I visited yesterday the IAA in Frankfurt. IAA stands for International Automobile Exhibition and takes place every year in Frankfurt, Germany. This is the place where every year the latest cars are being presented but also the newest technologies around cars. This year it was a lot about mobility, interaction, autonomous parking and driving, interconnectivity […]
I received every day a few requests on LinkedIn and I also send a few. Many of these people I don’t know personally, and they are from all kind of industries. Usually, they are interested in IT Security, but not always. Most important, I never receive direct messages like the one below: The few keywords […]
Read the article here: Paul Graham’s Startup Advice for the Lazy Here is what determined me to write this post: The best way to come up with startup ideas is to ask yourself the question: what do you wish someone would make for you? The most important parts, from my point of view, together with […]
“Strategic Product Management” is, first of all, a buzz word. A hype, if you want. But that doesn’t mean that you don’t need it. Most technology companies have a product management department that should act as the “voice of the customer” on one side and translating their finding into requirements on the other side. I won’t […]
Several types of emails are being sent with a ZIP attachment containing a single file with this mask: <number>.doc.js. Here is as text. Apparently, Google loves text because it can index it better, so I am doing here some SEO 🙂 Notice to Appear, You have not paid for driving on a toll […]
This scam is sent by CHTAH.COM platform which is known to send millions of spam emails. You can see its added “value” by inserting the three colored rectangles on top of the mail. “iPhone 7 Testers Wanted!” is trying to lure the readers to a website that looks very much like the times.com website. […]
I am logged in in the Chrome browser with my Google account. I have my birthday correctly added there, and yes, it is today… 🙂 Result: A Google start page personalized for me. I have to say that I am kind of … impressed. Of course it is easy to do it with such much information. […]
Everything of value has a cost. The same applies to security! I recently flew to Berlin for business purposes with a known airline. As I was the first one checking in, I was asked if I want the seat near the emergency exit. This is, usually, the place where you have more space for your legs. So, […]
What do you think after you quickly read this letter? What makes this email special: addressed to me, using the data from the domain registration (mandatory things, which my registrar added) uses my domain name A lot of red text written in capitals special keywords like “notice”, “important”, “notification”, “expiration”, “act”, “immediately” has a clear deadline […]
Nothing special in this phishing email in German from the “PayPal Team” asking to click in order to unlock your PayPal account. PayPal – Informationen erforderlich! Hallo Ihr PayPal-Konto ist vorübergehend gesperrt. Sie können keine weiteren Zahlungen bei PayPal tätigen. Um die Sperrung Ihres Kontos aufzuheben und die Entfernung all Ihrer aktiven Fälle sowie […]
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