“There’s a new personal notification message special for Sorin Mustaca” is the subject of the email pretending to come from “Automation LinkedInNotifier”. But then, why is it coming from “gci@grey.si” ? Come on spammers, you disappoint me 🙂 Anybody can see it is a fake… And “Linked In” ? Not even this is right… […]
Heise created a portal for companies to assess their IT security. Details can be found here: https://www.heise-consulter.de/ You don’t have to register to take part of the survey which assesses your company’s security. If you want anonymity, check this page. It is important to mention who sponsored the initiative: Sophos, Baramundi, GateProtect, […]
Customers report that Google and security solutions categorize your website as suspicious or malicious A domain or an IP address has a low reputation and eventually is blacklisted if it sends spam or it hosts malicious software or malicious web… Read more → from Improve Your Security http://ift.tt/1r8JUFf via improve-your-security.org Get the free eBook from here
It is said that a picture is worth 1000 words. I don’t know if two pictures are worth 2000 words, but I think they speak for themselves. If a website requires some “helper software” or it reports… Read more → from Improve Your Security http://ift.tt/1uoi568 via improve-your-security.org Get the free eBook from […]
All my blogs use WordPress. Why WordPress ? Because it is customizable and I can tweak it in any way I want… Well, almost… But from time to time there is the need to update it. Yesterday the update 4.0.1 was release which fixes important security bugs: Three cross-site scripting issues that a contributor or author […]
9. You respond to an email from an unknown person requesting personal information If you received an email in which someone promises you a fabulous fortune just for doing something which is almost no trouble, they usually need some information… Read more → from Improve Your Security http://ift.tt/1qReH3E via improve-your-security.org Get the free eBook from […]
You unsubscribe from commercial emails that you never requested Remember that spam emails are made to look authentic. This means that they will almost always contain some links which allow you to unsubscribe. But, instead of that they just make you verify that your emailaddress is valid. Don’t unsubscribe! Just mark the email as spam […]
7. You see in your browser a lot more ads than ever before If your browser window is cluttered with ads which didn’t seem to be there last time you visited the website, it may be that you installed a… Read more → from Improve Your Security http://ift.tt/1GxiGfU via improve-your-security.org Get the free eBook from […]
Remember the Spammer’s Compendium (where I have a spam method named after me: (UH!Mustaca!HTML))? There is an entry from 2003 called “Ze Foreign Accent“. Back then it was rather primitive, but now it comes in a much improved (if we can say that) form: The link on “Click here” goes to a Google Drive hosted site […]
6. Friends report that your emails are marked as spam or that they receive unsolicited emails from you or that your emails never reach them Antispam services use the reputation of a domain and email address to detect if it… Read more → from Improve Your Security http://ift.tt/1z2AxpV via improve-your-security.org Get the free eBook from […]
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