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Free money from an empty patch of land: Anatomy of a lottery scam
4/23/2009 7:38:31 PM, Kumar
Here is an example of a lottery scam email (in red). I went through it and documented some ways to measure the authenticity of this email. These techniques can be applied to any kind of email that you think is potentially malicious. My techniques are in ...
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Wack Wack and a third Wack…send the nasty phisher back
3/19/2009 9:04:00 PM, Kumar
Here is an easy tip I came across to detect if someone is trying to phish me! A phisher will attempt to make you arrive at their website that looks and feels exactly like a legitimate website. For example, let’s assume you wanted to go to a good website ...
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Did I sign up for this newsletter? Now I have to unsubscribe? That never seems to work!!!
3/18/2009 11:22:17 AM, Kumar
Over the years, I have signed up for numerous newsletters, e-commerce websites marketing, notification aliases. The result of 10+ year of online activity is that I get a bunch of stuff in my Hotmail inbox that frankly, I don’t want any more but I did sign ...
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A wish and a song
3/14/2009 12:11:54 AM, Kumar
I would find it useful if there was a location on Windows Live Where I could see actual emails that were fake and suspicious Emails that other users thought were malicious Like the fake hotmail account closure notices, oh so vicious. I would find it ...
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When the business card does not match the driver’s license
3/8/2009 8:39:04 PM, Kumar
“Window Live Hotmail! Warning! Verify Your Account Now To Avoid Closure” “CONFIRM YOUR WINDOWS LIVE ACCOUNT SERVICES. VERIFY YOUR FREE HOTMAIL ACCOUNT NOW !!!” “Windows Live Hotmail Member Services (memberservices1.com@hotmail.com)” I have seen several ...
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Ring Ring: Is your phone safe?
2/25/2009 10:24:41 AM, Kumar
Another interface (and increasingly so) to the online world is the mobile phone. Currently, the internet offers enough fodder to attackers however, as smart mobile phones become more prevalent, it will provide another avenue to attackers. There are two ...
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5 steps to security nirvana!!
2/19/2009 6:59:25 PM, Kumar
Step 1: Run Microsoft defender to remove spyware from your computer: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/winfamily/defender/default.mspx Step 2: Run a free virus scan by: http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=8248809 Step 3: Make sure that your PC is ...
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How to lose 50 lbs of spam in 20 days!!
2/18/2009 11:34:46 AM, Kumar
Here is an excellent tip on how to manage spam and I am going to be trying it out for the next 20 days. I am going to set my Hotmail spam filter option in Hotmail to “Exclusive”. Everything will be sent to my junk e-mail folder except messages from my ...
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Spy on the spies: How you can use IE to find out who is spying on you!
2/6/2009 11:38:46 AM, Kumar
I am trying out the latest release of IE and I love it! The interface is clean, it loads fast. Its awesome! What I find really cool is the new and improved privacy report feature. The IE privacy report lets you know who out there on the internet is ...
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Online safety in a recession – part 2
2/5/2009 1:47:01 PM, Kumar
You can read Part 1 here In this post, I want to draw additional parallels between the real world and the virtual world within the context of safety. Applications like second life, lively and social networking apps such as Face book and MySpace along with ...
