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[23 Jun 2009 | Comments Off]
Data Highway Patrol

The German government passed a law, which requires all major ISPs to block suspicious web sites with a stop sign. The BKA, the German Federal Criminal Police Office, provides a list with current web sites that have to be blocked.

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[31 May 2009 | 2 Comments]
Domain renewal fraud

The Domain Renewal Group is a company that uses similar tricks like the well known Domain Registry of America/Europe (DROA). The company sends out letters that look like invoices to the registrant of a domain which is due to renewal in a couple of months. …

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[27 May 2009 | Comments Off]
Pitfalls of forwarded email

Redirect email messages is very popular. But forwarders to external email providers may cause problems. There is no guarantee that the target mail server accepts the email, even if the emerion mail server forwards the email reliable.

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[14 May 2009 | Comments Off]
Security: The web browser as gateway for viruses

The web browser is the gateway to the internet to browse web pages, but criminals are using the bugs of software to make them the gateway for viruses. But not only the security leaks of web browsers are used by hackers, they also use the vulnerabilities of software installed on the hosted website.

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[22 Apr 2009 | Comments Off]
Spam – The litter in your inbox

Criminal intent and spam are close together. Spam is the distribution channel for criminal intents. Learn how you can protect yourself from spam and viruses easily.