The creativity of scammers and spammers never ceases to amaze me.

If you get an email headed something like:
URGENT-dispute of Domain name and Internet Brand/China

I’d recommend that you just ignore it.
This conpany (whose message appears below) is using fear tactics on domain name owners to get them to register uneccessary domain names in China – probably for a huge fee. (more…)

If you ever click on links to view YouTube movies, beware of the latest trick by hackers.

If you are sent an email asking you to go to YouTube to see a movie, be careful. You may be sent to a web page that looks just like YouTube, which tells you to click on a link to install some upgraded software before you can view the movie.

The page is a fake, and if you click on the upgrade link you’ll get someting nasty installed onto your computer.

If you’re aware, you’ll see that the address in the browser bar is not a normal YouTube address.

Be careful. The criminals out there are getting more and more devious. And internet users seem to be getting more and more careless.

I have received several emails (supposedly from Network Solutions) today telling me that my domain name has expired, together with some garbage about logging in to claim some money from resale and transfer of the domain name..

THIS IS  A FAKE. Do NOT click on the link and provide any login details.

If you do, you could end up losing control of any domains that you have registered at Network Solutions. (more…)

Last weekend I discovered something called a bump key.

Bump Keys (or 999 keys) are widely known in Europe, and there was an article about them in Newsweek recently.

A bump key is easily made, and allows an unskilled person to easily open most domestic and office locks. (more…)