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Fighting spam and malware is always fun. Here’s one that I thought was worth sharing.   Let’s say your name is Jim and you get this email. It looks like this Michelle knows you but you can’t really remember who she is. Since you have 8,641,037 friends on Facebook, you decide to trust the email (it’sRead more

Top 3 Security Gaffes  Secondary MX: You add a secondary MX record to the DNS that points directly to your Exchange server (oh no, not you– let’s blame the newbie!). Maybe this is for testing purposes, or to relay specific device reports or mobile device access to bypass your anti-spam/security layer. You might think no otherRead more

It’s official: the ‘873 Million Dollar Man’ is now the ‘Minus 1 Billion Dollar Man’ (Canadian). A Quebec court upheld the US judgment against Adam Guerbuez and ordered him to pay $1,068,928,721.46 CDN to Facebook. Far from being affected by this story, the Internet ‘star’ continues to live his big life even under bankruptcy. HeRead more

These three words reflect 90% of the spam traffic for May-June 2010. Scams: Between fake Twitter emails and classic Nigerian 419, there was a rise of new phishing attempts using .html attachment files.  Instead of placing URLs in an email, spammers are obfuscating the link in an attached .html file that contains Javascript, cutting theRead more

‘I need a one way ticket to Tijuana!’ You might think that if something happens and you want to escape. But if you live in Canada, just sit back and relax – you have nothing to worry about. Canada is known for their lazy laws for certain types of crimes, especially ‘new’ ones (like theRead more