Phishing for your Social Network passwords

Posted on October 28, 2009 by Wes Johnson

I received a Phishing email the other day. Phishing is pronounced like “Fishing”, unlike the time honored activity of trying to catch a fish, phishing is the attempt to fool a person into revealing their personal information.

Believe it or not, there are websites devoted to sharing information on how to phish. These websites contain all kinds of information needed to successfully phish for information.  They contain posts about everything phishing related from creating a phishing website to sending official looking emails. Their intent is to trick unsuspecting users into giving up their passwords or personal information.

A facebook phishing expedition
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Finding the right WordPress Theme

Posted on October 26, 2009 by Wes Johnson

Choosing a WordPress theme is a very formidable task. Not only do you have the challenge of finding something that looks good to you, but you also have to worry about whether your viewers will appreciate it.  Your big question should be, “does this theme represent the brand I am trying to promote to my customers?”

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Being critiqued is hard to do

Posted on October 24, 2009 by Wes Johnson

I recently joined a blogging community called Problogger.com.  This is a group of bloggers that range in experience full time proffesional bloggers to bloggers who are just starting out.

There is a section in the Problogger forum to invite fellow bloggers critique your blog, so you can improve and produce a higher quality blog.  The feedback I received was Continue reading →

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Windows 7 has been released, what are your plans?

Posted on October 23, 2009 by Wes Johnson

When Vista was released, many Windows XP users resisted assimilation.  Microsoft tried to force Windows XP into an early grave. Then recanted as businesses resisted due to many issues that I won’t cover in this post.  Most people who did upgrade later wished they had avoided all the headaches.
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I learned something new today

Posted on October 23, 2009 by Wes Johnson

I have learned a new lesson related to my craft. Apparently, some websites practice what is called website scraping. This is where they grab your content and then republish it as their own.  Yesterday, I posted “9 ways to keep your mind sharp“.  On that very same day, another site took my post and posted it on their website.  No mention of my name, just a Read More link that pointed to my post.  I discovered this post because of this thing called a pingback. 
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