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Something for nothing: Take a lighter look at spam scams

The Spam Letters is a collection of entertaining and illuminating correspondence with the people who send out mass junk e-mailings aka spam. Compiled from the nearly 200 entries written by Jonathan Land, The Spam Letters taunts, prods, and parodies the faceless salespeople in your inbox, giving you a...

Tags: Chapter, Publisher, Spam Letters, Phishing, Cyberthreats, Spam, Advertising & Promotion, Viruses And Worms, Security, Spam And Phishing, Marketing

Book chapters 2007-07-26

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Google buys reCAPTCHA: Digitize old books and fight spam

Too Bad ..."They try to distinguish humans from robots when entering form data."Too bad they can't discriminate humans from 3rd World wage slaves decoding them for the spammers :(RE: Google buys reCAPTCHA: Digitize old books and fight spamCool from a machine learning standpoint but does this freak you out since...

Tags: Cyberthreats, Spam, Google buys reCAPTCHA, Google Buys, Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-09-16

Google scores a 2-for-1 with reCAPTCHA acquisition

Google said today that it has acquired reCAPTCHA, a company that provides CAPTCHAs, those squiggly words in a box that you have to type to verify that you are a real person and not a computer bot. The technology is widely used - more than 100,000 Web...

Tags: Google Inc., Acquisition, Computer, Productivity, Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Law, Investment, Finance, Business Operations, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-09-16

Rogue Facebook apps steal log-in data, send spam

Facebook appsI'm already deeply suspicious of facebook apps. Many of them seem to be little more than chain letters ("send this to all of your friends") and many of the "send a drink/snack/smile/ETC" seem to encourage content-free communication. Also, I'm bombarded by "send a drink, ETC" requests from...

Tags: Cyberthreats, Spam, Viruses and worms, SECURITY, Facebook

Discussion threads 2009-08-20

Opt Me Out! The United States Postal Service Needs an Overhaul

The volume of physical spam I receive, aka junk mail, is now becoming an absolutely intolerable situation. Nothing less than a complete overhaul of the entire US Postal Service is in order. My friend and colleague David Strom, over at his site Strominator.com,...

Tags: NetFlix Inc., U.S. Postal Service, Web Site Development, Cyberthreats, Web Technology, Spam, Internet, Security, Spam And Phishing, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2009-08-10

419 scammers using Dilbert.com

419 scammers using Dilbert.comYou know, you'd think 419 schemes would be famous by nowWhy do people *still* fall for them? Quite aside from the cynicism factor this has been going on for years. Surely everybody's heard about it by now???Sometimes they're nearly believableI'm as suspicious about these spam letters as...

Tags: INTERNET, Spam, Dilbert.com, scammer, e-mail

Discussion threads 2009-07-28

Luster 1.0.3 (Mac)

Credit File accuracy has never been more important. Users will learn how to legally and ethically correct mistakes on a report that are damaging their score. Follow proven methods for dealing with credit bureaus, creditors, and debt collectors. By taking advantage of Apple's modern technologies, Luster sports a modern, easy-to-use...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Bureau, Kashkoi Software, Luster 1.0.3, Productivity, Strategy, Management

Software downloads 2009-06-12

How can Internet security be stepped up?

The state of Internet security nowadays has reached its worst it has ever seen. With botnets attacking Mac's which was almost unheard of before last week and password thefts, eBay and Twitter scams to identity and data theft which breached the Pentagon. One of the main reasons...

Tags: Password, Internet, Internet Security, P4ssw0rd, Biometrics, Authentication/Encryption, Security, Zack Whittaker

Blog posts 2009-04-23

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ATComcast does it tooWell, at least a few years ago they did. I had received multiple letters in the mail with very harsh language from Comcast due to one of my roomates downloading from torrent sites and such.Comcast?Good luck with Comcast. I've had both for a good while and...

Tags: Internet service providers (ISPs), Peer to peer (P2P), Comcast Corp., RIAA, Internet Service Provider, AT&T Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-03-25

Vista grows share; Data suggests businesses stick with XP

Vista grows share; Data suggests businesses stick with XPLong time windows user and Vistabit off the big one. IT has hardware and software compatibility issues which have been proven. Grant it be that some of these issues have been resolve, but Even having reinstalled Vista on my laptop IE7 has...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Microsoft Windows Vista, Linux, Microsoft Windows XP

Discussion threads 2009-03-23

Firefox 3.1 renamed 3.5

Firefox 3.1 renamed 3.5Politics, Truly...To be honest, while that is a mild list of improvements, nothing there is monumental enough for a .5 edition.My question, to a much larger point, is why did this take so long to get here, if it is actually here? I suppose the version number...

Tags: Web browsers, Web site development, Firefox 3.1, Mozilla Firefox, version number

Discussion threads 2009-03-05

Is Mac still the safer bet?

Is Mac still the safer bet?I voted yes, I think its still safer for now.Time will tell though, as more attention and if people continue to switch over to mac then more malware will begin to be targeted for them. what should 'joe 6 pack' use?"It might be easier...

Tags: Spyware, adware & malware, Cyberthreats, Desktops, Viruses and worms, Spyware, SECURITY, Right Now IT, SAFER, Jenny, Apple Macintosh, malware, OSX, trojan horse, virus, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-01-29

Nigerians include FBI in latest version of infamous spam

So, if you don't believe that the BANK OF THE NORTH INTERNATIONAL,ABUJA or a relative of Ex-Nigerian Head of State Late Gen. Sanni Abacha who died on the 8th of June 1998 has $12 million in ill-gotten gains just waiting to share with you, perhaps you will...

Tags: FBI, Spam, FBI Executives, Federal Government, Government, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-12-10

Facebook security warning leaves users confused

Facebook today sent out a security warning to some of its users alerting them that their passwords have been changed due to alleged suspicious activities happening on their accounts. The email appears to be a reaction from the social network due to the newest appearance of Koobface,...

Tags: Facebook, Password, Security Warning, E-mail, Security, Online Communications, Jennifer Leggio

Blog posts 2008-12-05

Your Message on the Move: An Introduction to Mobile Marketing and Mobile Advertising

Remember when e-mail marketing was all the rage? It was marketing at its best. It cost close to nothing to send out an email. Plus, companies were able to gauge results of a campaign quickly by measuring open rates, click-throughs, bounced messages, and, most importantly, conversions. It didn't take long...

Tags: Advertisement, Mobile, Mobile Marketing, Advanced Telecom Services, E-mail, Advertising & Promotion, Online Communications, Marketing

White papers 2008-12-01

Spammers targeting Bebo, generate thousands of bogus accounts

The concept of building a fraudulent ecosystem by abusing legitimate services only is nothing new, and as we've already seen numerous times throughout the year, malicious attackers are actively embracing it. Bebo, the popular social networking site is currently under attack from spammers that are automatically registering thousands of bogus...

Tags: Bebo, Spammer, Social Networking Site, Social Networking, Spam, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Security, Spam And Phishing, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2008-10-31

Loki Network Client 1.2.0.9 (Windows)

Loki Network Project is an opportunity to protect your private data (IP address, e-mail/FTP/HTTP passwords, web-sites visited, uploaded/downloaded files and etc...) and bypass certain Internet access limitations you may have at your location. An example, Loki Network allows you: Protect your data from being intercepted by various network sniffers...

Tags: Network, Tunnel, IP, IP Address, Microsoft Windows, Project Loki, Loki Network, Loki Network Project, Internet, Firewalls, Networking, Network Technology

Software downloads 2008-05-15

Google: CAPTCHAs aren't dead yet

CAPTCHAs, those fuzzy letters that are supposed to ensure you're a human when you register for an account, have been under fire of late, but Google says their demise is greatly exaggerated. That's the takeaway from a post by Brad Stone in the New York Times Bits...

Tags: CAPTCHA, Google Inc., Hacker, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-03-14

ID AntiSpam 1.2 (Windows)

ID AntiSpam is a vital security program designed to filter all incoming e-mails and prevents Spam. It analyzes, filters and automatically deletes directly on the mail server. It prevents unsolicited advertising letters Spam from entering your inbox. Main features includes: filtering of incoming mail, deleting Spam using multiple algorithms, preventing...

Tags: Advertisement, Anti-spam, Microsoft Windows, Fastlink2, Spam, Viruses And Worms, Security, Spam And Phishing

Software downloads 2008-01-18

Why the '8 things' tag meme is important

Now and again, someone will dream up a tag meme game. The idea is the writer says x-number of things and tags y-number of others to follow suit. Right now the 8 things you didn't know about me tag meme is doing the rounds and yes, I've been tagged on...

Tags: Workplace, Oracle Corp., Idea, Blog, Workforce, OraNA, Cyberthreats, Blogging, Spam, Games, Recruitment & Selection, Security, Internet, Spam And Phishing, Personal Technology, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2008-01-11