Cyber-Knowledge.net Computer related blog

13Feb/080

Who’s Not Using OpenDNS Yet?

OpenDNS was founded in 2006 and ever since then I’ve been addicted to it. Each time I’m diagnosing network issues I manually add the magic numbers for DNS. The four simple numbers are 4.2.2.1; forever embedded in to my memory. So why do I use it you ask it? For a [...]

Print Post
15Oct/067

Analyzing 26,000 MySpace Passwords

I made a previous post about Analyzing 20,000 MySpace Passwords, and would like to add some new results to the mix. A blogger stumbled upon my site, and decided to do a little examination of some passwords he found. The results were quite similar to mine leading me to believe these are real [...]

Print Post
Filed under: All, Computers, Phishing 7 Comments
26Sep/064

Social Book Marking - A Spyware Makers Dream?

In the last two years according to their wiki entry, Digg.com has over one million unique visitors per day on their website. In case you’re unaware of Digg, and social book marking in general perhaps you should start with Digg’s How Stuff Works page. Recently I submitted two different applications that made it [...]

Print Post
Filed under: All, Phishing 4 Comments
21Sep/061

Phishing: A Unique Cat & Mouse Game

I recently posted about the MySpace phishing experience I had, so while on that train of thought I will go over two interesting phishing letters I’ve seen. The first one started off as a standard phishing email stating the fact that my account was limited. When I clicked the link it was a [...]

Print Post
Filed under: All, Phishing 1 Comment
16Sep/06119

Analyzing 20,000 MySpace Passwords

In a day where browsers are coming out with anti-phishing tactics, I can’t believe how many people still fall for phishing. It’s all over the news, and most email clients display warnings. I still get those letters from Nigeria saying they need my help transferring millions of dollars out of the country. [...]

Print Post
Filed under: All, Phishing 119 Comments