Monday, November 24th, 2008
Is it possible for someone to create a malicious filter without having access to your Gmail username and password? No, however, they can force you to create the filter without your knowledge.
The blogosphere is buzzing about a Gmail Security Flaw that has caused some people to lose their domain names ...
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Friday, November 14th, 2008
I received another email today supposedly from an FBI Director claiming that I am the beneficiary for a $10.5 million sum. Basically, it's the newer version of the old Nigeria scam. Here are the exact email contents, including the basic headers:
-----Original Message-----
From: Federal Bureau of Investigation [mailto:
[email protected]]
Sent: Friday, November 14, ...
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Thursday, October 16th, 2008
Microsoft users are being targeted again by malware via e-mail, scammers/spammers never give up and for once the e-mail looks fairly legitimate.
Usually this kind of ‘baitware’ is riddled with terrible grammar and horrible spellings, do make sure you brief the less security aware friends you have about this though just ...
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Wednesday, October 8th, 2008
While there are a number of security risks in the world of electronic commerce, SQL injection is one of the most common Web site attack techniques used to steal customer data such as credit card numbers, hold customer data hostage by encrypting it or destroy data outright.
Where a Web server ...
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Thursday, August 28th, 2008
Everyone knows that some people get more spam than others, but new research shows that it may have something to do with the first letter of your email address.
Richard Clayton, a security researcher at the University of Cambridge in the U.K., says he found evidence that the more common the ...
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