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What Internet Vigilance Looks Like

23 Apr

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Many have the misconception that their activities in the internet can not be traced back to them so they engage in activities that they would never do if their identities were known.  As I’ve said before, the internet is not anonymous despite everything you see on your local news, on your favorite TV show or [...]

Take Internet Threats Seriously

14 Apr

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I just read the shocking story of how college student Asia McGowen was gunned down by her stalker Anthony Powell who then killed himself. He had been stalking Asia on YouTube and Facebook, leaving her nasty and threatening comments. He had also made videos about her as well as other videos railing against black women, [...]

CheckFree: A Case of Phishing, Pharming and Drive-Bys

9 Jan

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A lot of attention has been given to increasing awareness about phishing. The goal of phishing is to lure unsuspecting people to voluntarily give up their website credentials with the intent of exploiting those credentials for financial or other gain. Some phishing scams only seem to spam and propagate itself. Most web savvy users know [...]