Posted on 13 December 2007
The following is the text of an another spoof email I got a couple of days ago.
Dear PayPal Customer,
We are contacting you to remind you that on December 6, 2007 our Account Review Team identified some unusual activity in your account.
In accordance with PayPal’s User Agreement and Privacy Policy, and to ensure that your account [...]
Tags: email fraud, paypal, paypal phishing, phishing
Posted on 03 July 2007
Kardphisher is a trojan that mimics the Microsoft Windows activation interface and is aimed at stealing your credit card information. In a sense, it’s a standalone phishing program.
Here is what Kardphisher does if your system gets infected.
The first time you reboot after getting infected, Kardphisher asks you to reactivate your copy of Windows, citing piracy [...]
Tags: Credit Card info, Fake Activation, Kardphisher, standalone phishing, steal information, Symantec, Trojan, Windows Activation
Posted on 27 June 2007
The diamond ring of the future will radiate its unique beauty quite literally thanks to a minuscule radio-frequency identification (RFID) chip embedded in it.
Scientists at Hitachi Research Labs in Japan have devised the smallest RFID tag ever, just 0.05 millimeter by 0.05 millimeter, tinier than a grain of sand.
The so-called powder chip is thin enough [...]
Tags: counterfeit, Radio frequency, radio tag, RFID, Security
Posted on 22 June 2007
Most of you would have heard about Phishing. But have you heard about Pharming?
Pharming is just another example of how hackers try to manipulate computer users via the Internet.
Basically, pharming is the act of redirecting a website’s traffic to another, bogus Web site, without them ever knowing it happened. When you want to visit a [...]
Tags: bogus website, DNS issue, DNS problem, DNS virus, pharming, phishing, redirecting traffic, Security
Posted on 12 June 2007
Due to the security features built into Windows XP, it is virtually impossible to get back into the system without the password.
You have several options to try and get around this problem.
If you have access to another user account with administrator rights, you can use that account to change the password of the account that [...]
Tags: Administrative account, Lost Password, Windows Password, windows xp
Posted on 12 June 2007
Whenever our computer behaves strangely, the first thing that we suspect is that a virus has infected our PC. If your computer is connected to the Internet then most probably your suspicion will turn out to be true.
But virus is just one of the forms of intrusion. Computer intrusions can take several forms, including viruses, [...]
Tags: Anti-Virus, differences, infected, infection, panda activescan, torjan horse, trojan horses, virus, viruses, worm, wormss
Posted on 07 June 2007
The Messenger Service is built into all versions and variants of Windows NT, which includes NT 4.0, Windows 2000 and Windows XP but is not included in Windows 95, 98 and ME.
The Messenger Service is not be confused with the Windows Messenger or MSN Messenger which are basically IM clients.
The legitimate use of Messenger service [...]
Tags: Annoyances, Messenger, Messenger Service, spam