October 27 2006 COOLSITES newsletter by Mark Donaldson

I have published the October 27 2006 COOLSITES newsletter by Mark Donaldson.

The following is an excerpt from this weeks newsletter. To see the full newsletter with all of the COOLSITES links please go to my website at: http://luem42.com/coolsites.aspx Thank you. Mark.


Security News
Child Safe Network register your child: https://childsafenetwork.org/signup/signup.php?pt=leaddrive1&o=mail

Don't let movers run all over you: http://www.twincities.com/mld/twincities/news/local/15802359.htm?sourc...ss&

F-Secure - News from the Lab: http://www.f-secure.com/weblog/

FTC and FDA Act Against Internet Vendors of Fraudulent Diabetes Cures and Treatments: http://www.fda.gov/bbs/topics/NEWS/2006/NEW01494.html

FTC Consumer Alert. The Secrets of Mystery Shopping Revealed: http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/conline/pubs/alerts/mysteryalrt.htm

Gov't Issues Recall for Sony Batteries. Consumer Product Safety Commission, the government's consumer-watchdog agency, issued the formal recall notice for U.S. consumers: http://apnews.myway.com/article/20061024/D8KUNJDG0.html

Hackers Zero In on Online Stock Accounts - washingtonpost.com: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/23/AR2006...301257.

Microsoft says reported IE 7 bug not in browser it's in Outlook Express: http://www.networkworld.com/news/2006/101906-microsoft-says-reported-ie-7.html

'Money Mules'- The Hidden Side of Phishing: http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,2029953,00.asp?kc=EWRSS03119TX1K0000594

nPassword v1.0.2.31 nPassword is a secure password manager that stores your information in a password protected database using 256-bit AES encryption: http://www.lockergnome.com/nexus/it/2006/10/24/npassword-v10231/

PC World - Hackers' Project Hides Browser-Busting Code. Method avoids several common antivirus techniques, security experts say: http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,127542-page,1-c,topics/article.html?...nl_cxan

PC World - Plugged In- Phishers Cast a Mobile Net: http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,127134/article.html?tk=nl_spxcol

Port Magic - Detect Port Scans and catch the perpetrators: http://www.freshsoftware.com/portmagic/#

Remove a Windows Security Update To Play BF2142 a quick Google search of KB917422 brings up many gamers, developers, and publishers bitching about the Windows update breaking various games and applications.: http://www.lockergnome.com/nexus/it/2006/10/20/remove-a-windows-securi...update-

'Second-chance' online auction scams- Financial News - Yahoo! Finance: http://biz.yahoo.com/brn/061018/19824.html?.v=1

Update Crypt4Free 4.5.5 128 bit to 2048 bit strong aes encryption software.: http://www.secureaction.com/encryption_free/



Paranoia

In the old days, before modern electronic communication, when there was just the telephone and post office it was uncommon for the average person to be subjected to a scam. Con artists and flim flammers (remember the movie "The Flim Flam Man" with George C. Scott. If you don't then see it.) plied their trade in person. Now every person with a criminal bent is doing it electronically. You can't trust an email or phone call. Sometimes you can't even trust postal mail. Be paranoid. be very paranoid. Paranioa is good for you. If someone contacts you from The IRS, FBI, Court, Bank, etc. asking for your personal information (name, address, SS#, bank account number, etc.) don't give it to them. Ask them for their name, title, phone, address and company/organization and tell them you will call them back. Then look up the phone # in the telephone book to call them back. If the call is legit then you will be able to contact them. If they are a scammer then they probably won't give you the info and hang up on you. And if they are a scammer and gave you the info then you won't be able to contact them at the place they said they were with and can report them.


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To see the full newsletter with all of the COOLSITES links please go to my website at: http://luem42.com/coolsites.aspx Thank you. Mark.