Information Protection and Security

Users need to be able to recognize illicit attempts to elicit their account information.Microsoft recommends customers use the following protective security measures:

The industry-wide phishing scam that has affected popular web mail services such as Hotmail and GMail, is spreading, according to experts.

The scale of a phishing attack originally thought to be directed at Hotmail may be larger than previously thought.

The scale of a phishing attack originally thought to be directed at Hotmail may be larger than previously thought.

Health care was the most common category for spam in August. An increasing number of bogus pharmacies are using image spam, in which the message is included in an image rather in text in an effort to avoid spam filters.
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Microsoft pointed to e-mail account "hijacking" as becoming an increasing problem, especially among Windows Live Hotmail users. 

Most people wouldn't think about surfing the web on their desktop or laptop without some form of anti-virus protection, but what about on their iPhones or BlackBerry devices?
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Due to a bug rated with "High" severity Mozilla has released new versions of the Thunderbird mail client and SeaMonkey Application Suite. Thunderbird 2.0.0.22 and SeaMonkey 1.1.17 are available for download or through the Updates menus.
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Google announces that it may make use of HTTPS the default configuration for Gmail. The move comes after several security and privacy experts sent an open letter to the company urging enhanced protections for Gmail, Google Docs and Google Calendar.
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