Here’s how Russians and other scammers are getting their illicit gains back home. The BBC website reports on a scam where (probably Russian) scammers are posting job ads claiming to be charities looking for people to forward donations made by hi-tech firms. Those responding to the job ads — usually for something like a “correspondence… Read More »
Spam, scam, smear or did someone really buy earthenware and a bomb? You may have recently received a copy of what looks to be weird spam: You’ve just purchased set of Maibach brand earthenware on web site cvv2.ru Easy to use, Maibach kitchenware is also famous for its modern look. Our utensils, designed for easy… Read More »
I’m a recent convert to ActiveWords, the wonderful productivity program that I reviewed in a recent column. But for anyone wanting to experiment with other programs that do something slightly similar — i.e., let you access programs and files through typing names, rather than hunting the files and programs down through menus and whatnot —… Read More »
A few weeks back I wrote in my column of Wikipedia, the peer-produced online encyclopedia. Several readers and friends have asked whether it really stands up to scrutiny. How could something produced by a bunch of folk who may or may not have the qualifications, may or may not have an agenda, create something that’s… Read More »
If you think the Internet is a scary place for stealing your sensitive bank data, try your local gas station. The Star Tribune in Malaysia reports that criminals there are increasingly intercepting the transmission of credit card data between the point of sale machines that swipe your card and the bank. This data, incredibly, is… Read More »