Archive for May, 2008

14
May

How To Identify Phishing Scams

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Some useful tips to help identify phishing scams, but beware, the criminals are getting smarter.  Some scams may not trigger the alerts listed in this article from Trend Micro:  What Does Phishing Look Like? People are still falling prey to phishing scams, so what can be done? “The first step is helping people realize what [...]

09
May

Phishing, SpearPhishing, Vishing and Whaling

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Nope, not a rerun of “Deadliest Catch”, it’s the lingo of the underside of the Internet. Phishing attacks are attempts to trick users into giving up confidential information usually through a fraudulent email.  However, phishing attacks are on the rise and using new techniques, like the telephone: Although more commonly associated with email, phishing also [...]

02
May

Windows XP Service Pack 3 Will Be Delayed

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From Windows Server newsletter: Microsoft Delays Release Of XP SP3 The saga continues. No, you can’t have XP SP3. Nothing to see here. Move along folks. They pulled SP3 and blame a “compatibility issue” with their Microsoft Dynamics RMS (a SMB retail-chain-management application). SP3 seems to cause data corruption. And they are also “Temporarily holding [...]