As with any other mobile maker, Nokia has their own productivity suites that allows their phones to become mobile business units that allows email and other business related functions on the go. The advent of better and faster smart phones from most manufacturers who were seemingly waiting for the result of the Apple iPhone that has succeeded has most clamoring for so-called iPhone look alike’s that are now common. Read the rest of this entry »
Most mail service providers are offering the same service for the growing mobile users who rely on them for business and social use. Email is still one of the most prominent messaging method for businesses and individuals alike but maybe because it has the same nostalgic effect of traditional mail that has lessened in popularity in the past few years. Email though now more secure are still some of the most exploited forms of spreading malware and is still being used in scams and other criminal activities. Read the rest of this entry »
The many mail service providers who offer them as a free service often have spam tagging options that allows them to compile and watch out for similar messages in the future allowing them to block similar attempts in the future. These mail service providers keep tabs on these scams and spam to block them in the transmission phase to prevent bot activity of flooding their servers with multiple messages, overwhelming them and clogging the system enough to cause a DoS attack. Read the rest of this entry »
\The email scam has you getting a notice that your social security, bank account or some other financial account has been compromised by a recent attack and that you are required to click on a link or web site to re-enter all your details for them to re-verify your account and get back on track with your account’s security. Read the rest of this entry »
Phishing is a tricky topic. It’s not really much of a technical problem, since much of its physics rely on human vulnerability. Phishers disguise themselves as legitimate websites that send you either warning emails or messages informing you that you won something.
One of the easiest ways to avoid getting phished is to have several email addresses - one you use STRICTLY for professional services like banking, and another for the more informal forms and services you use in the net. This effectively filters the types of messages you get, as Phishers usually harvest emails from sites with low security. Also be wary of opening attachments or clicking links at once. Try to determine whether or not you remember applying or being associated with the site, organization or offer.
With the advent of the iPhone came the much needed boost into the cloud computing platform that has been proposed and established by many of the Internets industry leaders. The cloud promises better performance with today’s multi-core processors that would be similar to the distributed processing systems of the mainframe days when people had access to only the places they were allowed to go. The promise of cloud computing is more power and flexibility of future internet applications like MobileMe for the iPhone and iTunes. It allows instantaneous syncing of all your devices, making it one of the best Internet apps to date. Share video and pictures by syncing your iPhone which automatically sends your stuff to the Apple servers then into the cloud, where upon boot-up, your Mac syjcs and reflects all changes and additions made. The future of the internet is in the clouds but it still needs time to blossom into one powerful system much like the internet was when it started to spread.
Gmail, being one of the better email sites out there, has outdone themselves again by creating a new feature for their users: SMS messaging
How often do you try to chat with somebody and they don’t respond because they just walked away from their computer? Or maybe you’re in the middle of chatting with them just as they need to leave. But you still need to tell them something — something really important like you’ve moved where you’re meeting…or ice cream! We need ice cream! This is why we built a way to chat with your friends even when they’re away from their computers. Now you can keep the conversations going with a new Labs feature that lets you send SMS text messages right from Gmail. It combines the best parts of IM and texting: you chat from the comfort of your computer, and your friends can peck out replies on their little keyboards.
This is only available in US for now, hopefully they will implement this globally soon.
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A report indicated that only ONE in 12.5 million junk mails usually end up as a SALE. But while this is relatively a small percentage, spammers make a lot of money out of annoying other people with their junk mails. Recently, researches have hacked themselves into a network of zombie PCs, actually controlled by the hackers, the network is called the ‘Storm’. Their intention was to keep track of the actual users that respond to the spam sent through emails and to monitor how much that particular campaign makes. They spent twenty six days attracting the infected pc’s users to a hoax pharmacy that promises to sell them fully guaranteed libido enhancer. The researchers sent a staggering 350 million messages. But they only got 28 response that was translated into a SALE. Overall, when they did the math, they came with $2 million a year stolen money from just about a million PCs at a given time.
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It is quite a habit of web users like us to post our full email addresses on communities and forums, on social networks, blogs and websites. In the long run, you become the target of mail spams. These spammers send loads of junk mail to your Inbox.
Heres a list of ways to mask your email address.
Hiding your email address by spelling it out. This is an effective but comon way and is widely used in public spaces like forums or comments sections. Using forms on the website. This proves to be the most popular and effective way for your guests to contact you.
Creating an image with your email address, posting it any place you want.
Use a disposable email address rather than giving out your work email address.
Using Javascript and CSS as a method to hide the email address.
These may not be fool proof but it offers you better ways to avoid annoying and often destructive mail spammers.
Emails are the number one targets for hackers, phishers, viruses, worms. By simply having your computer online, your data and personal information are instantly exposed to all kinds of malicious applications. Being new to the internet poses risks to your computer’s safety. These are ways to help protect you from identity theft, fraud and a computer takeover, all of which happens without you, knowing it.
1. Check your Inbox. Some e-mails or spam contain dangerous code that could infect your computer at a touch of a button.
2. Look for Unknown Messages and dont even open it. Contact the company that claims to be sending the e-mail and verify the said email.
3. Even if it comes form a friend, do not open attachments right away. You can opt to call or text them if they really sent you the message.
4. Read Your Messages in Plain Text.? Some e-mails written in HTML can be harmless. Others are not. To be safe, try setting your e-mail program to show messages in plain text format. This will prevent threatening code from installing itself.
5. One of the best way to rid of these hackers is to use your common sense. You know when you are being fooled by these scammers.
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