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FanBox: the latest in password scams
Looks like spammers have found yet another way to worm (ha ha) themselves into the computers of the unsuspecting. In my junk email folder this morning, I saw this message: From: Question It [mailto:question_it@fanboxapps.com] Sent: Monday, January 07, Read More...
Posted 07 January 08 10:09 by Steve Riley | 4 Comments   
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Bogus Microsoft sweepstakes emails
Over the past month I've received at least three enquiries from people asking about the legitimacy of emails claiming the recipients have won large amounts of money in a Microsoft sweepstakes or lottery -- often 500,000 British pounds. This is an easy Read More...
Posted 19 August 07 03:35 by Steve Riley | 8 Comments   
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Tell us about the junk email you receive
Another gem in the download center: an Outlook (2003/2007) add-in with which you can report junk email to FrontBridge. Junk E-mail Reporting Tool 1.0 for Outlook The Junk E-mail Reporting Tool submits e-mail to Microsoft when you explicitly choose to Read More...
Posted 20 December 06 03:53 by Steve Riley | 5 Comments   
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My blog is not a forum for advertisements
It's bad enough that the blasted spammers pollute the value of blogs and open forums by hijacking them with their nefarious comments for questionable pharmaceuticals claiming to extend particular body parts. I have recently received, only via private Read More...
Posted 30 September 06 10:17 by Steve Riley | 9 Comments   
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F*#$!@g spam!
Yeah, it's been a while since I've written a post, and I have some ideas I'll get to once the prep work for TechEd this year settles down a bit. But look -- why in the world do the freaking spammers have to start targetting blogs now? I keep my comments Read More...
Posted 31 May 06 12:31 by Steve Riley | 16 Comments   
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Cluelessness abounds
So yesterday I received a rather interesting email. Subject: "INFOSEC Scholarships & Fellowships for PhD or MS + Free CISSP Exam Prep Events." Hm, I didn't know that "information security" suddenly became an all-caps acronym. How come no one asks Read More...
Posted 14 September 05 09:08 by Steve Riley | 2 Comments   
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Bug in the book: Appendix C, hosts file
Somehow this escaped our notice during the proof phase, but the hosts file that's printed in the book (and burned on the CD-ROM) is completely bogus. It actually blocks a number of very good sites that have anti-spyware software and even blocks MVPS.org, Read More...
Posted 28 June 05 09:49 by Steve Riley | 0 Comments   
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