The Government’s Information Assurance Mission at NSA issued “Best Practices for Keeping Your Home Network Secure” in April 2011. The document summarizes recommended practices for home personal computers and networks.
FBI E-Scams and Warnings
The FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation) maintains a Web page for alerting the public to recent scams and online frauds: http://www.fbi.gov/scams-safety/e-scams
email CC and BCC – what, how, security
VIPRE Security News Vol.1, #5 – August 10, 2011 – Issue #5 discusses what CC and BCC mean and security issues. Sending emails to your friends and associates by BCC does not expose their address to the rest of your list. There are a couple of issues in using BCC to keep in mind …
Reporting fraud and/or phishing
VIPRE Security News Vol.1, #5 – August 10, 2011 – Issue #5 contains a list of both government and corporate email addresses to send incidents of fraud and/or phishing.
email hacking and spoofing
The latest issue of Vipre Security News contains some articles on email spoofing and what to do if your email account is hijacked. … email spoofing is the forgery of an email so it appears to be coming from someone other than the actual source. Spammers often use spoofing to get folks to open and… Continue reading email hacking and spoofing