoft warns of financial crisis email scamsExcuse me, don't mean to be rude, but are the London writers for Reuters short on material?Anyone who responds to one of those stupid, blatant emails should not EVER be allowed to touch a computer.RE: Microsoft warns of...

Tags: financial crisis email scam, email scam, Microsoft Warns, e-mail, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-10-29

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News to know: AT&T; Apple; Google; Verizon; Microsoft

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Dancho Danchev: Weak passwords dominate statistics for Hotmail's phishing scheme leak Larry Dignan: The Android army: Verizon Wireless, Google...

Tags: Google Inc., Microsoft Windows Mobile, Verizon Communications Inc., AT&T Corp., Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Wireless, Wireless Coverage Data, Microsoft Windows, Mobile Operating Systems, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows 7, Wireless And Mobility, Handhelds, Wi-Fi, Mobile Applications, Software, Hardware, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-10-07

Fake PayChoice e-mails deliver malware

partial passwords included?wow... sounds like someone's security needs a serious looking intoi've forwarded many spoof emails to spoof@paypal.com ...why doesn't every site have a similar address to report to? people will *always* fall for such scams so it's up to the rest of us to at least get...

Tags: Financial services, Cyberthreats, bank, e-mail, malware

Discussion threads 2009-10-05

Hotmail hacked: Thousands of account details published online

Facts...have never stopped Zack from sensationalizing a story into an anti-Microsoft rant before....wrong headlinewhile I punch M$ every time it deserves it, phising points to user stupidity not to some sort of hacking or intrusion.That could potentially happen to ANY online email provider...just replace the phising screen.Hacked?If people gave up...

Tags: Cyberthreats, Spam, E-mail providers, Viruses and worms, SECURITY, phishing, MSN Hotmail, login screen, THOUSANDS

Discussion threads 2009-10-05

News to know: Skype; reCAPTCHA; Oracle Q1; Zune HD; Bing

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage. Sam Diaz: Report: Skype founders sue eBay; could complicate Skype sale Dave Greenfield: Skype Founders Sue eBay and...

Tags: Google Inc., Oracle Corp., Microsoft Zune, Andrew Nusca, Skype Technologies S.A., Microsoft Corp., Sam Diaz, Phishing, Microsoft Project, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Cyberthreats, Web Browsers, Handhelds, Security, Spam And Phishing, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Hardware, Internet

Blog posts 2009-09-17

Google experimenting with ads between messages in Gmail

Welcome to FREEhahah now buy their corporate solution.I was thinking the same thing.What school or business locked into Gmail is going to stand for that? Of course the [i]pay[/i] version of Apps will not have these spam mails inserted into them, so pay up.It almost plays like an extortion scam.I...

Tags: E-mail providers, Google Inc., advertisement, Google Gmail

Discussion threads 2009-09-09

Source code for Skype eavesdropping trojan in the wild

Social Engineering?According the the Symantic press releasehttp://www.prwire.com.au/pr/14463/symantec-threat-bulletin-trojan-peskyspy-recording-skype-voip-conversation"The Trojan is detected by Symantec as Trojan.Peskyspy and can be downloaded to a computer by way of tricking the user with an E-mail scam or other social engineering tactic....The Trojan is targeting Windows API hooks, a technique used to alter the planned behavior...

Tags: Spyware, Spyware, adware & malware, SECURITY, Skype Technologies S.A., trojan horse, Source Code Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-08-28

Brazilian ID thieves using Twitter as botnet command channel

You have got to be kidding me?Now we have Twitter being used to command botnets? When is this going to end? Actually, I've already answered my own question: never!Not until PC's are built from the ground up to NEVER EVER automatically run something until they are given permission by the...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), E-mail, Web site development, Brazilian ID, Brazilian ID thieve, Twitter, click ok

Discussion threads 2009-08-14

Kids are changing their online habits, will adults change too?

You've made me curious.... with the last sentences of your blog post. What invite-only places do you mean? And why wouldn't we know that they existed?RE: Kids are changing their online habits, will adults change too? "Now, they seem overrun with marketeers and I?m visiting less."The same is true with...

Tags: online habit, advertisement, Facebook

Discussion threads 2009-08-07

Apple/AT&T/iPhone - Everything that's wrong with the cellphone industry wrapped up in a single package

Apple/AT&T/iPhone - Everything that's wrong with the cellphone industry wrapped up in a single packageWhy Adrian...apparently you aren't a glassy-eyed Apple fanboi Anytime you post anything even mildly critical of Windows, Bing, or anything MS the usual suspects come out in force and try to paint you as a rapid...

Tags: Cellular phones, Smart phones, cellphone industry, Apple iPhone, cell phone, handset, single package

Discussion threads 2009-07-28

419 scammers using Dilbert.com

Scammers too, know Dilbert. On their way to search for clean IPs through which to send out yet another scam email, 419 con-artists Mrs Sharon Goetz Massey have recently started  using Dilbert.com's recommendation feature in an attempt to bypass anti-spam filters -- and it works. The use...

Tags: Fraud, Scammer, Litigation, E-mail, Spam, Viruses And Worms, Business Operations, Online Communications, Security, Spam And Phishing, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2009-07-28

First impressions of Google Wave

First impressions of Google WaveGoogle Lockin[i]If one can live with the potential for Google lock-in, Google Wave will be a compelling option for many organizations looking at adopting Enterprise 2.0.[/i]What Google lock-in? The protocol is a public protocol, and all the software for Wave is being open sourced. ...

Tags: Servers, Groupware, Google Inc., server

Discussion threads 2009-07-24

Snake oil at its slickest: A social media spam story

Snake oil at its slickest: A social media spam storyGreat article!I see these types on Twitter way too much, and on email. Sadly, the site may have been more harmful than you think if malware or other intrusive ware were installed by clicking through the site's pages.RE: Snake oil...

Tags: social media spam story, spam story, slickest, Snake Oil, social media, Snake

Discussion threads 2009-07-09

News to know: Apple, iPhone 3GS; Google Voice; Blu-ray; Bartz

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Jason Hiner: Apple thumbs nose at Palm, reports 1 million iPhone 3G S units sold in 3 days CNBC:...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Google Inc., Information Technology, Voice, Andrew Nusca, Apple Inc., Apple iPhone 3G, Blu-ray, Carrier Strength, Microsoft Windows 7, Smart Phones, Strategy, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Management, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-06-23

eBay scammers try to scam security expert

eBay scammers try to scam security expertIt sounds like the system works quite well!Since in both cases the scammer failed, I would have to say that the system works quite well. What this story does tell us though is that sellers might want to hold off a day before sending...

Tags: Internet service providers (ISPs), E-mail, security, PayPal, eBay Inc., Internet Service Provider

Discussion threads 2009-06-22

Washington digs in on text message pricing; asks about carrier exclusivity

Washington digs in on text message pricing; asks about carrier exclusivityGimme? No, its socialism in actionWhy do you figure the government has any right to dictate what phones are available through what carriers? I don't happen to like the iPhone - but I know a lot of people...

Tags: Text messaging/SMS/MMS, Cellular phones, Telecom & Utilities, text message pricing, carrier exclusivity, phone, text messaging

Discussion threads 2009-06-17

My Bing experiment: Can it be the default search engine?

My Bing experiment: Can it be the default search engine?Current default search?So, after a week of Bing are you sticking with it or did you change back to Google?RE: My Bing experiment: Can it be the default search engine?I made Bing my default search engine the day it was released...

Tags: Web browsers, SEARCH, Bing, Google Inc., search engine

Discussion threads 2009-06-09

419 scammers using NYTimes.com 'email this feature'

What do Burkina Faso and the New York Times have in common? As of recently, a peak of 419 scams promising you the Moon and asking you for advance-fees via emails sent through the NYTimes.com's 'email this feature' in order to successfully bypass anti-spam filters. The tactic...

Tags: New York Times Co., E-mail, Online Communications, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2009-06-03

A tragic tale of cyber crime: This could be your mom

Security firm McAfee showed me a documentary it had commissioned as part of an educational program teaching people about scams that owe more to social engineering than to technology such as stealing passwords. The documentary was made by director Seth Gordon and it tells the story of...

Tags: Mom, Credit Card, E-mail, Sales Channel, Financial Services, Mortgages, Online Communications, Sales, Finance, Capital Structures, Tom Foremski

Blog posts 2009-05-18