We received a very suspicious email this morning. On the surface, it looked innocent enough but the clue that told it was a ‘phishing’ email was simple. The email was from Air Canada, Canada’s national airline but the person who received it does not fly…ever. Here’s how we figured it all out. This is the … Continue reading Track Down a Suspicious Email
This morning I received a spam email from my own hotmail account. No, my account hadn’t been hacked. Yes, someone had spoofed my email address (and my name) and had sent it to me using my own email address but from a different IP address. Don’t ask me how they did it but they did. … Continue reading Spam email from myself? Huh?
If you’re concerned about email security, my next few posts will discuss some aspects that you might want to consider. My feeling is that email is far less secure than it used to be, even compared to five or ten years ago. Whether or not anyone is reading your email, you might want to think … Continue reading Hushmail Email Security
Email encryption is rapidly becoming more of a necessity than a whim. With governments constantly scanning virtually everything you do or say, even the simplest, most innocent email can sometimes lead to problems for the sender or receiver. What is the easiest way to encrypt an email? I described on fairly simple way in this … Continue reading Email Encryption – Part 2
The biggest part of online and computer security is figuring out a strong password. Today’s post will be short, to the point and, I hope, fun. Here we go: 1. WordPress passwords are already quite secure, I mean the default ones. They are made up of letters (caps and small), numbers and symbols. When it … Continue reading Security – Strong Passwords