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Email snafu gifts federal informants' names to pressOpen in New Window
Witless protectionAn email error inadvertently disclosed the names of more than 20 confidential informants in a federal investigation to reporters.… read more »
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E-mail snafu exposes names of confidential witnessesOpen in New Window
From the how-not-to-keep-a-secret department comes the tale of an official at U.S Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald's office in Chicago who inadvertently e-mailed a document containing the names of more th read more »
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Leaked Investor Email From Tapulous Say Breakeven December, More Funding, New ProductsOpen in New Window
Tapulous CEO Bart Decrem sent out an email to investors yesterday updating them on the status of the iPhone/Android focused company. It was forwarded to us, and we reprint it below.The company makes read more »
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Report: Gmail about one-third as expensive as hosted e-mailOpen in New Window
A new Forrester study looks at the costs involved with various ways of providing enterprise e-mail, and finds that Google has set a new floor that other services may have a hard time matching.Read Mo read more »
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Company Finds Second Time the Charm for Email ArchivingOpen in New Window
"Insurance broker DeWitt Stern Group put in place an email archiving system, but replaced it 18 months later after finding its features, reliability, and support were inadequate." read more »
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Microsoft study debunks phishing profitabilityOpen in New Window
Do phishers actually make money, or is phishing an unprofitable business, scammers lose time and resources into? Taking the economic approach of generalizing how much money phishers make, a recently read more »
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HMRC warns over tax email scamsOpen in New Window
Death and taxes and crimeThe Treasury has taken the unusual step of warning UK taxpayers of a phishing scam doing the rounds, which looks to ensnare frantic last-minute tax return filers.… read more »
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Dictionary Attacks 101Open in New Window
Several high profile Twitter accounts were recently hijacked:An 18-year-old hacker with a history of celebrity pranks has admitted to Monday's hijacking of multiple high-profile Twitter accounts, inc read more »
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