By Forrest Hartman • forrest@rgj.com • July 30, 2008 Nearly everyone has received one: An e-mail from a supposed Nigerian, desperate for assistance from an American who will help retrieve millions of dollars from the Nigerian…
Finding 300 spam messages on your new Apple iPhone 3G on your first day with your new love is not a pleasant experience.If all your email comes through one server that filters out spam before it goes to your desktop, you dodged…
Yet another round of spam e-mails that instructs recipients to click on a link that downloads a virus is making the rounds. This time the e-mails include a link that contains an article about the FBI and the popular social…
My website has been attracting a lot of page requests recently… to the point where my account was periodically crashing the shared server it inhabits back at DreamHost. Kind of amusing, I know, but also a Very Bad Thing (TM)….
According to Sophos’ report on the latest trends in spam, there was a disturbing rise in the level of email spam travelling across the internet between April-June 2008. It also reveals how some spammers are now using Facebook…
Written by Alex “[The Internet] is not a truck. It’s a series of tubes.” - U.S. Senator Ted Stevens Ah, the Internet: you use it every day for school, work or fun. In such a short period of time, the Net has grown into an…
Back in the good old days of the Internet, the hacker was a teenager motivated by high-tech pranks and bragging rights. Today, the online thief could be anyone with ‘Net access after a quick buck. “Hacking has escalated from a…
Be on the lookout for spam e-mails spreading the Storm Worm malicious software (malware) which mention “F.B.I. vs. facebook”. The e-mail directs the recipient to click on a link to view an article about the FBI and Facebook….
Solve your compliance problems and mitigate risk. Automate, validate and enforce business governance with Novell Identity Management and Security solutions. July 30, 2008 (Computerworld) A rash of complaints prompted the FBI to…
Clement James, vnunet.com, Wednesday 30 July 2008 at 11:26:00 Messages rapidly repacked and updated to evade filters Spammers are getting wise to the publicity and attention generated by their creations, security experts warned…