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Phishing: a look inside
11/3/2009 1:23:26 PM, Windows Live Dev Team
Phishing – what it is, and how it relates to your webmail credentials Recently, the webmail industry experienced what was believed to be a phishing incident where several thousands of credentials from Gmail, Yahoo and Hotmail accounts were exposed on a ...
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A new scam email offering free money…
5/29/2009 3:06:13 PM, Kumar
Given below is an email I came across that is offering free money in exchange for all my demographic information, passport information and contact information. It’s from an extremely lazy spammer. Notice how they are using this email as a template and ...
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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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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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Online safety in a recession
2/4/2009 7:49:56 PM, Kumar
I have been thinking about what happens to the issues of online safety when the economy is plagued by a recession. The following is my reasoning on the type of online safety issues one can expect in a recession. As it is abundantly obvious, we are in a ...
