As one who manages several Twitter accounts, both for personal and professional, there are several key security precautions you must be cognizant of when using the popular social networking service. Phishing and spam are alive and well on Twitter, and it isn’t stopping anytime soon. One recent example of why security is everyone’s responsibility, is [...]
Lately, phishers and scammers and spammers have been at it again — luring unsuspecting users to divulge their credentials on popular social networks and (for some) installing malicious software on their computer. So far, I haven’t really seen any identity theft of the offline variety with it, but nothing precludes unscrupulous souls from accessing your [...]
A cautionary note for anyone who receives an e-mail from Apple informing them they need to update their billing information — it’s a scam. This morning, I almost fell for it because it looked pretty darn good — but there’s always signs underneath the surface of the e-mail that I look for. Continue reading to [...]
It appears that the annoyances driven from spyware, adware and general malicious software (malware) are down significantly as we approach the middle of 2008. However, there is one constant threat that’s still alive and well: Phishing. I’ll take a look at some perspective on what this means for us now and what it will mean [...]