I received this very targeted spam message this morning referring to the Princess Mariana Luxury Yacht Hello I’m Captain Anthony Fernadez, 32years Old working with PRINCESS MARIANA LUXURY YACHT in United Kingdom, I managed the Hotel Operation Department of One of the Mega Yacht sailing around the Europe and Caribbean Island. I came across your [...]
If you have a Facebook account and haven’t been following their privacy changes, you should. The Evolution of Privacy on Facebook – a great graph that shows how much of your profile is public from 2005-2010 (http://bit.ly/94EIIr) Click on the years, shown on the right, to see the difference. And here’s a great article by [...]
Apple security takes another hit at the Vancouver Pwn2Own 2010 contest Vincenzo Iozzo and Ralf Philipp Weinmann lured the target iPhone to a rigged Web site and exfiltrated the SMS database in about 20 seconds. (full article here) and Charlie Miller, who I’ve talked about before, hacks Safari again. Interesting that hackers appear to be [...]
Changing your password may well be the biggest impact on your online security this year When was the last time you changed your password? I mean REALLY changed it – not just add a 1 to the end, or swapped it to the “other” password your regularly use. We continue to hear about identity theft [...]
I received the following email, supposedly from Facebook A review of the link imbedded in this email shows that it points to: http://www.facebook.com.hutijillitl.com/usersdirectory/LoginFacebook.php?ref=685939766133543484442926010224411111313460130602 Notice that it starts with “facebook.com” but continues on to the actual domain which is “hutijullitl.com” YOU DO NOT WANT TO RESPOND TO OR CLICK ON ANY LINKS WITHIN THIS EMAIL! facebook [...]
How to make sure your private information is not exposed with the new update from Facebook Facebook has rolled out its new privacy settings that include some changes that can expose information that was previously protected. Don’t just accept the default in the Privacy Settings Wizard that pops up. If you have already completed the [...]
Telus, Shaw, and Rogers provide free virus and Internet protection. According to Microsoft, if you connect your unprotected computer to the Internet you have a chance of being infected in just 5 minutes! Virus and Internet Protection should be installed as soon as possible. Cleaning up from an infection is time consuming and potentially costly. [...]
Until now, the general consensus has always been that Microsoft Windows is a hacker’s paradise and the Apple OS is more secure. Update: February 2010 PWN2OWN 2010 is scheduled for March 24th in Vancouver, Canada. More details at Tipping Point Apple’s push about security may no longer the case, as is shown by this article [...]
