One of the most dangerous cyber crimes is email phishing. Phishing is an identity theft that occurs in the web. In this scam, a person is being lured to divulge some personal information by scammers who take the identities of reliable people and legitimate organizations. One of the factors that make phishing very dangerous is [...]
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Things You Need to Know about Email Fraud
So far, the emails that have been sent congratulating someone for winning a lottery constitute 10% of this year’s sent emails according to the MessageLabs. This is actually three times more than that of last year. According to some, the economic crisis, which has started off at the end of the year, is among the [...]
Dealing with Trojan Threats
What is a Trojan
Like its namesake, a Trojan appears to offer a desirable function to your computer, but actually it only gives malicious functions that can cause damage to your computer or, worse, enable unauthorized access to your private account. Trojan is a malware which, unlike a virus or a worm, does not infect other [...]
Email Bombing
Proliferation of bombs
Even if you are in the comforts of your home or office, you are not safe from bombs. There is actually a cyber crime which is called email bombing. Email bombing refers to the sending of numerous emails to an email address, which can result in the overflowing of your mailbox or overflowing [...]
Spammers’ Online Invasion
Spam problems getting worse
The continuing economic instability caused the surging of spammers, according to some reports. The 2008 annual report of MessageLabs states that last year’s economic crisis only leads to an increase in finance-related spams, which is expected to get worse this year. Well, you don’t have to be surprised anymore if every time [...]