Phishing and Phishing Detection

A PayPal Phishing Attempt

I recently had 2 diametrically opposite experiences with phishing. In the world of the Internet, “phishing” is when some entity (a scammer) — typically, a website or e-mail sender — pretends to be some organization that a user has a … Read the rest »

Dumb Error Messages

Microsoft is the master, but many, many programmers and software development companies are guilty. I can’t count the number of times I’ve had the most meaningless error messages pop up on my computer screen.

What set me off this morning? … Read the rest »