Last Thursday (after our night of having fun with The Presidents (see previous blog post)), I gave a brief introduction to a small group of women of the International Women's Club of Breda. Although it was a small crowd and there were painters painting the room, while I was presenting, I think I managed to give the ladies a pretty good idea of what is out there on the Internet and what one should look out for.
I promised I would post interesting things in my blog, so the audience would be able to get ideas from that and be informed about new stuff. So, you might read stuff here that is obvious to the experienced computer user (or geek), but might not be that obvious to others. Get used to it ;-)
This morning I read an article about phishing @ The Washington Post (registration required*), something I had explained about too. It's one of the most dangerous things going on on the Net right now and people need to be informed about this. The article explains how banks in the US are trying to fight phishing attacks and how a totally new industry is starting to arise around it.
To read more about phishing you can read this article in Wikipedia. It gives you a good idea what to look for if you think you're being fooled...
*) Some news sites require you to register for an account. A lot of times, it's just to get an idea of who is reading there online news. No real harm in it; just limit your registration to the required information. A good rule of thumb anyway.
No comments:
Post a Comment