By phil on October 24, 2009
Photo by: Ricky David
First it was J.P. Morgan Chase then it was eBay and now Paypal!
When is it going to stop?
Do these phishing emails really work?
Do people actually click on a link that look like this:
http://rolexwatches2.com/images/.www.paypal.com/
If you would consider clicking on a link like that can you tell me why? Why would you think that [...]
Posted in Phishing, Security, Tech, Warnings
By phil on December 18, 2008
Microsoft has released a patch on Wednesday to fix an exploit that could allow remote access to your PC. If you use Internet Explorer 7 you MUST apply the patch when it is available.
You can read about the exploit here and here and you can read about the actual flaw on Microsoft’s website here.
Why are [...]
Posted in Security, Tech
By phil on February 5, 2008
This is a great idea that was sent to me via email today. I thought it would be good to pass it on to everyone else that may be reading this.
If you have a car with an alarm that has a panic button on the keyfob, put your car keys beside your bed at night. [...]
Posted in Home, Security, Tips
By phil on January 31, 2008
Just like the post I made about Bank Phishing, today I received an email supposedly from eBay requesting to change my registration information. Well of course if you read my post from the other day you already know that I am very aware of spoofed emails that are phishing for personal login information.
Guess what? [...]
Posted in Phishing, Security, Tech, Warnings
By phil on January 29, 2008
Today I received and email from what appeared to be J.P. Morgan Chase which if you don’t know is a very well known bank. The email looked official and actually would lead you to believe that it came from Chase.
Have a look at a screenshot of the email (click to enlarge):
Looks pretty good except for [...]
Posted in Phishing, Security, Tech, Warnings