Netiquette IQ: 2013-06-16

Saturday, June 22, 2013

Phishing - what you need to know

"Caveat emptor" (buyer beware!)

Webopedia defines phishing as "(fish'ing) (n.) The act of sending an email to a user
falsely claiming to be an established legitimate enterprise in an attempt to scam the user into surrendering private information that will be used for identity theft" Phishing is the fastest growing email method for theft and hoaxes. Just as with other internet malware, its sophistication is growing as quickly as the technology and awareness to detect it. Phishers use a number of different tactics and these in turn have coined a number of new words. Among these are:

Pharming - directs a recipient to a false website
Smishing - the use of SMS for phishing
Vishing - voice or voice over IP phishing
Evil twin - wireless phishing
Obfuscated url - a disguised address or website. The author has also coined the word "Phacade" for the same method

All of these tactics share the common attribute of deceptively gaining a reader's trust and confidence, usually with emotional appeal or with utilizing well know names, brands or organizations. When these methods are successful, they allow the criminal to open credit card accounts, empty bank accounts, log into program's databases or commit dozens of others crimes. My next blog will address reporting identity theft.
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We will be publishing a book on Netiquette shortly entitled "NetiquetteIQ - A Comprehensive Guide to Improve, Enhance and Add Power to Your Email". Also there will be an email "IQ" test on our website:

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Paul Babicki
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+Serkan Gecmen
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Thursday, June 20, 2013

My book on NetiquetteIQ to be released next month!

My book," NetiquetteIQ - A Guide to Improve, Enhance and Add Power to Your Email" is due to be published next month. Watch this blog and our website, www.netiquetteiq.com for the announcement. This will be the most comprehensive book written to date regarding email etiquette. It has a rich content of detail on every aspect of email, including very useful glossaries. It will serve as a valuable reference book for many years to come. It will be available in an ebook version as well

There will also be an email NetiquetteIQ test released shortly. Two versions will be available . . . one is a free test and the other a very thorough fee-based one.This test will measure your "IQ" as it applies to others. The maximum score will be 230 (just as with the brain IQ). Try to guess what your score may be and if you are a Netiquette "genius"!

Additionally, our other upcoming products will include on-line Netiquette educational courses, tools and other pertinent books for every demographic.

You can register for an early bird discount for the book or the test on our website. There is no obligation.

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Tuesday, June 18, 2013

Partial listing of dangerous emails

As the use of email has exponentially grown, the amount of dangerous emails has kept pace. Although most email users have learned how to be more discerning in recognizing many of them, the hazardous emails have also grown in sophistication. Additionally new or younger email users still need to be well educated and informed. Companies also should have well defined policies to assist and keep employees and guests from opening or responding to any potentially damaging message. The following categories represent common themes for email spammers and should be ignored:

False Emails	Virus Email Hoaxes	Giveaway Email Hoaxes	Charity Hoaxes
Bogus Warnings	Email Petitions and Protests	Email Chain Letters	Celebrity Email Hoaxes
Prank Emails	Bad Advice Emails	Funny Email Hoaxes	Unsubstantiated Emails
Missing Child Email Hoaxes	Phishing Scams	Nigerian Scams	Payment Transfer Job Scams
Email Lottery Scams	Miscellaneous Scams	Pharming Scams	Internet Dating Scams
Computer Security	Virus Information	Email Security	Spam Control

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Sunday, June 16, 2013

NetiquetteIQ radio interview

Today, the author of this blog and the book, NetiquetteIQ, and his partner Serkan Gecmen, developer the NetiquetteIQ test, were interviewed on WRRC 107.7 FM at Rider University. The interview covered a wide range of topics regarding NetiquetteIQ, my forthcoming book and our software test. The session is an excellent way to learn how all of the NetiquetteIQ components compliment each other. The interview can be heard at the following link:

http://www.1077thebronc.com/?page_id=356

The interview was conducted by Frank Kovacs and Wanda Ellett. Stuart Kovacs provided us with his technical skills. We wish to thank Frank, Wanda and Rider for not only allowing us the opportunity to speak to their weekly program's audience, but also for their graciousness in making us feel at home. You can learn more about the show, which is dedicated to assisting people with the careers, at:

http://www.1077thebronc.com/?page_id=111

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