I have been receiving several fake emails from Newegg.com that look like the real thing. The email appears to be a purchase confirmation but I have not ordered anything from Newegg.com recently AND it claimed it was done on an credit card that I don’t even have. The problem is the links in the email [...]

I recently had to change servers and so I had to add a new org and email configuration in Postini. I did that without issue. After some time passed and all accounts were successfully moved to the new server, it was time to delete the old configuration and org. I ran into some bumps but [...]

Sending your data to a cloud system can be a convenient way to use remote servers for your files. This service can free up space on your own systems, and allow multiple users to have access to the files for convenience or different points of access through a variety of devices. You may want to [...]

WordPress, without argument, is the most popular blog and cms software available. Its well-coded, easy to set up and use, and heck — its a lot of fun! However, not all is peaches and cream. Because of its massive popularity, WordPress suffers from ETS or  exploit-target-syndrome. Popular software inevitably becomes a major target for hackers [...]

WARNING: If you get an email with subject “Rejected Federal Tax transfer”  its bogus and contains an .exe file hidden in a .pdf file name. Delete delete delete!! “Your Tax transaction (ID:xxxxxxxxxxx), recently sent from your checking account was canceled by the The Electronic Federal Tax Payment System.” UPDATE: Another email going around with the [...]

I received an email today from Best Buy (supposedly) alerting me to a security breach involving a company they used for email marketing. These sort of emails always raise red flags. I checked out the headers on DNSstuff.com and everything checked out ok. I see some other web postings about it but I am still [...]

I received an email today supposedly from Twitter.com claiming that my account may have been hacked or a victim of phishing. I was skeptical of the email. The irony is that even if this email was from Twitter, it is exactly what an email phishing bait looks like. It appears to be from Twitter, it [...]

I have been testing a new plugin (new to me at least) to try and stem the tide of comment spam on one of the WordPress blogs I manage. Its called Conditional CAPTCHA plugin, and its working extremely well! I have always been reluctant to add CAPTCHA to anything since it is over used and [...]

I have been having trouble communicating with several clients and potential clients in my local area. I checked my mail-server error log and found the problem. A local ISP warwick.net uses “Magic Mail” which in turn uses MIPspace block list (black list) as an email filter. I run a small dedicated or VPS server with [...]

I started publishing the culprits of spam on my spammer-log page. It started with email spam that was getting through my Postini filters. However, Postini is so good, there is hardly any spam to report from my email. But my blog is getting spammed now through the back channels. I don’t know how they do [...]