Jan 16 2007
Online security begins with a strong password and safe practices. You may be making it easy for devious people to breech your accounts, especially if you are using easy to remember words or the same password across all of your accounts? Continue Reading »
Nov 15 2006
Your personal information is now under attack by a different form of phishing — vishing.
Phishing as you may remember, is when someone sends you a sneaky email pretending to be from someone you trust (a bank, Amazon, eBay, etc) and asks you to click on a link to verify account information. When you click on the link you are redirected to another website that collects your personal access information and steals your information.
Vishing uses a telephone and Voice over IP (VoIP). Basically, someone calls you and states that you need to take an action. They give you a telephone number to call. When you call the number they ask you to enter your account number and password into the telephone system and capture your account info. Unfortunately, the telephone number is a VoIP line that cannot be traced.
In Atlanta, several scams have revolved around utility bills. If you get one of these calls get as much information as you can from the person on the phone. Then call the fraud number at the company they say they represent (not the number given to you by the solicitation). Its safer to call the company on a public number to find out if what you were told is true rather than give your information away to a vishing scam.
Oct 25 2006
If you have a web site, your domain name is a company asset. It is your responsibility to know:
Call your Webmaster and ask for a copy of this information to keep in your files.
Phishing schemes can cost you money and the ownership of your domain. About 9 months before your domain is actually up for renewal companies with official sounding names - but not your domain registrar - may send you an invoice to renew your domain name. If you receive one of these bills and know it isn’t your registrar just shred the invoice.
If you accidentally pay it, they will transfer your domain name to their registration system and typically charge you an overly inflated rate. In the worse case scenario they could get ownership of your domain name. The moral of the story is that you should know WHO your registrar is and when the bill is due so you don’t fall prey to phishing schemes related to your domain name.
Oct 18 2006
Net Neutrality is an issue you can’t afford to ignore — it could jepordize the level playing field that small business owners have enjoyed on the Internet from day one.
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Oct 03 2006
Once business people discover RSS feeds they typically get excited about the possibilities. Here is a list of things that you can do with an RSS Feed that can kick your creativity into gear.