Category Archives: Online Safety
New Phishing Attack Attempts To Harvest Banking Information
A new method of phishing attack is starting to rear its head up to try and gain sensitive information from unsuspecting users. This new method goes back to the warning I have given out for years now. Do not have … Continue reading
US Army Sees Twitter As Possible Terrorist “Operation Tool”
A US Army intelligence report has identified the popular blogging tool Twitter as a potential terrorist tool. It along with GPS and possibly voice changing software are at the heart of this intelligence report. The report by the 304th Military … Continue reading
Security Flaws with Internet Explorer and Plugins
I don’t know how many of you use Internet Explorer or visit sites like MySpace or FaceBook and use their plugins. Myself I do not have anything on those sites and never use Internet Explorer for anything other than checking … Continue reading
EBay goes far to fight fraud — all the way to Romania
Last week there was an interesting article in the L.A. Times about the cloak-and-daggerism of fighting online scams in Romania, summing it up like this: “The country is the top source of auction site scams. One company is trying to … Continue reading
Hackers Attack US Military Labs
In an article by PC World they report that hackers have gained access to computers at two of the most important science laboratory in the US. The two labs involved are the famous labs of Los Alamos and the Oak … Continue reading