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Scammers Hone Messages to Target Your Profession

Nearly gone are the simple days of grossly misspelled spam, with corny claims and other obvious errors. In the cut-throat world of online crime, today’s successful scammers use advanced match-making...

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Spam on Facebook Soon Worse than in Email?

Facebook Spam has a conversion rate of 47% – meaning that nearly half of the people who see a spam message clicked on the link to read it. That finding comes from Sean Sullivan, a security advisor at...

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Felt Spammed by Retailers in the Two Months before Christmas? You’re Right.

Major online retailers in the US sent 4.6 email promotions to each of their customers in just one week in the lead up to Christmas last year according to Chad White, research director at Responsys and...

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Clogging Servers with Chain Messages

I have one, and you probably do too. I’m referring to those cherished friends who simply cannot resist forwarding the latest chain message that catches their fancy. No matter how many times I explain...

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Responding to Spam Volumes, Hotmail Adds “My Friend’s been Hacked” Feature

Sending spam from legitimate user’s email accounts has become rampant as spammers switch from using botnets. This week alone, I’ve received spam sent via my mother’s and two friend’s email accounts –...

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Hotmail Adds More Spam Blocking and Management Features

Microsoft has announced plans to introduce better spam blocking functionality by the end of the year.  Building on the series of spam-fighting technologies the Hotmail team has already rolled out this...

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Tech Use on College Campuses – 60% of Students Say they Wouldn’t Attend a...

It’s not news that this generation of college students is wired, but just how wired they are – and when they want face-time – can be seen in a new infographic showing research into technology use and...

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New Online Safety Lesson: Connecting Technology Across Generations

The 11th installment in the lesson series I’m writing on behalf of iKeepSafe, focuses on leveraging the internet to connect generations. Who says technology is hurting interpersonal relationships? New...

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Men More Reckless with Personal Information Online

There is still widespread naiveté about the value of personal information and the way data is aggregated according to a new survey by Usamp. Men and women are quite willing to share personal...

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New Online Safety Lesson: Online Hate Crimes: Are you part of the solution or...

The 14th installment in the lesson series I’m writing on behalf of iKeepSafe, looks at taking a stand against hate crimes and content groups on the internet. The vast majority of people in every...

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