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You Need An Address to Call 911

2007-08-23 09:23:00 by Eric Marvets in The Security Samurai
 
...address. All I knew was the exit number off the highway, the name of the hotel, and that I was 150 yards south of the building on a set of railroad tracks. None of this information seemed good enough. As I talked to her on the phone I was walking back to the hotel, and I finally gave her its address, and that seemed fit into their system It...
 
Tags: tracks, train tracks, railroad tracks, rail road tracks, hotel, address, road, expensive car, imperfect information
 
 
 
 
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Conmen Abuse Web Address Checks

2008-06-12 13:42:39 by Dave Lewis in Liquidmatrix Security Digest
 
...addresses are checked by online stores are helping fraudsters cash in, say experts The flaw means goods bought with stolen credit cards do not trigger security systems that check addresses Security firm The Third Man said it stumbled over fraudsters committing the crime while overseeing transactions on a retail website But the UKs payments...
 
Tags: address, address verification system, system, check addresses, addresses, fraudsters, fraudsters cash, trigger security systems, check
 
 
 
 
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Protect your email address from spammers, help digitize books

2008-06-20 07:33:36 by Editor in Adventures in Security
 
In addition to providing a free, downloadable CAPTCHA solution for Web developers, the site also offers a way to protect your contact email address used on your Web site
 
Tags: web site, contact email address, downloadable captcha solution, site, web developers, protect, addition, free, offers
 
 
 
 
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Fighting Back Against Fraud; A True Story Part 2

2008-03-21 15:19:12 by rmogull in securosis.com
 
...address the seller used. The address was a hotmail account. I figured if its a hotmail account then they must be using a web browser to read it. I crafted an email linking in a 11 transparent gif image hosted on my web server. Sure enough, within a day I had a log entry from a dial-up IP address in Georgia. I really wanted to find out who...
 
Tags: fraud, address, email address, ebay fraud, georgia police, police, address john, john, address based
 
 
 
 
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Your 419 Mail Roundup

2008-06-25 13:29:29 by Christopher Boyd in SpywareGuide Greynets Blog
 
...address has won the Lycos Lottery for the year 2008. your email has won you the sum of ?952,350.00 (Nine Hundred And Fifty Two Thousand, Three Hundred And Fifty pounds sterling You are advised to keep this notice confidential to avoid misinterpretation of funds and unauthorize claims, cheating or fraud To claim your funds please contact us...
 
Tags: central bank, bank, magical bank card, bank draft, email address, office email address, bank immediately, lycos lottery, office
 
 
 
 
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Supporting your family, friends, and neighbors

2008-02-13 17:45:40 by Steve Riley in Steve Riley on Security
 
...address on discussion boards (me AT example DOT com), using a separate e-mail address for newsletters and online transactions (yes, you can have more than one Hotmail account), and being aware of prechecked boxes on Web forms that will result in things you didnt wantfor example, various toolbars, sharing your e-mail address with partners, or...
 
Tags: suspicious e-mail message, mail, home computers defense, home computers, e-mail, home, web mail, windows live mail, site
 
 
 
 
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Fighting Back Against Fraud; A True Story

2008-03-20 20:49:15 by rmogull in securosis.com
 
...address of a person living just outside of Washington D.C. With the help of a reverse lookup, that led to a phone number which brought me to my first of many interesting phone calls I reached the seller, who well call John, on the phone. After an awkward opening, I learned that John had been battling identify theft and had nothing to do with...
 
Tags: indiana address, indiana, local police, address, local police department, email address, ebay, story, cashiers check
 
 
 
 
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Former LendingTree employees sold access to customer information

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2008-04-23 13:08:37 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...address, email address, telephone number, Social Security number, income and employment information Breach Description Recently, LendingTree learned that several former employees may have taken Company passwords and given them to a handful of lenders. These lenders then used the passwords to access LendingTree customer information files,...
 
Tags: information, lendingtree, necessarily fault lendingtree, fault lendingtree, employment information, credit card information, lendingtree faqs, information security personnel, security
 
 
 
 
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The top 10 spam characteristics (#6-10)

2006-09-27 06:01:03 by Administrator in Email security & compliance blog
 
...address or recipient name : Either the complete email address or part of the email address (the part before the domain) is added to the subject in order to personalize the message and trick the recipient into thinking that it is a legitimate message. For legitimate mails there is no reason to enter the recipients email address in the subject,...
 
Tags: spam, spam characteristics, spam characteristic, todays spam mails, mails, email address, complete email address, detect spam, spam messages include
 
 
 
 
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Phishing Emails Generating Botnet Scaling

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2008-04-18 14:57:30 by HASH0x8aef3f0 in Dancho Danchev's Blog - Mind Streams of Information Security Knowledge
...Address: "NatWest Internet Banking '2008" to Recipient: Subject: Natwest Bank Bankline: Confirm Your Login Email Content: //ver2.natwest-commercial3.com/customerupdate?tag=3D19ecygtKZDzrozrznhOzn These directives are to be sent and followed by all members of the NatWest Private and Corporate Natwest does apologize for any problems caused, and...