SpamMailBag.com
I'd like to introduce my latest project... SpamMailBag.com. Here's the plan: Using domain/task specific email addresses, I will be signing up for various services, websites and posting on various...
View ArticleTitle Fraud… or While you were sleeping I sold your house.
Shocking... Mind-blowing... Ridiculous... These are the words that came to mind today while reading the Saturday edition of the Toronto Star. Half the front page was dedicated to introducing a...
View ArticleReciept of your payment…
Yet another phishing email... these guys are cleaver... I'll give them that, a few things could have made this a much better attempt but I'm not going to point out their mistakes to help them out......
View ArticleMySpace Phish Grabs 56000+ Usernames and Passwords
It would seem that a lot of people still haven't learned to check their address bar prior to logging into a page... I say a lot because at least 1 or 2 of the 56000 users taken in by...
View ArticleRogers Communications Phish
This is just a quick heads up since it actually concerns me as well (being a Rogers customer)... Websense has published an alert on a new phishing attempt targeting Rogers customers.. The text of the...
View ArticleLimited Whois Results
RSnake has an interesting post on the Whois Daemon that is running for the .to TLD. It seems as though their modified daemon returns minimal results... masking all contact and registration information....
View ArticleBeware Greeting Card Emails
In the past 24 hours I've received multiple "greeting card emails" telling me to visit the website and view my greeting card. A couple of points for people to keep in mind when receiving e-cards. 99%...
View ArticleFraud Prevention
One of my favourite non-IT blogs has got to be The Consumerist. I really like the idea of a public online watchdog that has the freedom to publish pretty much anything. Anyways, the other day this post...
View ArticleAwesome Scam Phone Call
I just received one of the best scam phone calls every to my cell phone (I seem to be getting more and more of these calls to my cell phone and it pisses me off). The call came from (916) 219-8163 It...
View ArticleScreenshot == Reported to FBI?
I have to say that I was completely shocked when I read this (via SpywareGuide)yesterday... the first thing I did was send it to everyone I was talking to on IM. Write to help protect people from...
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