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Twitter users warned about new phishing attack
News Sophos says the new attack features direct messages with link to fake Twitter log-in page. Entering a username and password prompts a fake overcapacity "fail whale."
Tags: Security Management, Spam and phishing, Web 2.0, Phishing, Twitter Inc., Web Page, Web 2.0, Sophos Plc., Graham Cluley, Phishing Web Site
Spammy scams surfacing on Twitter, Facebook
News Users on Twitter report direct messages that lead to phishing page, while Facebook users are getting links to a malware site.
Tags: Spam and phishing, Spam filtering, Facebook, Google Inc., Phishing, Malware, Twitter Inc., Phishing Web Site, Password, spam message
Google, bank resolve issue over misfired e-mail
News Google and Rocky Mountain Bank ask court to dismiss a case that stemmed from the bank inadvertently e-mailing customer data to a random Gmail address.
Tags: E-mail servers, Social Security, e-mail, San Jose, U.S. District Court, Google Gmail, E-mail servers
Researchers can attack mobile phones via spoofed SMS messages
News Researchers at the Black Hat security conference showed how an attacker could spoof a SMS message that appears to be sent from the carrier or some other trusted source.
Tags: Viruses and worms, Spam, PayPal, Message, Cell Phone, Carrier, Attack, Server, phone, Attacker
Cisco: Text message scams on the rise
News Report from networking giant reveals that criminals are moving phishing and other cyberscams from the PC onto mobile devices.
Tags: Mobile, Cellular phones, Phishing, Security, Message, Cisco Systems Inc., Cell Phone, Phishing Web Site, phone, e-mail
Postini: Google's take on e-mail security
News Search giant's e-mail security unit uses globally distributed automated systems and Zero-Hour software to keep spam and viruses out of inboxes.
Tags: Network security, International governments, Spam filtering, Message, Google Inc., Spam, Database, e-mail security, Humans, Anti-spam
Thailand's DTAC tightens SMS scrutiny
News It responds to complaints that customers were automatically subscribed to services without knowing service rates or content, after replying to marketing messages sent by providers.
Tags: Cellular phones, Smart phones, PDA phones, Personal broadband, Message, Mobile, Thailand, DTAC, marketing, SMS
Google improves Gmail for iPhone, Android
News The new Gmail is faster and gets offline access. With it, Google incorporates some advantages of native e-mail applications while sidestepping some of their pitfalls.
Tags: E-mail servers, E-mail clients, Handhelds, Mobile platforms, Message, Mobile, Google Inc., Web Browser, phone, e-mail
Mozilla launches Snowl messaging prototype
News The prototype Firefox extension will bring unified messaging to the open source browser, if early experiments are promising.
Tags: Web browsers, Software, Open source, E-mail clients, Message, Web Browser, Google Inc., Messaging, Mozilla Corp., social networking
Send messages and alerts from the command line
Techguide Here's a look at two command-line programs, wall and mail, that allow you to send simple alerts and e-mail messages to users.
Tags: Linux, Open source, Message, GUI, Wall, Tool, system monitoring, Unix system, instant messenger, Command Line
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Tags: Message, IBM Lotus Notes, Apple Macintosh, PodMail, Downloading PodMail, e-mail, Apple iPod, built-In, e-Mail Account, freeware
Mobile messaging grows globally
News New uses--such as messaging for social change and marketing--helped spur total message growth worldwide by nearly 10 percent in the third quarter, according to VeriSign.
Tags: Mobile/Wireless, Message, Mobile, Quarter, VeriSign Inc., Cell Phone, Text Messaging, Mobile Banking, Wireless, Messaging
Microsoft probing Windows 7 zero-day hole
News One day after Patch Tuesday, researcher warns of unpatched security hole in Windows 7 and Server 2008.
Tags: PC security, Security applications/tools, Server Message Block, Microsoft Corp., NetBIOS, Vulnerability, broadcasting, Spokesperson, Microsoft Windows 7, Server
Microsoft patching zero-day Windows 7 SMB hole
News Company warns customers that exploit code for the Server Message Block hole is available and suggests a workaround until a patch is ready.
Tags: Windows 7, PC security, Security, Server Message Block, Trustworthy Computing, TCP, Computer, Microsoft Corp., Windows 7, Vulnerability
Apple fixes iPhone 'coma mode' with OS update
News Apple has fixed iPhone and iPod Touch bugs introduced in September's software update, which included device crashes and interruptions to cellular service.
Tags: Smart phones, Cellular phones, Mobile platforms, Apple Inc., Coma Mode, Operating System, Apple iTunes, Streaming Video, cellular network, Software Update
