Communicating by using an instant messaging (IM) program has some of the same security and privacy risks as e-mail, but there are a few dangers that are unique to IM.
Phishing is a type of deception designed to steal your valuable personal data, such as credit card numbers, account data and passwords, or other information.
Several types of phishing scams promise fantastic financial or other rewards in exchange for just a few small things you have to do...
New phishing scams are generated whenever there is a newsworthy event, such as a natural disaster, a national election, or a significant change in the world financial system.
Security experts are seeing an increase in spam in Hotmail, Gmail, and other Web mail accounts. Increasingly, the spam appears to be coming from people that the victims know.
Treat your passwords and pass phrases with as much care as you treat the information that they protect...
Viruses, spam, worms, Trojan horses, spyware, adware, keyloggers, zombies, phishing schemes...
It can delete important data or programs from your hard disk. It can constantly display annoying pop-up ads...
You've just upgraded to a new computer and a high-speed Internet connection. The antivirus and firewall programs are installed...
Some email users have lost money to bogus offers that arrived as spam in their in-box. Con artists are very cunning...