Terry Zink: Security Talk
Discussing Internet security in (mostly) plain English
Don’t post personal information on Facebook; if you do, urban legends could spawn
Earlier this week, Yahoo Finance posted an article (courtesy of CBS MarketWatch) about six things...
Author: tzink Date: 09/17/2010
My Hotmail account has been compromised
Well, here’s something I didn’t expect to write about – my very own Hotmail account has had its...
Author: tzink Date: 09/14/2010
All your spam are belong to us
On Friday, Sept 10, 2010, Microsoft finally released an update to its Microsoft Outlook Junk Mail...
Author: tzink Date: 09/13/2010
Strong passwords fine, but not necessarily necessary
Randall Stross, writing for the New York Times last week, has a good article up about the necessity...
Author: tzink Date: 09/13/2010
Latest “Here you have” malware campaign – blast from the past
Two days ago on Sept 9, a new worm started propagating throughout the Internet. I wasn’t going...
Author: tzink Date: 09/11/2010
Spam from web mail services
A long time ago I started tracking spam from the big 4 web mail services – AOL, Yahoo, Google and...
Author: tzink Date: 09/07/2010
Should trust be implicit or explicit?
It sure seems like I am having a lot of debates with my co-worker lately about the nature of mail...
Author: tzink Date: 09/07/2010
A bit more on Rustock
ZDNet and GoodGearGuide both report that Rustock is responsible for 41% of the world’s botnet spam...
Author: tzink Date: 08/26/2010
Some notes on Rustock
There’s been a number of articles on Rustock lately so I thought I’d chime in with my take, which...
Author: tzink Date: 08/26/2010
The gTLD of choice for spammers - .ru
I have been playing around with a little more statistics for the various botnets that I track. ...
Author: tzink Date: 08/13/2010
Institutionalized insecurity
Thus demonstrating its brilliant grasp on technology and security, the UK government has nixed the...
Author: tzink Date: 08/05/2010
Google rolls out multiple account sign-in
Google has just begun rolling out multiple account sign-in, that is, the ability to login to one of...
Author: tzink Date: 08/04/2010
Google Wave bites the dust
In case you missed it, Google today announced that they were no longer going to develop Google Wave...
Author: tzink Date: 08/04/2010
What not to publish on Facebook
Zionsbank has an article up on the types of personal privacy information that you should never...
Author: tzink Date: 07/26/2010
On using multiple blocklists
All Spammed Up has an article up the other day about whether or not a filtering service should...
Author: tzink Date: 07/25/2010
Yahoo now does SPF checks
Well, what do you know? I don’t know if they have been doing them all along and have only finally...
Author: tzink Date: 07/21/2010
Yet another Facebook spoof
You know that as a service you are really popular and you’ve truly made it when spammers start...
Author: tzink Date: 07/20/2010
Latest Facebook scamming
The other day on Facebook, I saw that one of my friends like a very bizarre page: Right off the bat,...
Author: tzink Date: 07/16/2010
Today is my six year mark
Today, July 12, 2010, marks the six year anniversary of the day I started to fight spam...
Author: tzink Date: 07/12/2010
Credit card hackers and hotels
Last week, the New York Times reported an interesting story: the hotel industry is a favorite target...
Author: tzink Date: 07/11/2010
Can you break the code?
I read this on Yahoo! News The newly formed U.S. Cyber Command is supposed to centralize and focus...
Author: tzink Date: 07/08/2010
The voluntary discarding of privacy
When I heard that Futurama was being brought back on the air for new episodes, it was a very happy...
Author: tzink Date: 07/02/2010
Microsoft .NET vs Java – trailer
Okay, a friend sent me this and I found it really funny. Enjoy!
Author: tzink Date: 07/01/2010
If you have an iPhone, Apple and Google are watching
The title of this post is tongue-in-cheek, exaggerated and meant to evoke a reaction from the...
Author: tzink Date: 06/30/2010
Facebook’s spam prevention systems
Facebook recently posted a blog post explaining their antispam strategy for mitigating abuse. ...
Author: tzink Date: 06/30/2010
The efficacy of anti-virus
Brian Krebs has a good post up on the efficacy of anti-virus products and how A/V should not be...
Author: tzink Date: 06/28/2010
Twitter feeling the pains of success
Recently, Twitter settled a case with the FTC that it failed to adequately protect its users’ data...
Author: tzink Date: 06/27/2010
Personal dilemma
My girlfriend works a later shift and often times, she and her co-workers bring in food or order it...
Author: tzink Date: 06/24/2010
New Amazon spoof
I recently came across the following spam message, spoofing an Amazon.com purchase order: This is a...
Author: tzink Date: 06/23/2010
Microsoft sues Hotmail spammers
Microsoft has pressed charges against some individuals, accusing them of using techniques designed...
Author: tzink Date: 06/21/2010