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  The Spam Before Christmas ‘Twas the fortnight before Christmas, and all through my email No good messages were stirring, just illicit retail; There were Viagra and Cialis, and their load of bunk, And watches galore really, who buys this junk? There are work-at-home ads that promise me riches, And Russian bride offers that keepRead more

Are you familiar with the terms smishing and vishing? They’ve been around for a few years now, but they’re not as common as email phishing and haven’t been given as much attention. Both smishing and vishing are variations on the phish theme: smishing targets SMS text messages, while vishing or voice phishing uses automated phoneRead more

The feature hasn’t even been officially announced yet and already the ‘Will Facebook kill Gmail, Hotmail, etc.’ speculations are popping up all over the Net. I don’t know about ‘kill’ per se, but Facebook will definitely give the big guns a run for their money. Even if you haven’t seen the movie, I’m sure youRead more

These 2 pieces of bad news could make a bad combination. The first piece of bad news is the recent upswing in attacks on Oracle’s Java software. According to a Computerworld article published today, the past 9 months has seen a whopping increase in attacks, from ‘less than half a million in the first quarter ofRead more

Have you read any of the Spam Wars debate by Computerworld bloggers David A. Milman 1 and Richi Jennings 2? Both make valid points, but the brunt of their focus was on dealing with Inbox contents, which is the last line of defense. In my opinion, the real problems lie at the head of theRead more