February 11 2010 by
Teksquisite in
Security |
Spammers often collect email addresses from customer lists, chatrooms, email chain letters, forums, newsgroups, websites, and viruses. Current email accounts that are receiving spam have connections to prior chain mails, forums, and newsgroups. Spam or junk email is almost always unsolicited and unwanted.
Today I received a friendly little email purportedly from someone that had a question about my business, and who also wanted me to add them to my friends list from the supplied link in the email. The email address that the sender used immediately raised a red warning flag because I currently use this particular [...]
I think we should also go after the affiliates of these spam campaigns and make them responsible for trying to profit at our expense!
The email that was received on August 3 regarding Your service order from Dell,
became a reality yesterday afternoon when Bridgevine attempted to setup an installation time. I quickly informed them that I did not order this service! Bridgevine stated that I had filled out a form online and that is why this service was being [...]
November 18 2008 by
Teksquisite in
Security |
BBC news reported that a computer worm shut down three London hospitals on Monday. According to E-Health Insider the hospitals — St. Bartholomew’s, the Royal London Hospital in Whitechapel, and The London Chest Hospital in Bethnal Green — are part of a single system, Barts and The London NHS Trust.
The culprit is believed to [...]