It is the season to be jolly – and the season to be careful. The phishermen and phisherwomen are out in full force plying their trade with vigor. During the holidays, for some reason, people seem to be more vulnerable. You’ll see tons of emails supposedly from UPS, FedEx and DHL with official looking tracking numbers and telling… Read More »
Sam Asks About Worms and Trojans I want to tell you that I subscribe to several computer newsletter – but without doubt yours is the best – and the most fun to read. I was wondering if you would be so kind as to clarify the differences between a “worm” as opposed to a “Trojan”, in the way… Read More »
Phishing is a type of deceptive email or message designed to get you to take action and divulge your valuable personal data, such as credit card numbers, account IDs, or passwords, other account data and passwords, or other personal or financial information. You might see a phishing scam: In e-mail messages, even if they appear to be from… Read More »
You do, and It’s Eightball. Just kidding. During the next eight or nine days, you’re undoubtedly going to be receiving e-cards and videos from boyfriends and girlfriends you didn’t even know you had. All these girls and guys are really going to love you. A lot! Well, they’re really going to love you if you click the link… Read More »
Once upon a time, Ben Edelman, a really smart guy who fought – and still fights – against the scams, spyware and trickery on the Internet, invented a toolbar called “Site Advisor”. And we saw it and said “It is good.” And it was. In those days, browsers didn’t come with anti-phishing protection, and Site Advisor was a… Read More »
Someone Is Phishing For You All computer users We guarantee you that someone is fishing for you. And you! And you! And EB! And TC! Yep! It’s true, someone, somewhere has a line in the water right now, and at the end of that line is a big hook with a piece of juicy bait on it. They’re… Read More »